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Re: Cast vs Forged but what about Breechblocks?
Reply #15 - Dec 2nd, 2021 at 9:49am
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bobw wrote on Dec 1st, 2021 at 10:02pm:
Thanks guys, but I see no serial number on the blocks anywhere along the top, or to the rear, on the back of the tails.  It does appear to be ground or coarse filed along this entire area.
Bob


Interesting Bob. They are often pretty roughly finished on those hidden areas that don't bear against the receiver during lockup. Sides are always finished very nicely since they show when the block id lowered. So roughness could original, or as reworked. It's possible it's had a block fitted from another Ballard and numbers removed for that reason.
  
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Re: Cast vs Forged but what about Breechblocks?
Reply #16 - Dec 2nd, 2021 at 10:24am
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Thanks Vall.  I’m in the process of trying to get the action up and working with the parts that came with it and would say the frame and block are not matching.
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