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A Ballard comes home

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06 May 2017, 21:01
Bill/Oregon
A Ballard comes home
Stumbled into this sweetheart out of the blue. It's a Marlin Ballard No. 1 1/2 Hunter's rifle in .40/70-.40/63 Ballard Everlasting. Make the cases simply by trimming .405 Winchester brass to .438 inches. Bore is worn, but not pitted, so have high hopes she will shoot once I can afford a Montana Vintage Arms Vernier tang sight. The guy most responsible for my love of Ballards would be the great Ned Roberts, who was so fond of these rifles.





There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.
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08 May 2017, 23:32
bpesteve
quote:
Originally posted by Bill/Oregon: Make the cases simply by trimming .405 Winchester brass to .438 inches.


Now that's a short case!

Cool

Great find, congrats!
08 May 2017, 23:52
JTEX
Cool rifle Sir!
09 May 2017, 00:29
Biebs
quote:
Make the cases simply by trimming .405 Winchester brass to .438 inches

Must be like a wide 22 Short? :-)
09 May 2017, 19:34
Bill/Oregon
D'oh. 2.38 inches. How did I mess that up? Sucks to grow old.

old


There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.
– John Green, author
12 May 2017, 01:16
jens poulsen
Thanks for sharing Bill.

Lovely old rifle for sure.


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