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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #30 - May 21^st, 2018 at 7:44pm	Print Post
	Schutzenbob wrote on May 21^st, 2018 at 7:20pm: These Ballard levers are truly a mystery.....I've talked to John Dutcher about them, but even he doesn't know who made them. This rifle has no serial number, it's not quite like any other Ballard I've owned, the barrel is marked "made to order by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company," and it has the magic lever; Same thing John told me this weekend. He said he moved his from gun to gun, and also loaned it to Ron Long to copy for Ron's personal gun. He sold the gun it was on and still has the lever on another Ballard now. But Joe's lever is similar, but a bit different too.

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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #31 - May 22^nd, 2018 at 1:37am	Print Post
	westerner wrote on May 21^st, 2018 at 8:28pm: Bob, You want I should send you the wood cut off the bottom of the donor stock? Nice figure. Could do a double back Velcro attaching system to that Stevens Pope parts Ballard of yours. Doesn't look like you have enough cutoff to make a perch belly. Isn't that the reason you cut it off? I have wood. Need to get a better BR stock made so 250s will flow like wine in the Tri-cities vineyards westerner wrote on May 21^st, 2018 at 8:28pm: What's with you and those mixed number Ballards, anyway? Joe. Just be thankful somebody found enough part s to make a Ballard before the Chinese got them in a scrap bin

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3491 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #32 - May 22^nd, 2018 at 4:11pm	Print Post
	I know you perfectionists would get that duplicated. Me, I might paint the whole deal flat black and go to shootin'. Just kiddin'. Gonna look good, man.


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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #33 - May 22^nd, 2018 at 4:15pm	Print Post
	You are amazing Joe, It looks like the number match on those two pieces of wood

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #34 - May 22^nd, 2018 at 8:17pm	Print Post
	Are you casting those Berg buttplates out in the garage Joe?

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7142 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #35 - May 22^nd, 2018 at 9:03pm	Print Post
	Looking good, Joe I think it will fit me well Frank

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7142 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #36 - May 22^nd, 2018 at 10:52pm	Print Post
	Sounds good, Joe. Maybe we could get the bench, up wind from Dave or Jack Frank

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #37 - May 23^rd, 2018 at 4:41pm	Print Post
	Joe the extra scroll to hold the panels and the bar across the center are both different than John Dutcher's and Ron Long's copy of Dutcher's lever. But general shape is similar. Suppose one is a copy of the other, but no telling which was first?

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #38 - May 23^rd, 2018 at 4:56pm	Print Post
	I hope others who might have one of these style levers see your post Joe and show more! I think it's neat and hope there's more out there!

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Rebel Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4292 Location: Rockets and Race Cars Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #39 - May 24^th, 2018 at 4:42pm	Print Post
	Nice work Joe! Aaron

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Bill Lawrence Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1037 Joined: Mar 17^th, 2014	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #40 - May 24^th, 2018 at 4:56pm	Print Post
	Nice work; indeed; it's going to be even more of a head-turner when finished. One question, though. The forearm looks period and appropriate, seems to fit very well, and appears to be at worst a copy of a Ballard. In short, it's hard for me to imagine it's not original to your Ballard's current configuration. So why, as you wrote in your first post, did you have to "wait its arrival"? Bill Lawrence


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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3491 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #41 - May 24^th, 2018 at 5:09pm	Print Post
	Joe, think about taking that tag and having it inlet into the new butt when you get it?


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Bill Lawrence Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1037 Joined: Mar 17^th, 2014	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #42 - May 24^th, 2018 at 8:16pm	Print Post
	Joe, I love how you keep pulling things out of your (derby?) hat. If that's an inventory tag, 131X is a pretty big number, even for a multi-category collection, let alone a single-category one. I personally have never seen a dealer use a hand-stamped (?) brass tag, but some museums and even some private collections I've visited or worked in have. Does the seller know anything about it? Bill Lawrence


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #43 - May 25^th, 2018 at 10:32am	Print Post
	I think it's beautiful just as it is Joe. Maybe get the buttstock done and match the finish, but it's perfect patina to me! The way you brought it together looks like it's been this way for a very long time!

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3491 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Mystery Ballard Reply #44 - May 25^th, 2018 at 11:56am	Print Post
	I like it, too. As far as an olden days Winchester barrel being able to shoot well, I'm a true believer. Mine has capabilities well beyond my own.


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