Here is an  A.W.Peterson 22 Ballard Union Hill #6.It is an almost gaudy Gorgeous stock,but very well executed. A buddy well versed in Ballards figured A 1960's restock, I agreed. What makes it Gorgeous Ugly is the top of the barrel. I mean 16 holes!...18 now counting the front base I mounted at 7.2" to the rear base. Someone at one time must of been drinking or the drill press and vice were not very stable. ! 24" barrel.Weighs in at 14#, and shoots pretty darn good!My first group at 100 yds was a 247,A slight 9 oclock breeze ,one flag at 20 yds.Shot in less than five minutes. Its a keeper.......

Neat rifle. I really like the engraved action !!  Dale.

"OOMPAH!" says this Alt Deutcher.  Also, if it were mine, I'd have the sacrilegious excess of holes welded up, the "ER" recut, and the barrel rust blued.

Bill Lawrence

Skalkaho wrote on Jan 8^th, 2019 at 6:40pm:


What ammo was that?

Bill Lawrence wrote on Jan 8^th, 2019 at 10:38pm:


Welding holes in a barrel will "pull" the bore metal leaving the bore harmed. Considering it's an AW Peterson rifled barrel, the bore is very important to not chance harming it. 
I would install tight plugs and then cut them off short and peen them down. Then draw file them and they will disappear. I've done this with several old gun barrels that had extra holes and dovetails, and once rust blued they look great. 
My Schoyen had 6 extra holes, and two extra dovetails. One dovetail took out the "GE" in GEO. C. SCHOYEN on my barrel. I had the GE re-cut by an engraver friend after the repair.

That's a really neat AW Peterson, and the fact it still shoots good makes it even better! I like everything about it, other than the many holes. But the holes usually make them more affordable too! That ivory grip insert is nifty too!
But it's a #6 Schuetzen action, not a Union Hill. Union Hill were #8 or #9, and had loop levers, not ball and spur like a #6 Schuetzen model.

Schuetzenmiester wrote on Jan 9^th, 2019 at 12:44pm:


John Taylor has done more gun welding than most people. He told me years ago that there's really no way he'd weld on a barrel and not plan on relining it afterwards. 
For guns with famous maker's barrels, I would never consider harming the barrel by welding on it. The bore of those type of guns is the thing that makes them so valuable, so destroying it will kill the value.

Didn't know CMP was selling Ely bulk ammo? That's a very good price! I have a case of Winchester standard velocity CMP ammo I won at our gun club's annual Christmas party many years ago. Seems to be pretty good shooting, but probably not as good as Ely!

I have seen screw holes in barrels plugged  that when done you couldn't  see them and where not welded.  Al Perry was one that did it but he is long gone and he would not work on anyone's gun but his own. his neighbor is also one that does this. Ken