Shot is a collective term for small spheres or pellets, often made of lead. These have been projected from slings since ancient times and were the original...

muggings, as was done in the 1700s by filling a stocking with sand or leadshot. Loaded socks are used in common forms of prison violence. Loaded socks...

prosperity for the village – the colliery was thriving and an ironworks, a leadshot manufactury and a brewery were all established in the village. In 1864...

to 1781. Gun parts and ammunition were scant, but included lead balls, leadshot, and gunflints and flintlock parts. A pewter button found in Building 1's...