Please pm pics and price for HW52.
Thank You,
Scott

The seller should be following the rules for such items and posting the prices wanted for each in the for sale section so no unfair behind the door transactions or possible bidding can possibly be taking place as it now appears to be happening and against the well known and long established rules. 

JLouis

Here is a pic of both Ballard High walls

Again, these "rules" apply to for sale/trade ads.
I am simply trying to get an idea from informed people such as yourself to their value.
I am now wondering how this seems to offend you?

Thanks for the suggestion... It appears as if there has only been one rifle listed and relisted in the last few months - it is a 2 barrel set. It appears as if there were not too many made, not too many sold, or no one wants to sell theirs!

For what it's worth, there is another fellow asking for the same estimations on a gun he wants to buy. Happens all the time here. Buy, sell, asking for info shouldn't be a crime. Nice guns, but I haven't any guess on what to ask for 'em.

If the rest of it looks that nice, great Rifle you got there.

Boats totally agree as once it goes from what is it worth to sending me pictures and the price you want as in this particular case it does indeed circumvent the for sale or trade rules and why I brought it up. All though they seem to be for sale they have yet to be listed with a selling price or a request for best offer if possibly listed to high. 

JLouis

It’s the calibers.  Both high performance rounds that do very well in Bolt actions.  Single shots extraction is weak compared to a bolt gun. Load either to full potential it’s going to be hard to pull the fired case out.  Buyer will be shooting 7x57 ballistics out of the magnum.  Bit better than than 25/35 out of the 25/06. I have a 25 Kraig on a CPA and it produces 257 Roberts Balistics at best. 25/06 probably the same thing except it’s Rimless which compounds the problem.

If they were chambered in Original Winchester High Wall calibers I would expect ready sale over 3,000 per gun. Of course you are on a experienced Single Shot forum and opinions reflect it.  Some hunter knowing little about SS guns may buy either one at high dollar & jam up that 7mm on a expensive hint. 

All the useful calibers High Walls were chambered for, probably more possibilities than any other rifle ever built,  what was the point of 7 mag and 25/06. Cody should have refused the order 

Boats

Hmmm I guess my loads are weaker than I thought, I have never had any extraction problems

I believe that it is identical to the original

There have been no records of sales on gun broker - not too many out there, I guess

Way to find out what the market will bear is to list 'em on Gunbroker with a low start and a high reserve.  After a few months you will know what people will actually pay for them.  These rifles are not Bitcoins.  Greater fools are not abundant.

You might try contacting Wyoming Armory in Cody Wyoming. Keith Kilby is one of the principals there and he may be able to help you as they do sell some Ballard Co. rifles. He also could tell you more about their rimless extractor, it's design and reliability with high pressure rounds. I don't believe that Keith, Ron Long or Neal Rice would let a rifle go without their approval.

Thanks for the suggestion about Wyoming Armory.
They confirmed the action is made from a different steel, the extractor is of a different design, and the action will work with any rimmed or rimless cartridge. He also said that the rifles were some of the finest ever produced.