I recently became the caretaker of a nice little Ballard rifle chambered in .32 long colt .
It's a newer jm marlin cast steel reciever versus cast iron .
I have gathered up everything needed to get it shooting and before I get to crazy I figured why not run what I'm about to do by some other people .
We all know how hard .32 long cases are to find so I'll be using shorts
None of my manuals have any load data for the short so I'm not quite flying by the seat of my pants .
Components are going to be ...
.32 colt short cases .
105 grain heeled base bullet
Powder , I'm going to start with unique
My plan is to start with a charge of 1.2 grains and hope for good results between 1.2 and 1.8 grains , but if I'm reading burn rates correctly I should be plenty safe up to at least 2.1 grains
Anybody feel like I'm in the wrong neighborhood with this ?