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Stevens Barrel Profiled for a Ballard Rifle (Read 2512 times)

Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 659 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	Stevens Barrel Profiled for a Ballard Rifle Mar 10^th, 2021 at 7:22pm	Print Post
	I recently bought a Ballard 3F rifle that has a Stevens barrel. At first I thought it was a put together gun like so many Winchester and Remington barrels we've all seen on Ballard actions. However, this barrel is profiled like a Ballard barrel with the tulip transition at the face of the receiver. The Stevens markings are correct and the barrel is stamped with the rifle's serial number. Does anyone else have an example like this?


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17949 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Stevens Barrel Profiled for a Ballard Rifle Reply #1 - Mar 10^th, 2021 at 8:24pm	Print Post
	I've seen Ballard rifles with barrels put on at Stevens. Never seen one with the tulip and contoured like a Ballard before though? I've seen them rebored and rifled by Stevens also. I have a #3 rebored to .25 Stevens RF, but it's marked under the forearm, not exposed.

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Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 659 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	Re: Stevens Barrel Profiled for a Ballard Rifle Reply #2 - Mar 10^th, 2021 at 9:08pm	Print Post
	Thanks Vall ... I've seen the rebore markings but this example is a new curiosity ...


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830singleshot Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 483 Location: Texas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2007	Re: Stevens Barrel Profiled for a Ballard Rifle Reply #3 - Mar 10^th, 2021 at 9:23pm	Print Post
	Joe About 20-25 years ago my friend Bill Wimberley bought a numbers matching 38-55 pacific Ballard with a Stevens barrel. The barrel was profiled exactly as the pacific and serial numbered to the Ballard frame. It had the pacific forearm, thimbles and ramrod along with a Ballard tang and windgauge front sight. The local elderly man he purchased it from told him that his father and 2 other local men sent their rifles to Stevens at the same time and had them rebarreled. I didn't know until after the fact that he had sold it

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17949 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Stevens Barrel Profiled for a Ballard Rifle Reply #4 - Mar 11^th, 2021 at 12:05am	Print Post
	Joe, my #3 Ballard has the same .25 RF stamp, but it too is under the forearm. I understand someone not wanting the Rebored by J Stevens stamped where it shows, but thought the caliber should have been visible? I've always thought there was some miscommunication where the customer told them not to have the rollstamp show, but surely didn't mean the caliber rollstamp to be hidden also? Everything on your barrel looks like Stevens work, except the shape of the barrel done to match an original Ballard contour.

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Sure shot Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1149 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens Barrel Profiled for a Ballard Rifle Reply #5 - Mar 11^th, 2021 at 6:01am	Print Post
	From the Stevens #51 catalog, 1904. Note that the lightest weight barrel cost $12, when a plain 44 1/2 was priced at $12 in the catalog.


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s.s.jeff Junior Member Offline Posts: 72 Location: Appleton Joined: Aug 13^th, 2006	Re: Stevens Barrel Profiled for a Ballard Rifle Reply #6 - Mar 11^th, 2021 at 8:41am	Print Post
	Nice gun, but the best part is the rear sight. Nice find Joe


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moodyholler Oldtimer Offline Posts: 720 Location: Blue Ridge Joined: Oct 11^th, 2005	Re: Stevens Barrel Profiled for a Ballard Rifle Reply #7 - Mar 19^th, 2021 at 6:21pm	Print Post
	My #2 in 32 Ideal had a Stevens barrel serialized to action, tulip. Stevens 108 tang sight. and Stevens globe front sight. Forearm was shaped like a Stevens also. Ill try and fire up old shop computer for pictures. moodyholler


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Stevens Barrel Profiled for a Ballard Rifle Reply #8 - Mar 19^th, 2021 at 6:44pm	Print Post
	Even if others have not seen the same in the past. Steven's like others at the time would also do whatever the customer wanted to be done.

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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1396 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens Barrel Profiled for a Ballard Rifle Reply #9 - Mar 19^th, 2021 at 7:06pm	Print Post
	And was willing to pay for. Bill Lawrence


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