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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 2758 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #30 - Sep 24^th, 2024 at 8:19pm	Print Post
	Just don't leave that rifle sitting at the bench for two long Joe, Small bees will try to move in.
	« Last Edit: Sep 24^th, 2024 at 10:23pm by bpjack »
	ASSRA # 11318 just a bit of a hoot.
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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2041 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #31 - Sep 24^th, 2024 at 9:38pm	Print Post
	Think of all those small holes as a dampening device, waves struggle going through holes...

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11462 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #32 - Sep 24^th, 2024 at 10:28pm	Print Post
	Think I have a bag of little grease zerks round here some place. Now what did I do with those?

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3565 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #33 - Sep 25^th, 2024 at 9:11am	Print Post
	are they threaded zerks or the hammer-in kind? The latter are only suitable for low pressure loads. Placed properly, though it saves having to take a separate lubing tool to the already cluttered bench.


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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 2758 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #34 - Sep 25^th, 2024 at 10:33am	Print Post
	Drill through to the bore and have a built in Pope style lubricator. Seat bullet, pump lube, insert case, fire!

	ASSRA # 11318 just a bit of a hoot.
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11462 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #35 - Sep 25^th, 2024 at 2:43pm	Print Post
	There's nothing new under the sun. Dave Casey has been using grease zerks since the 19th century.

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Online No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #36 - Sep 25^th, 2024 at 6:11pm	Print Post
	westerner wrote on Sep 25^th, 2024 at 2:43pm: There's nothing new under the sun. Dave Casey has been using grease zerks since the 19th century. that would simplify greasing the bullet but only if breech seated already.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11462 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #37 - Sep 25^th, 2024 at 10:39pm	Print Post
	Cat_Whisperer wrote on Sep 25^th, 2024 at 6:11pm: westerner wrote on Sep 25^th, 2024 at 2:43pm: There's nothing new under the sun. Dave Casey has been using grease zerks since the 19th century. that would simplify greasing the bullet but only if breech seated already. No, it's a joke, a spoof. The grease zerk is just sitting there on the barrel. You may know that but thought I better mention it just in case someone decides to do it for real. And Dave is old but not old enough to have lived in the nineteenth century. Well, perty sure about that anyway.

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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 807 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #38 - Sep 26^th, 2024 at 6:59am	Print Post
	Meh. I simply pump a big gob of axle grease into the chamber before seating a bullet. No pan lubing for me. Good accuracy but the bugger kicks like an Army mule when she goes off. Seriously though I'm liking Jack's solution.


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RDBallard Junior Member Offline Posts: 74 Joined: Apr 22^nd, 2020	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #39 - Sep 27^th, 2024 at 4:41pm	Print Post
	Skalkaho wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2024 at 11:50am: Here is THEE BS for A Ballard. Bought off a forum member a couple years back. Simple,compact,A piece of art. I'm glad that you like it Pete. I knew that you would.


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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Online No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #40 - Sep 28^th, 2024 at 12:29pm	Print Post
	westerner wrote on Sep 25^th, 2024 at 10:39pm: Cat_Whisperer wrote on Sep 25^th, 2024 at 6:11pm: westerner wrote on Sep 25^th, 2024 at 2:43pm: There's nothing new under the sun. Dave Casey has been using grease zerks since the 19th century. that would simplify greasing the bullet but only if breech seated already. No, it's a joke, a spoof. The grease zerk is just sitting there on the barrel. You may know that but thought I better mention it just in case someone decides to do it for real. And Dave is old but not old enough to have lived in the nineteenth century. Well, perty sure about that anyway. . Obviously a spoof. But I like the concept.

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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2041 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #41 - Oct 1^st, 2024 at 9:45am	Print Post
	I like the Ballard seater design that Skalkaho shared with us, I've reverse eng. it. Still working out the details from a photo but here is it's current state with a little time on it...

	"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk" T. A. Edison "The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right" M.T.
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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 2758 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #42 - Oct 1^st, 2024 at 9:53am	Print Post
	That is looking great. I am always jealous of your machining talent Jack

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bobw Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1473 Location: NW, Iowa Joined: Mar 19^th, 2013	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #43 - Oct 1^st, 2024 at 11:59am	Print Post
	Great news Greg! I liked that design also and saved pictures for a project later on. Now I am hopeful that I can just steel your plans! The seater I made like what Vall showed was a tough one, this one appears much simpler to make Bob

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11462 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Some Stuff About Ballard Seaters Reply #44 - Oct 1^st, 2024 at 12:56pm	Print Post
	Years ago at Cody Wyoming a shooter from San Diego was using a beautiful engraved Rigby Ballard. He was using a breech seater that pressed against the real part of the BB mortice. The metal in that area was displaced upward. It looked bad. I decided to never use a breech seater of that design on a Ballard.

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