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#2 Ballard .32 Sport Chamber Questions (Read 2315 times)

Turbospeed Newbie Offline Posts: 3 Joined: Nov 8^th, 2015	#2 Ballard .32 Sport Chamber Questions Mar 4^th, 2018 at 8:43pm	Print Post
	I found a #2 Ballard that I'm interested in. It has the reversible firing pin. I was shooting photos of the rifle and got this image of the chamber. It looks like some dink has dry fired the rifle and pinged both the top and bottom of the chamber. I haven't tried to pull the pin yet but how did it dent the top and the bottom of the chamber? See the dents in the yellow circles.


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ledball Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1015 Location: syracuse, ohio Joined: Nov 20^th, 2009	Re: #2 Ballard .32 Sport Chamber Questions Reply #1 - Mar 4^th, 2018 at 9:02pm	Print Post
	These are factory dings, the top one is the firing pin contact, the bottom one is a relief to prevent the pin from dragging. Ledball


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Chuckster Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 2254 Location: Colorado Joined: May 15^th, 2008	Re: #2 Ballard .32 Sport Chamber Questions Reply #2 - Mar 4^th, 2018 at 11:10pm	Print Post
	A Ballard will break the firing pin tip if it does not have the bottom notch. Ask how I know. Chuck


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16719 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: #2 Ballard .32 Sport Chamber Questions Reply #3 - Mar 8^th, 2018 at 1:51pm	Print Post
	ledball wrote on Mar 4^th, 2018 at 9:02pm: These are factory dings, the top one is the firing pin contact, the bottom one is a relief to prevent the pin from dragging. Ledball I don't have the top ding on any of mine. I believe the top ding was created by a poorly built replacement firing pin. The factory reversible pins wont ding the top edge of the chamber recess.

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bisaacson Full Member Offline Posts: 170 Location: Kailua Joined: Sep 1^st, 2009	Re: #2 Ballard .32 Sport Chamber Questions Reply #4 - Mar 8^th, 2018 at 2:20pm	Print Post
	My No. 2 looks the same as the photo, although the upper recess looks nicely machined to keep from damaging the firing pin surface in the RF position.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16719 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: #2 Ballard .32 Sport Chamber Questions Reply #5 - Mar 8^th, 2018 at 3:19pm	Print Post
	Just ran down to my gun room to look at a #2 chamber. First one I grabbed is my #2 in .44 Long RF/CF. So here's a picture of that chamber: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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art_ruggiero Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1151 Location: CT Joined: Dec 14^th, 2008	Re: #2 Ballard .32 Sport Chamber Questions Reply #6 - Mar 8^th, 2018 at 8:19pm	Print Post
	val; what do you do, grow ballards in your garden? best art


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16719 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: #2 Ballard .32 Sport Chamber Questions Reply #7 - Mar 9^th, 2018 at 10:38am	Print Post
	art_ruggiero wrote on Mar 8^th, 2018 at 8:19pm: val; what do you do, grow ballards in your garden? best art Yes! But it's tough to plant them and often I don't get more than a couple for each one I plant! These are all #2 Ballards in various calibers and special order features: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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