Are there any pictures around of the internals of the Hammerless (striker fired) Ballards like Hubalek or Connie Grims make?

1878,
Please post them on this thread. I'm sure I'm not alone in also wanting to see them.
Thanks, Ron

FYI Wes Stanley / Rodney Storie sell a kit with the castings to make up a striker action Ballard breech block, which would require lots of careful machining as well as heat treating.

Bob

I don't know about the Barning high-wall conversion, but Dale Reynolds did a very neat conversion on a low-wall that he has shot @ Etna Green a lot and that was written up in the SSR Journal a couple of years ago.  I wish I could get him to build me one, but he won't even talk about it!    I did see Frank Zika taking pictures and measurements one time, maybe we could get him to make one!

Froggie

PS  Has anybody been able to get any shipments of any kits or parts from Rodney or Wes lately?   

There is a cut away drawing of the Freund conversion both striker and internal hammer in Kelvers book FRANK AND GEORGE FREUND AND THE SHARPS RIFLE.

40 Rod

Now, you know, there are even actions that are striker-fired by nature, and that don't have to be converted to do such...   

...or is it a silk purse into a sow's ear?) 

Hang around me @ E-G Wayne, as I have neither my own machinist nor my own machine shop, although I'm working on the latter.  I had noted previously that folks who REALLY participate heavily in this game tend to either be machinists or have very deep pockets to afford having some pretty sophisticated work done.  The third alternative is to hustle around and impose on the good will of folks in the first two categories or provide some special product or service they will take in full or partial trade for the toys you just can't live without.  There doesn't seem to be any real cheap way to do this otherwise, or if there is, I sure wish somebody would reveal it to me!! 

Green Frog

Green_Frog wrote on Jul 30^th, 2008 at 3:35pm:


This, to me, is a far better deal than the mere exchange of $. Most of us who like these rifles are relatively mature, at least in years (VBG), and tend to be more interested in our feeling of personal satisfaction rather than the dollars. The exchange of personal products & services, either instead of or in addition to cash, provides unparalleled opportunities not only to acquire things that would otherwise be out of reach, but also (and far more importantly) to make a new friend who shares your interests. Even if you never interact with that particular person again due to circumstances or distance, you will remember him and get a warm feeling every time you look at the thing he traded you.
I know I do, regards, Joe