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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2104 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: A Few Old Photos Reply #660 - yesterday at 4:13pm	Print Post
	Emil Berg on the left holding his Pope Ballard.
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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4005 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: A Few Old Photos Reply #661 - yesterday at 5:14pm	Print Post
	it looks like the lever, the hand rest and the muzzle plug are different?


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willsweptline Participating Member Offline Posts: 30 Joined: Feb 27^th, 2016	Re: A Few Old Photos Reply #662 - yesterday at 6:15pm	Print Post
	Picture of the same rifle in a 1929 American Rifleman. The cheekpiece must have been added later.


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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2104 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: A Few Old Photos Reply #663 - yesterday at 7:15pm	Print Post
	Here's the flip side, it looks like he added a higher comb, a Winchester scope as well as some iron sights.
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11697 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: A Few Old Photos Reply #664 - yesterday at 7:51pm	Print Post
	Muzzle plug?

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16732 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: A Few Old Photos Reply #665 - Today at 12:05pm	Print Post
	Both guns appear to use a #6 Ballard lever, but the old group photo appears to have the lever adapter more forward on the lever, where the other images show it back further? Wonder if he changed his hold position, so relocated the adapter position?

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16732 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: A Few Old Photos Reply #666 - Today at 12:08pm	Print Post
	westerner wrote yesterday at 7:51pm: Muzzle plug? Yes the black and white picture shows a muzzle plug on the end instead of the starter on it. I've seen those wooden muzzle plugs used by some muzzleloader shooters and collectors to keep dirt out between uses. I have an old friend who has a huge collection of old muzzleloader rifles and he makes them for every gun in his collection.

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Smoke Oldtimer Offline Posts: 751 Location: San Diego Joined: Feb 24^th, 2013	Re: A Few Old Photos Reply #667 - Today at 2:18pm	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote Today at 12:08pm: ...I've seen those wooden muzzle plugs used by some muzzleloader shooters and collectors to keep dirt out between uses. Those plugs got their start in the early days of military muzzleloading rifles. Called "tompion" (the origin of the word tampon) they were to keep rain water out of the muzzle when marching in bad weather.

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