My new .44-75 Ballard

[Kurt]

Sarge.
The .44-75 Ballard is a rare caliber from the mid 1870's. It was used for the matches and modern day brass can duplicate this cartridge to the exact dimensions. The 2.6 brass can be cut down to 2.5" and sized down to .44.
I favor the .44 calibers anyway and this falls between the .45-2.4 and the .45-2.6 with lighter recoil and so far very good accuracy with the test loads I have shot these last few days. So far I shot close to 130 ladder loads using the 505 gr elliptical bullet cast form a KAL mould using the Olde Eynsford 2F Powder and KIK 2f and 1.5 and I have not shot a group over 4" at 200 yards with loads from 78 gr to 86 gr. The best load so far is 2-1/8" with 84 gr and the of the 2F OE powder with the 505 gr KAL bullet and the scope mounted on the rifle.

Kurt