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Ballard smokeless loads
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I currently have a forged Ballard action that has a.357 maximum barrel on it.  I built it to shoot black powder with breech seated 200 grain bullets.  Everything works fine but now I would like to shoot some smokless loads.  I plan on breech seating the same bullet but would like some suggestions on powder and amount that would be safe.  I have assortment of IMR and Hodgdon in stock.  Would appreciate the help.  Charlie
  
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Re: Ballard smokeless loads
Reply #1 - Today at 11:59am
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I like 4198 for all my forged Ballard rifles. I'm unfamiliar with load data for the .357 Max case, but generally speaking I'd start at 25% of whatever your BP load is and go from there. 
I owned one in .38 Ballard Extra Long which is very close in dimensions to the .357 Max. and I loaded 6.5 grs. of Unique with a 150 grain bullet. That was about 1250 fps in my Ballard.
  
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