Are the "rounds" listed on the weapons table interchangeable? Or are blunderbuss "rounds" different from dueling pistol rounds?
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Flintlocks weren't always loaded with standard sized ammunitions ("buck and ball" was a thing) and once you add the powder and the wadding, you can stick more or less anything aerodynamic in there. So the main issue would be "if the shot is too large for the diameter of the barrel" but given time and a campfire you should be able to just make lead balls the size you want (lead is pretty soft and melts at like 375C).
Other than the projectile you're just talking about black powder and wadding, and that stuff is pretty interchangeable.
Not that this is important, but how hard a metal is and at what temperature it melts aren't strictly related, this is especially true once you start to consider alloys.
So lead being soft doesn't have much to do with it's also low melting point.
But your general point remain which is, lead can be worked quite easily, even at a campfire. All it really requires is a mold and another container to melt the lead in. Melt and pour into your mold, and then you're basically done. If you wanted to be extra fancy you would probably work the finished shape some so there was extra material throwing you out of round, but it's probably not critical unless it cause the round to not fit in the barrel.