an iron or leaden ball or shot, whereby firearms are loaded. Bullets are cast in iron-moulds, consisting of two concave hemispheres, with a handle whereby to hold them; and between them is a hole, called the gate, at which to pour in the melted metal. The chaps or hemispheres of bullet-moulds are first punched, being blood-red hot, with a round ended punch, of the shape and nearly of the size of the intended bullets. To cleanse the inside they make use of a bullet bore, which consists of a steel shank, having a globe at one end, wherewith to bore the inside of a mould clean, and of the intended size.