Favorite Ballard Loads

[gmkmd]

Anybody care to chime in about their favorite Ballard loads? Just got one, and curious what guys are using.
Has anybody tried one of those very light shirtcollar bullets?

[Lou Lou Lou]

My Carbine was rechambered for 44-40. Using 15 grains FFFg and no filler. Thanks to John Holland.
using the Saeco 62420, 2 cavity #420 available from Redding

[ian45662]

45 colt? Mine likes a 350 grain bullet with 27 grains of goex 2F The bullet is seated out far enough to where when I close up the action the projectile is pressed into the rifling. I dont resize my brass either.

[Lou Lou Lou]

Those cast receivers can crack

[gmkmd]

45 colt? Mine likes a 350 grain bullet...

Wow, that seems like a heavy bullet for .45 Colt. Why do you like that one instead of a 200 or 250?

[ian45662]

Its not what I like.... Its what my gun likes. yea it is a heavy bullet but I tried lighter ones and it did not like them. I am just shooting the load that it likes. Recoil is very mild so I am hoping that the frame will not crack. I wished it liked the 250 grain bullet mould that I have but it does not. The gun is a brown made ballard rifle

[bobanderson]

I have a Ball and Williams Ballard carbine chambered for 44 Special. I use a Lyman 429421 (Keith style semi wad cutter), hard cast, sized to .430 over a target paper wad, 23 grains of Goex 3f and my lube.

[Bruce Cobb 1723V]

It all about the barrel. If you have a Hoyt reline you are lucky. You can use a round ball too. When the Skirmish Line was doing inteviews with Distinguished N-ssa shooters, the 1st person to get the Single Shot award used a Ballard rifle, round ball with 18 grains FF as I remember. Try everything you can get your hands on. Shooting Ballards with original rifling is more work. Always use the lightest bullet and load that works. Good luck, The Ballard guy.