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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16091 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	.40-63 Ballard Everlasting or .40-70 Ballard Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:30pm	Print Post
	Just picked up my Ballard 1 1/2 in .40-63 BE or .40-70 Ballard, and wondered what those who reload for this caliber are using for donor brass? Hoping the .405 Win brass I have for my .40-70SS is a good choice, as I've got plenty. Also hoping the bullet mold for the .40-70SS will work, but need to slug the bore to see what it is on the Ballard. Any pet loads would be nice too!

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7268 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: .40-63 Ballard Everlasting or .40-70 Ballard Reply #1 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 8:33pm	Print Post
	I've used 7X57R, 9.3x74R and 405 Win. The 9.3X74R are probably the best, the 7x57R is a little short. They are all a little undersize on the case head, the 405 the most. The loads will all be low pressure so, I don't think it matters much. If you shoot fixed ammo, you'll have to neck turn, after fire forming. My chamber has a .430 diameter neck and my groove is .410, so, that leaves me with a .010 neck thinkness. I was told that these rifles used bore diameter, PP bullets when they were new. In general, you can use low end 450/500 gr, 45/70 loads for up to 400 gr 40/63. 10-12 gr Unique, 22-24 gr 4759. EDIT: Vall, I just read in your other thread that you have a 40/70ss, you should be able to use the same loads, the case capacity is very close. The 40/70 is a little longer and the 40/63 has a little larger case head. The Lyman #4 cast bullet manual has loads for the 40/70ss. Frank
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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16091 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: .40-63 Ballard Everlasting or .40-70 Ballard Reply #2 - Dec 17^th, 2013 at 12:17am	Print Post
	Thanks Frank! I'm hoping I can not only use the same load, but maybe the same bullet. The .40-63 was a 330 gr. bullet originally, and I use a 400 gr. with my .40-70SS, but if it seats in the case, and chambers I'll give it a try. When John Taylor relined my .40-70SS he chambered it to use .405 Win brass, so it would be easier for me to form cases. It shoots better than I can hold.

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John Boy Ex Member	Re: .40-63 Ballard Everlasting or .40-70 Ballard Reply #3 - Dec 17^th, 2013 at 9:01am	Print Post
	Quote: ... what those who reload for this caliber are using for donor brass? The recommended parent case is the 3" brass 410 shotshell 40-70 Ballard Everlasting 410 x 3" Shotshell 0.403 caliber 0.43 Neck Shoulder None 0.471 Base 0.555 Rim Diameter 0.063 Rim Width 2.38 Case Length Rocky Mountain Cartridge: $72 per 20 ... (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Magtech has 410's but they are only 2.36" long


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rr2241tx Full Member Offline Posts: 106 Location: San Marcos Joined: Mar 27^th, 2012	Re: .40-63 Ballard Everlasting or .40-70 Ballard Reply #4 - Dec 17^th, 2013 at 10:58am	Print Post
	The Magtech brass might be a better fit than you think, the cases of 40-63 original loaded cartridges I have are only 2.38" long. My shooting brass is BA stretched 30-40 Krag that I bought from Shiloh after being assured they were selling Jamison 40-70SS. Of course, I had to trim 0.2" off to get the length correct. At a nominal 2.314", I think one might just skip all the drama and single step from Krag to 40-70 Ballard. A full case of 2F or 23-24gr of 4759 should go right to the sights. My Ideal #6 loading tool drops a 317gr grease groove bullet in 30:1 that is .403" diameter and matches the bore. Jamison says they are going to run some more brass, but exactly when is as yet unknown.


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Quarter_Bore Oldtimer Offline Posts: 817 Location: Joined: Dec 16^th, 2005	Re: .40-63 Ballard Everlasting or .40-70 Ballard Reply #5 - Dec 17^th, 2013 at 11:54am	Print Post
	COW sites the .40-63 bullet as .403 but that was a patched bullet. I have owned a few .40-63's and none had a groove diameter less then .410.


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rustyrelx Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 474 Location: Wallace Idaho Joined: Oct 9^th, 2007	Re: .40-63 Ballard Everlasting or .40-70 Ballard Reply #6 - Dec 20^th, 2013 at 6:30pm	Print Post
	I have owned and shot the 40-63 many years. 6-4759--60-1F shoots clean. The head is the problem you'll run into as most origonals I've used are .477. The .405 is at .457 and undersized. The .40's back then were proprietary. Theres a whole series if stuff thats .40 and uses the .477 head size. Stretched out .444 sometimes work in a tight chamber at .471. In the early days I made the 40-70 out of 30-06. Cut and threaded the base and screwed and soldered a brass washer then cut the washer down and fire formed. Much easier to get brass today...Don


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