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rustyrelx Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 474 Location: Wallace Idaho Joined: Oct 9^th, 2007	Re: Date of Manufacture - Marlin Ballard Reply #30 - Dec 27^th, 2013 at 1:01pm	Print Post
	Bridgeport Gun and Implement Co=BGI They also made Spencer parts........Don


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16290 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Date of Manufacture - Marlin Ballard Reply #31 - Dec 27^th, 2013 at 8:22pm	Print Post
	Redsetter wrote on Dec 26^th, 2013 at 10:22pm: marlinguy wrote on Dec 26^th, 2013 at 7:37pm: John Dutcher states that Billings and Spencer did the forgings for the receiver and block. Is this incorrect? Bridgeport Tool and Die made many sights for all the major gun makers in the northeast USA. Marlin, Remington, Savage, Whitney-Kennnedy, etc. all used front and rear barrel sights built by BTD. Forgings wouldn't have been produced at a foundry, would they? Does he distinguish between forgings & castings? I'll check myself. He mentions it in the section on #1 1/2 Ballards, which were NOT a cast receiver. So I would guess he meant the forged receiver. What he said is, "The forgings for this frame and lock were supplied by Billings and Spencer, Hartford, Connecticut."

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16290 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Date of Manufacture - Marlin Ballard Reply #32 - Dec 27^th, 2013 at 8:32pm	Print Post
	rustyrelx wrote on Dec 27^th, 2013 at 1:01pm: Bridgeport Gun and Implement Co=BGI They also made Spencer parts........Don Yes, Bridgeport Implement was the company I meant. Tough getting old!

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