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mwhite4 Ex Member	Re: Ballard Recievers, Cast or Forged Reply #15 - Mar 9^th, 2007 at 11:31am	Print Post
	OK , What's a Pm?


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1878 Ex Member	Re: Ballard Recievers, Cast or Forged Reply #16 - Mar 9^th, 2007 at 6:52pm	Print Post
	PM= Private Message One of the features of this board is the ability to send private messages between members. If you log in you should see a banner at the top of the page telling you how many messages you have. Click on "messages" and they will display.


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marlinguy Ex Member Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater!	Re: Ballard Recievers, Cast or Forged Reply #17 - Mar 9^th, 2007 at 10:19pm	Print Post
	Please stop! You're killing us! Why not just buy everything the guy has in the way of single shot rifles? Sounds like they're all way too cheap! Yes, you can use .357 cases to make a .38 Long, but a .38 Special case works better, as it requires no trimming. BUT! You can't use the same bullets! The .38 Long is a heeled bullet, and larger above the case than a .357" bullet. You can get by with hollow base wadcutters, as they'll usually bump the base up to fill the bores. Best to get the correct mold and cast the heeled bullets. I use a Lyman mold for a 160 gr. bullet that is the correct heeled bullet, and works great! Vall

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mwhite4 Ex Member	Re: Ballard Recievers, Cast or Forged Reply #18 - Mar 12^th, 2007 at 9:41am	Print Post
	Well, I did find out that the same guy has also a stevens favorite in 25 rimfire, and a rolling block carbine in .43 spanish that he has been shooting, he told me he will let the rolling block go cheap as he knows its not a collectable! What's that saying, ones mans junk is all of our treasures. I need to get the price on that rolling block from him. Mike W


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vigillinus Ex Member	Re: Ballard Recievers, Cast or Forged Reply #19 - Mar 17^th, 2007 at 3:21pm	Print Post
	For a .22 plinker a cast action might be better - would imagine it weighs a big less.


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marlinguy Ex Member Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater!	Re: Ballard Recievers, Cast or Forged Reply #20 - Mar 17^th, 2007 at 4:39pm	Print Post
	Yes, a cast action is slightly lighter, but not sure if a person could even feel the difference, as it would just be ounces from the hollow under the barrel. The best Ballard action for a .22 rimfire is the #3 action, which by chance is cast, but it has the special extractor made to extract .22 cases without problems. The others extractors can be reworked to use in a .22 rimfire, but can be a pain at times when the case slips under the extractor, or doesn't pull it far enough out to grasp. The #3 extractor is a plunger style, which moves straight back giving positive extraction every time.

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rustyrelx Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 474 Location: Wallace Idaho Joined: Oct 9^th, 2007	Re: Ballard Recievers, Cast or Forged Reply #21 - Oct 10^th, 2007 at 11:46pm	Print Post
	You can use 357 maximum in the 38 xl its soooo close to being right. Be aware that the early Marlin Ballard actions were all cast and did have the bottom under the barrel solid. Thats why one should be apprensive about recoloring an early Marlin as there is a lot of slag in the receiver and it will open up.


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richard0331 Participating Member Offline Posts: 18 Location: Morgantown, In. 46160 Joined: Apr 17^th, 2007	Re: Ballard Recievers, Cast or Forged Reply #22 - Aug 15^th, 2009 at 1:54am	Print Post
	The Ballards with the 3 line address used a reversable firing pin for rim or centerfire cartridges. That's the 3rd line patent. 97 1/2 percent of the 3 line rifles were cast. Occasionally a forged receiver will be found with this marking. Did the factory run short on cast receivers and grab a forged one? Who knows? Most engraved Ballards use a forged receiver even on the .22 rifles. I've worked on dozens of 'em in 50 years R.B.


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