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bobw Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1718 Location: NW, Iowa Joined: Mar 19^th, 2013	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #30 - Mar 29^th, 2025 at 8:26pm	Print Post
	I need one but will make my own. Good luck on your project. Bob

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16732 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #31 - Mar 30^th, 2025 at 11:07am	Print Post
	Definitely not a Ballard link, and something someone made themselves.

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TomKlinger Full Member Offline Posts: 120 Location: Central Florida Joined: Feb 17^th, 2019	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #32 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 7:35am	Print Post
	O’HARE TOOL INC. made them a few years ago….got an assortment of ten or so. Tom Klinger


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16732 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #33 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 2:50pm	Print Post
	TomKlinger wrote on Mar 31^st, 2025 at 7:35am: O’HARE TOOL INC. made them a few years ago….got an assortment of ten or so. Tom Klinger I think Marlin made various length links at the factory when they made new Ballard rifles so it was easier for workers who assembled the Ballard rifles to get lockup and firing pin strike perfect. Likely had bins of various hole spacing so if they tried a certain spacing and it didn't strike center they could grab a different link and swap it in to correct it.

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jimmy Senior Forum Member Offline Now available in Oklahoma. Posts: 337 Location: Skiatook Joined: May 12^th, 2009	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #34 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 4:46pm	Print Post
	Looks like I should get or make one close to print then start adjusting from there.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16732 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #35 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 5:06pm	Print Post
	jimmy wrote on Mar 31^st, 2025 at 4:46pm: Looks like I should get or make one close to print then start adjusting from there. I'd start with the right thickness mild steel or even aluminum to see what makes it lockup and index on the firing pin perfectly. Then once it works good simply use that as a template for a harder steel to make the working version. It will make a lot less work in the end than trying to make it from the final harder steel. Keep the test one as a sample for future Ballard links.

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jimmy Senior Forum Member Offline Now available in Oklahoma. Posts: 337 Location: Skiatook Joined: May 12^th, 2009	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #36 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 5:21pm	Print Post
	Is .205 thick mild steel or aluminum available? Haven't found a decent metal stock supply place after moving to Ok. ETA. .195 will work to test.


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bobw Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1718 Location: NW, Iowa Joined: Mar 19^th, 2013	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #37 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 5:36pm	Print Post
	If you don’t have away to mill it to the correct thickness just pickup some 3/16, it will work to test the lockup. And, don’t bother putting the cocking feature on it until you have a spacing that works. Bob

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jimmy Senior Forum Member Offline Now available in Oklahoma. Posts: 337 Location: Skiatook Joined: May 12^th, 2009	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #38 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 8:19pm	Print Post
	Well this is different. I posted early on I thought it had a threaded muzzle attachment. The forend screw looked cheap and the forend wasn't square. So I pulled the forend screw and the forend is glued or ?? to the barrel. I try pulling the forend off and the barrel moves. I'm like what the.... Then I noticed the breech wasn't turning and I'm really wondering what the.... heck. Ends up it's a sleeve over the barrel with the threads at the end. The scope mounts were not square and now I know why. So it is a tensioned barrel set up? Guess this is why I buy this stuff. Lots of entertainment. Typing on my phone so I'll just show a big picture.


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jimmy Senior Forum Member Offline Now available in Oklahoma. Posts: 337 Location: Skiatook Joined: May 12^th, 2009	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #39 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 8:24pm	Print Post
	Thinking I should leave the big sleeve off. I thought it was a threaded attachment at the muzzle because it was about 3/8 ID to a breech face and not counterbored. You could see a gap at the bottom of the CB.


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jimmy Senior Forum Member Offline Now available in Oklahoma. Posts: 337 Location: Skiatook Joined: May 12^th, 2009	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #40 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 8:26pm	Print Post
	bobw wrote on Mar 31^st, 2025 at 5:36pm: If you don’t have away to mill it to the correct thickness just pickup some 3/16, it will work to test the lockup. And, don’t bother putting the cocking feature on it until you have a spacing that works. Bob Thanks. Was thinking of filing the long link until I got the right distance then making a new link from the edge to edge and pin diameter. Just have a small lathe now so it's possible to thin to the right thickness but is a pain.


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jimmy Senior Forum Member Offline Now available in Oklahoma. Posts: 337 Location: Skiatook Joined: May 12^th, 2009	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #41 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 8:43pm	Print Post
	Just realized the right most hole matches a small hole in the barrel to hold the sleeve straight. It does not line up the scope mounts correctly. What a mess. Maybe I should find an original #3 barrel and use this 25 caliber barrel for a 25 hornet. Something I have wanted.


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 978 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #42 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 10:06pm	Print Post
	Wow! I've never seen anything like that before.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16732 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #43 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 10:27am	Print Post
	That's the craziest thing I've seen. Like someone was a Dan Wesson fan and wanted to build a similar changeable barrel system. I'd take that off and just return this action to a .22lR for the cast #3 action. You can buy a 27"x1.20" Green Mountain barrel for $123 and fit it, and be done and have a very accurate Ballard .22 rifle. I had this same barrel on my #3F and it's extremely accurate. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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jimmy Senior Forum Member Offline Now available in Oklahoma. Posts: 337 Location: Skiatook Joined: May 12^th, 2009	Re: New Ballard day. Mystery rifle from GB Reply #44 - Apr 4^th, 2025 at 6:55pm	Print Post
	It shows out of stock. Anyone want to suggest a light load or FPS to shoot for that would be safe? PM if you don't want it public.


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