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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3849 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Freund Ballard May 16^th, 2021 at 6:48pm	Print Post
	Was looking at a Freund catalog and saw the Freund Ballard with "strengthening" in hammer and hammerless versions. Anyone have one and can show us pics?


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kensmachine Oldtimer Offline Posts: 564 Joined: Nov 21^st, 2012	Re: Freund Ballard Reply #1 - May 17^th, 2021 at 9:04pm	Print Post
	the Freund ballard is just as hard to find as a Freund 1878 sharps or harder I have herd of 1 Freund 1878 sharps. never seen one I have seen one I think was a Freund 1878 but it dint have the Freund breach block the one that was in the gun had a different Finnish then the rest of the gun Ken


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3849 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Freund Ballard Reply #2 - May 18^th, 2021 at 5:17pm	Print Post
	On a related topic, after reading all the old reports on the Freund Sharps modifications in Kelver's Single Shot Notes, it is a wonder no company has currently mass produced them or even offered them as an upgrade to their regular 1874s. I believe there was one gunsmith in Colorado that was offering the modification on a custom basis.


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John Rigby Full Member Offline Posts: 209 Location: Midwest Joined: Nov 8^th, 2005	Re: Freund Ballard Reply #3 - May 23^rd, 2021 at 9:35am	Print Post
	My friend, Shon Eychaner, is making me one with the double extractor and camming breach-block with altered hammer shape. He made one for himself and had it engraved ala Freund. Had mine chambered in 40-65 RL chamber. Should be finished in a couple weeks.

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TRowe Full Member Offline Posts: 173 Joined: Sep 4^th, 2017	Re: Freund Ballard Reply #4 - Jun 1^st, 2021 at 9:14pm	Print Post
	I have seen a 78 Frund Sharps. It was in a collection near Miami and is now in a collection in California. It is the only one I have seen or heard of. Caliber was .45-70.


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Longdistance1 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 429 Location: Amidon, ND Joined: Feb 11^th, 2013	Re: Freund Ballard Reply #5 - Jun 2^nd, 2021 at 2:03am	Print Post
	Did you happen to get any pic's? LD1


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kensmachine Oldtimer Offline Posts: 564 Joined: Nov 21^st, 2012	Re: Freund Ballard Reply #6 - Jun 2^nd, 2021 at 9:13am	Print Post
	The guy in Miami was going to send me pictures but never did. He got in touch with me to buy some screws for the rifle. We talked on the phone a number of times. He told me someone told him a welding shop had got a number of guns and was going to weld them into a gate and went to see what they had and found the Frund 78 sharps. Ken


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Tom_Trevor assra life no.71 Oldtimer Offline Tom Trevor Posts: 688 Location: Granada Hills Ca. Joined: Jun 16^th, 2004	Re: Freund Ballard Reply #7 - Jun 3^rd, 2021 at 10:00pm	Print Post
	The Freund Ballard can be found in Pablo Balentines book Freund and Bro. 1997 Graphic Publishers. Pages 178-181 and 215. Also the patents and patent drawings are shown. There is also a reprint of the 1878 Cheyenne Wyoming catalog Showing the Sharps Ballard and 1878 rifles. No information on who printed it.


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TRowe Full Member Offline Posts: 173 Joined: Sep 4^th, 2017	Re: Freund Ballard Reply #8 - Jun 7^th, 2021 at 1:21pm	Print Post
	I just looked at my photo data base and I guess I never took photos of it. I probably can contact the owner if you need photos, or better yet give him your name. It had a really strange looking breech block.


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CW Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 495 Joined: Feb 20^th, 2018	Re: Freund Ballard Reply #9 - Jun 8^th, 2021 at 9:20am	Print Post
	oneatatime wrote on May 18^th, 2021 at 5:17pm: On a related topic, after reading all the old reports on the Freund Sharps modifications in Kelver's Single Shot Notes, it is a wonder no company has currently mass produced them or even offered them as an upgrade to their regular 1874s. I believe there was one gunsmith in Colorado that was offering the modification on a custom basis. I was told, that "one gunsmith" was told by someone's lawyers to stop making them or there would be trouble.


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Tom_Trevor assra life no.71 Oldtimer Offline Tom Trevor Posts: 688 Location: Granada Hills Ca. Joined: Jun 16^th, 2004	Re: Freund Ballard Reply #10 - Jun 8^th, 2021 at 5:50pm	Print Post
	CW, Schuetzen gun company in Loveland Colorado. Claims to hold the Freund trademark and are the only company making Freund patent Sharps rifles and J.P. Gemmer conversions. No idea if they are the company told to stop making them and by who?. They still run an add in the BPCR news.


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