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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18341 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Distant Thunder Gun Parts? Nov 29^th, 2014 at 12:09pm	Print Post
	Been trying for a couple weeks to get anyone to answer the phones at Distant Thunder. They have no answering machine, so can't leave a message either. Also sent email, but got no response to that either. Does anyone know what's going on at their place, or if they are still in business? Still trying to get a Ballard two piece extractor, but no luck.

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gunlaker Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2720 Location: lower mainland, B.C. Joined: Dec 13^th, 2010	Re: Distant Thunder Gun Parts? Reply #1 - Nov 29^th, 2014 at 7:36pm	Print Post
	Maybe he's out shooting? I know that the owner was posting on the Shiloh forum not too long ago. I've been meaning to order one of his canted front sights. Chris.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18341 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Distant Thunder Gun Parts? Reply #2 - Nov 30^th, 2014 at 10:40am	Print Post
	gunlaker wrote on Nov 29^th, 2014 at 7:36pm: Maybe he's out shooting? I know that the owner was posting on the Shiloh forum not too long ago. I've been meaning to order one of his canted front sights. Chris. That would be quite a shooting match! It's been a couple weeks of trying.

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SSShooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2944 Location: Southern NJ Joined: Aug 1^st, 2010	Re: Distant Thunder Gun Parts? Reply #3 - Nov 30^th, 2014 at 7:52pm	Print Post
	Could be hunting. Am having Classic rebore/rifle a barrel for me and he was a way 10-days for his mule deer & elk hunt.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18341 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Distant Thunder Gun Parts? Reply #4 - Nov 30^th, 2014 at 10:54pm	Print Post
	SSShooter wrote on Nov 30^th, 2014 at 7:52pm: Could be hunting. Am having Classic rebore/rifle a barrel for me and he was a way 10-days for his mule deer & elk hunt. Could be. I hope that's the answer. I'd rather be doing other gun work than making the two piece extractor; but I will if I have to at some point.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18341 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Distant Thunder Gun Parts? Reply #5 - Dec 1^st, 2014 at 1:02pm	Print Post
	Got a email from Jim at Distant Thunder today! He was on vacation last week, so getting the extractor soon! Thanks to "buchsenmacher" for helping me get ahold of Jim!

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18341 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Distant Thunder Gun Parts? Reply #6 - Dec 5^th, 2014 at 9:09am	Print Post
	Received my two piece extractor from Distant Thunder yesterday! Extremely well made, and took minor fitting to put it into my #3 and get it working! Not a cream puff, but it did clean up nicely, and wood is very solid. Extra heavy barrel, which is unusual on a late concave top receiver. The barrel actually hangs over the concave top a bit, and is serial numbered to the gun. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)
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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 7767 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Distant Thunder Gun Parts? Reply #7 - Dec 5^th, 2014 at 11:22am	Print Post
	I'm glad to hear you got it done, Vall. How long is the barrel and how good is the bore? A few more pictures? Frank

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18341 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Distant Thunder Gun Parts? Reply #8 - Dec 5^th, 2014 at 12:05pm	Print Post
	frnkeore wrote on Dec 5^th, 2014 at 11:22am: I'm glad to hear you got it done, Vall. How long is the barrel and how good is the bore? A few more pictures? Frank The barrel is 24", and bore shows typical black powder corrosion, but haven't shot it yet to see how well it shoots. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Has all the original #3 sights, and standard features, with the exception of the barrel weight.

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