building a cannister

[alwion]

I'm looking in to building a cannister, and need to know the feasability of getting the balls inside.
will need several and thought this might be a good place to ask
.85 iron balls is my 1st preference, would need about 20
.85 lead balls , but would need 27 and these are I heard very rara
.65 lead (69 cal?) drops would be my 2nd, will need 84

not sure which way to go yet, would like to know whats available. Thanks
alwion@hotmail.com

[emike123]

The lead musket balls in 0.65" caliber are very plentiful.  You'd want white ones for the outside layer.  You should be able to get this many for $50-75 from a number of places.  These are what I used in reconstructing my 2.6" canister round.

You might get lucky at a show finding a bunch of the iron ones, but then you also have to run them.

I have a about half what you need in the 0.85" lead balls but, as you noted, finding the rest will probably be a challenge