Armi Sports Spencer Ladder Sight Slider Question

[thespaniard]

While playing around with the ladder sight at home I got the slide out of the ladder and the damn tiny ball that keeps the tension on the slider fell off and I couldn’t find it.

So I put a 8 1/2 shot instead of the ball and was able to get the slider tension back.

What can be future implications on this or it is good ?

I am not a metal expert and don’t know the side affect of lead on the slider metal.

[Cap'n Redneck]

As the leadshot is softer than the small steel ball, it will conceivably wear out faster.
However, I think Your fix will be good for years to come.

I'm also not so sure that a steel birdshot would be a better fix; they tend to be less round than leadshot.