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Nov 29th, 2019 at 9:06pm
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I have a Cody Ballard in .38-55. Can I breech seat bullets in it?
  
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Re: Breech seating .38-55
Reply #1 - Nov 29th, 2019 at 10:05pm
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I have a .38-55 Cody Ballard and have never fired anything in it but breech seated bullets. The loads I have used have been smokeless, straight black powder and duplex (small smokeless priming charge with remainder of case filled with black).
As a rule-of-thumb, breech seat bullets 1/16 inch ahead of case mouth or just far enough so the bullet base band is engraved 1/2 its width by the rifling lands. What you are after is for the bullet base band to completely fill the rifling grooves. That requires a bullet that is approximately .001 inch greater than groove diameter.
  
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Re: Breech seating .38-55
Reply #2 - Nov 30th, 2019 at 11:01am
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I have a Schoyen Ballard in .38-55 set up for false muzzle. Everyone told me it wont shoot well as a breech seater, or fixed cartridge. I've shot it both ways and it shoots breech seated very well. I use the old Ideal Doc Hudson tapered design bullet.
  
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Reply #3 - Nov 30th, 2019 at 2:10pm
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CPA Schuetzen Jr./Model 52, 15 Twist 38-55 Douglas #3 half Octagon to Round 28 Inches in Length, Powder 17.1grains 300MP, Bullet Hoch 310-376, Alloy 30-1, Primers Winchester Large Rifle Magnum, Lube Dell 59C, Bullet seated to engrave just beyond the Base. Distance 200 yards. Hopefully it might be helpful to give you a place to start out.

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