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Dales Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 314 Location: Western NY Joined: Oct 21^st, 2013	32 ideal. Bullet size Sep 1^st, 2025 at 11:07am	Print Post
	I bought a Stevens 44 1/2 32 ideal at the Etna green match last week it has a very good bore with an 18” twist. Anyone have an idea how heavy or how long a bullet would work? I would like to use 4227 powder if anyone has a good starting load Thanks Dale


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Sure shot Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1039 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: 32 ideal. Bullet size Reply #1 - Sep 1^st, 2025 at 11:48am	Print Post
	The factory load according to the Stevens catalogs, was a .323 diameter 150 grain bullet with 25 grains of black powder. It's one of the few calibers that I don't have in a Stevens rifle,so I can't help with a smokeless load.


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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7483 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: 32 ideal. Bullet size Reply #2 - Sep 1^st, 2025 at 1:09pm	Print Post
	For a traditional flat nosed bullet, you should be able to shoot one that is .94 long. For a custom bullet, say made by Accurate with a .18 meplat, you could do a .99 long bullet and a 1.01 long bullet with a .08 meplat, like Brooks might be able to do. Here is a Smith mold that I have, that you could send to Brooks to make, enlarged to .324 and add .04 to the base band and use a .08 meplat.

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