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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 532 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Ballard Bushing Oct 12^th, 2024 at 5:18am	Print Post
	Years ago I had a Ballard with a Bushing like this crude drawing. All edges were beveled and the wedging of the block halves held it firmly. Has anyone seen it before. Mine was an original block but also converted to a non-hammer / striker style.


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guilty gil Participating Member Offline Posts: 35 Location: Livingston mt. Joined: Feb 5^th, 2021	Re: Ballard Bushing Reply #1 - Oct 12^th, 2024 at 9:39am	Print Post
	Looks about like GT's current ballard project.


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 2040 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: Ballard Bushing Reply #2 - Oct 12^th, 2024 at 10:02am	Print Post
	Scharfe, I've never seen one like that before but Rodney and I were discussing this modification this spring at the Greeley show, I applied it to a Ballard build I'm doing (and have been shooting this summer/fall). Here's a photo of a couple of my breech blocks. There are more than a few now in my mess that incorporate a similar feature.

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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 532 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: Ballard Bushing Reply #3 - Oct 12^th, 2024 at 12:14pm	Print Post
	Very nice.


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idjeffp Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 306 Location: Boise, ID Joined: Nov 11^th, 2017	Re: Ballard Bushing Reply #4 - Oct 13^th, 2024 at 1:32pm	Print Post
	Once upon a time... I had a very skillfully reworked Ballard in .22LR that had a 2-pronged firing pin where the barrel was still on center. FP struck both at 6 & 12 o'clock. Somehow, I managed to NOT get a picture of that before it left my possession, BUT I did get a pic of the barrel face... Maybe Moody can help us here... JP


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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2051 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Ballard Bushing Reply #5 - Oct 13^th, 2024 at 2:54pm	Print Post
	I have a Marlin Ballard that has a steel plate that dovetails into the face of the breechblock and converts the rifle to a rimfire.


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ssrifles Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 277 Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2009	Re: Ballard Bushing Reply #6 - Oct 15^th, 2024 at 10:56am	Print Post
	i have seen several with that or a similar setup over the years. tony<><


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bobw Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1472 Location: NW, Iowa Joined: Mar 19^th, 2013	Re: Ballard Bushing Reply #7 - Oct 22^nd, 2024 at 12:14pm	Print Post
	idjeffp wrote on Oct 13^th, 2024 at 1:32pm: Once upon a time... I had a very skillfully reworked Ballard in .22LR that had a 2-pronged firing pin where the barrel was still on center. FP struck both at 6 & 12 o'clock. Somehow, I managed to NOT get a picture of that before it left my possession, BUT I did get a pic of the barrel face... Maybe Moody can help us here... JP Jeff, Is this firing pin what you are referring to? The one side is broke off on this one. Bob

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idjeffp Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 306 Location: Boise, ID Joined: Nov 11^th, 2017	Re: Ballard Bushing Reply #8 - Oct 23^rd, 2024 at 2:30pm	Print Post
	Thanks Bob for sharing that picture... It may very well have been one like that. I wish I had taken more pictures Jeff P


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