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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18421 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Tale of a Pope Ballard Reply #15 - Dec 12^th, 2020 at 10:37am	Print Post
	Thanks. As mentioned, I'm fine with the information being printed elsewhere if there's a desire to do so.

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S99VG Oldtimer Offline Posts: 514 Location: CA Joined: Feb 1^st, 2020	Re: Tale of a Pope Ballard Reply #16 - Dec 12^th, 2020 at 10:17pm	Print Post
	Very cool. Very cool indeed!


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18421 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Tale of a Pope Ballard Reply #17 - Dec 14^th, 2020 at 10:36am	Print Post
	Thanks. I love anything in a cased set, but of course a Ballard is my preference. This one has a little provenance, but only back as far as the previous owner. It's a Schoyen Ballard I also found at Denver CGCA show, in .32-40 caliber. I looked at it for 3 days, and it was cheap. But ugly as sin with numerous holes and dovetails in the barrel, plus hot bluing all over. A lot of guys I know also passed, because the seller didn't tell us it had the case, with scope and accessories. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) The Hereford hide case makes me chuckle. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Looked like this when I bought it. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Then I stripped the receiver, fixed all the extra holes and dovetails in the barrel, and had Al Springer CCH the action, and rust blue the barrel. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) It belonged to a dentist who traded dental work for it.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18421 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Tale of a Pope Ballard Reply #18 - Nov 10^th, 2026 at 10:40pm	Print Post
	Bringing my ancient post up again as I got a large group of pictures of Leonard G. Pridy from the Denver Library today! Pretty cool to finally see what he looked like in the day! Hope this link works! (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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JerryH Frequent Elocutionist Offline ASSRA Member #10876 Posts: 1342 Location: Easton, CA Joined: Nov 9^th, 2014	Re: Tale of a Pope Ballard Reply #19 - yesterday at 1:59am	Print Post
	Really cool pictures Vall! What a neat addition to the rifle.

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4082 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Tale of a Pope Ballard Reply #20 - yesterday at 10:06am	Print Post
	that is a nice addition to your rifle. Heck, I don't have a single photo of a smith that made up rifles for me right here in town!


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18421 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Tale of a Pope Ballard Reply #21 - yesterday at 11:18am	Print Post
	JerryH wrote yesterday at 1:59am: Really cool pictures Vall! What a neat addition to the rifle. Knowing how Leonard Pridy's life ended it's nice to see pictures of him when times were good and he seemed so happy. Both he and his wife died young from TB and I doubt that was a good way to go. Evelina passed away at 48 years old, and Leonard passed away at 58 years old. A lot of people in the Denver area passed from complications from TB, and can't help but think him being a barber exposed him to a lot of that.

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830singleshot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 516 Location: Texas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2007	Re: Tale of a Pope Ballard Reply #22 - yesterday at 2:48pm	Print Post
	Vall, that's a great group of pictures and information to go with your unique rifle. I noticed that on the back of one of the pictures his sister's married name is Peterson. With the tie in to Denver, could she be related to A. W. Peterson ?

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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4594 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Tale of a Pope Ballard Reply #23 - yesterday at 6:33pm	Print Post
	I remember that show, Vall. You were walking around with a s.. grin (you know the kind) telling everyone about the "oh, here's the case and stuff that goes with it."


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18421 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Tale of a Pope Ballard Reply #24 - yesterday at 6:44pm	Print Post
	830singleshot wrote yesterday at 2:48pm: Vall, that's a great group of pictures and information to go with your unique rifle. I noticed that on the back of one of the pictures his sister's married name is Peterson. With the tie in to Denver, could she be related to A. W. Peterson ? That thought crossed my mind also. Something I'm planning to research more at "Find a grave" to see who her relatives were, and also with the Denver Library to see what the Peterson connection might be? That would also add provenance, and explain the 3rd barrel that was added to this set later. You can see the case was made for two barrels, and the 3rd is a later addition to the case.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18421 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Tale of a Pope Ballard Reply #25 - yesterday at 6:47pm	Print Post
	oneatatime wrote yesterday at 6:33pm: I remember that show, Vall. You were walking around with a s.. grin (you know the kind) telling everyone about the "oh, here's the case and stuff that goes with it." Yeah, that was a fun show! That's also the show where I bought my Hepburn Match B in .32-40 with a 34" barrel from our friend Ron Peterson! I had blown my whole wad by the time I found this set, but luckily traded a Ballard Pacific I had straight across for this set!

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