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Rare new #9 Ballard with Rigby barrel. (Read 621 times)

scharfe Oldtimer Online A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 577 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Rare new #9 Ballard with Rigby barrel. Mar 26^th, 2025 at 4:21pm	Print Post
	I found another #9 with a Rigby barrel. I won it in an online auction. Poor pics, 10 degree weather, small auction, poor description and listing it as a Ballord. All #'s match 3438x


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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: Rare new #9 Ballard with Rigby barrel. Reply #1 - Mar 26^th, 2025 at 5:09pm	Print Post
	What a great find! With a number that high it should be a Marlin Forearms Co. marked receiver. And should be a 2 line address on the left side. That serial number puts it towards the end of production, and maybe a leftover Rigby barrel the factory used to assemble an otherwise standard Union Hill. Pretty neat!

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scharfe Oldtimer Online A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 577 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: Rare new #9 Ballard with Rigby barrel. Reply #2 - Mar 26^th, 2025 at 6:03pm	Print Post
	I have never seen a Rigby barrel before and have watched for a #9 for a long time. 2 Birds 1 stone. $ was silly low. On the Rigby flats configuration Full rib top, 1/2 ribs on sides and stub on bottom ? I also got a Lefever F Grade english stock, damascus Barrels the same auction.
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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1341 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Rare new #9 Ballard with Rigby barrel. Reply #3 - Mar 26^th, 2025 at 9:02pm	Print Post
	"lever"? I assume you mean "Lefever", as in Daniel M. ("Uncle Dan") Lefever of shotgun fame. Bill Lawrence


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scharfe Oldtimer Online A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 577 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: Rare new #9 Ballard with Rigby barrel. Reply #4 - Mar 26^th, 2025 at 9:13pm	Print Post
	Yes, Lefever. Thank You.


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rifleman Full Member Offline Posts: 240 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Re: Rare new #9 Ballard with Rigby barrel. Reply #5 - Mar 27^th, 2025 at 7:20am	Print Post
	Great score. Are those the auction pictures? Do you have any more photos? Very interesting rifle.


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scharfe Oldtimer Online A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 577 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: Rare new #9 Ballard with Rigby barrel. Reply #6 - Mar 27^th, 2025 at 7:46am	Print Post
	I just picked it up yesterday. The clean up is going well. The barrel blue is wonderful. The bore by eye is great. It's a 32/40 by the way. I have an Axtell globe front sight, looking for a tang sight now.


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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: Rare new #9 Ballard with Rigby barrel. Reply #7 - Mar 27^th, 2025 at 10:56am	Print Post
	scharfe wrote on Mar 26^th, 2025 at 6:03pm: I have never seen a Rigby barrel before and have watched for a #9 for a long time. 2 Birds 1 stone. $ was silly low. On the Rigby flats configuration Full rib top, 1/2 ribs on sides and stub on bottom ? I also got a Lefever F Grade english stock, damascus Barrels the same auction. That's the same thing you'll find on all Rigby Ballard rifles as to the flats and how they're done. Except the Rigbys will all be engraved flats. I have two Rigby 6 1/2 pistol grips, and one rare Rigby 6 1/2 early straight grip. Actions all have faceted octagon tops as all Rigby rifles had.

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rifleman Full Member Offline Posts: 240 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Re: Rare new #9 Ballard with Rigby barrel. Reply #8 - Mar 29^th, 2025 at 9:20pm	Print Post
	Are you able to post some clearer photos? And what is wrong with the lever such that you are searching for a new one?


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