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Re: Ballard questions
Reply #75 - Oct 6th, 2025 at 10:28am
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DWT1885 wrote on Oct 6th, 2025 at 9:41am:
You might want to wait till you get your Ballard and first slug the bore before making up loaded rounds. I put the cart before the horse and made up rounds before getting my 32-40 Ballard. Well, I got .321 bullets and then found out my groove dia. was .323. Just something to think about.


With a new-to-me rifle I always make a chamber cast including a portion of the bore & slug the bore prior to loading ammo.  I also keep the cast & slug or fully document all the dimensions for future reference.

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Re: Ballard questions
Reply #76 - Oct 6th, 2025 at 2:13pm
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Randy Wright has some good "how to" books for single shots. You might want to buy one. 
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Reply #77 - Oct 6th, 2025 at 2:34pm
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Good advice from all. Thank you
  
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Re: Ballard questions
Reply #78 - Oct 6th, 2025 at 2:55pm
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If it is a #4 action with matching serial number barrel it will be forged. I still check all Ballard rifles as I've been offered some to buy that had all the features of a forged action, but once I dropped the block and checked under the chamber end they proved to be cast. There are always exceptions to any rule, so best to be sure.
  
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