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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16102 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Nov 13^th, 2020 at 11:16am	Print Post
	Just received another beautiful breech seating tool from Jerry Cleave! This is a tool his uncle Charlie Pool first built, and later Jerry copied for himself. I asked Jerry to please make one for me also, and he was kind enough to do so. As with everything Jerry builds, the fit and finish is fantastic, and a work of art! And like my Cleave tool for my Hepburn, it also has a nice long handle that makes breech seating a dream to do! This may be the last one, as Jerry told me it was a lot of work to accomplish the intricate machining required to make it fit a Ballard design. Shown on my Schoyen Ballard that I sent fired cases to Jerry from. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)
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art_ruggiero Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1084 Location: CT Joined: Dec 14^th, 2008	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #1 - Nov 13^th, 2020 at 12:07pm	Print Post
	yes; that is a work of art to costly make and sell art ruggiero


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Kurt_701 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1015 Location: Missouri Joined: May 20^th, 2004	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #2 - Nov 13^th, 2020 at 12:30pm	Print Post
	Sweet!

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idjeffp Senior Forum Member Online Posts: 308 Location: Boise, ID Joined: Nov 11^th, 2017	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #3 - Nov 13^th, 2020 at 1:49pm	Print Post
	Very nice! Curious as to the material - stainless?


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Patrick Chadwick Participating Member Offline Posts: 40 Joined: Oct 5^th, 2020	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #4 - Nov 13^th, 2020 at 2:33pm	Print Post
	That is a really neat piece of gear! I am inspired to make one for my Stahl and another for the Peterlongo. Covid close-down of the ranges means that I have the time - but have I got the skill?


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16102 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #5 - Nov 13^th, 2020 at 2:41pm	Print Post
	idjeffp wrote on Nov 13^th, 2020 at 1:49pm: Very nice! Curious as to the material - stainless? Not stainless, so they need to be wiped down to keep them from rusting. But the highly polished surface does resist rusting, and my other Jerry built for my Hepburn still looks as good as it did the day Jerry built it.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16102 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #6 - Nov 13^th, 2020 at 2:45pm	Print Post
	These tools are built along the same lines as the original George C Schoyen breech seating tools. I have an original Schoyen flyer for his products, but it doesn't show all the tools he offered. So not sure how exacting the clones are to Schoyen's original tools?

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wcf3840 Senior Forum Member Offline ASSRA Life #299 Posts: 355 Location: Palatine Joined: May 28^th, 2007	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #7 - Nov 13^th, 2020 at 5:21pm	Print Post
	They really are great tools and Jerry does superb work. I recently got one for a high wall. That was added to a Hepburn one and another for a Birchardt. They are solid and provide great leverage.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16102 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #8 - Nov 13^th, 2020 at 9:41pm	Print Post
	Yes, the leverage is better than any tool I've used! I took a .375" soft round ball and breech seated it easily into my .32-40 bore to slug it and get the groove diameter.

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wcf3840 Senior Forum Member Offline ASSRA Life #299 Posts: 355 Location: Palatine Joined: May 28^th, 2007	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #9 - Nov 13^th, 2020 at 11:10pm	Print Post
	I'm envious of the one for the Ballard. It looks great and so does the Ballard.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16102 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #10 - Nov 14^th, 2020 at 1:03am	Print Post
	wcf3840 wrote on Nov 13^th, 2020 at 11:10pm: I'm envious of the one for the Ballard. It looks great and so does the Ballard. Thanks. Picked up the Schoyen #6 in Denver a couple years ago. Besides the Schoyen barrel it has Schoyen set triggers also, and is an early #6 with the heavy German schuetzen buttplate.

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John Rigby Full Member Offline Posts: 211 Location: Midwest Joined: Nov 8^th, 2005	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #11 - Nov 14^th, 2020 at 9:49am	Print Post
	Agree Marlinguy. Jerry built two for my Zischang Borchardt 32-40's and his prime/deprime tools for three different calibers are works of art. Fair price and pretty quick turnaround. Excellent quality.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16102 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Cleave breech seating tool for Ballard Reply #12 - Nov 14^th, 2020 at 10:17am	Print Post
	Yes, I have one of Jerry's re-decapping tools also, and it too is functional art! Jerry built mine to work with four specific calibers, but the rod diameters, and shell holders I got with it allow me to do about 10 calibers with the same set. I use the heck out of it in my reloading, and shooting.

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