Ammunition:
The muzzle-loading rifles of the mountain men shot round, soft-lead balls, using black powder as the propellant. I have not seen lead balls listed in any of the inventories of goods taken to the mountains for rendezvous. (However, a trading camp inventory of goods sent out from Fort Jackson does list balls.) Rather bar lead was supplied, and the trapper was responsible for casting his own balls. When his supply of lead balls ran low,