Hi, its been a while since I have been here but I am looking for some guidance. I am still getting into the single shot rifle shooting and recently got an original Ballard in 38-55. It is safe to shoot and has a nice bore but when I swaged it the bore sized out to .386/.387. I thought "oh boy...its shot out!! But in examining it I see it has nice rifling all the way down the bore and in swaging it, the lands printed nicely and neatly.
Would this mean that I would have to shoot a paper patched bullet seeing as how I cannot find any cast bullets of this size? And how do I get to size my brass to fit this diameter bullet with the dies I have? does anyone know of an outfit that will make me an expander? I bought a Redding in size .379 but that isn't going to be big enough is it...
Thanks in advance for your time.
Ben