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Bnelson Full Member Offline Posts: 183 Location: Lower Michigan Joined: Jan 5^th, 2009	Re: 25 Projects Reply #15 - Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 9:19am	Print Post
	Greg, I think your bronze receiver Ballard is really nice. I always like the look of a bronze receiver. As always, I’m sure you will do a fantastic job on it. Bruce


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2216 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: 25 Projects Reply #16 - Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 9:26am	Print Post
	rodneys wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 8:39am: This mystery lever looks pretty interesting. How was it cut out? Waterjet, we copied the one Westerner posted.

	"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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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1834 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: 25 Projects Reply #17 - Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 11:58am	Print Post
	I used to run a water jet at my job. They can do some amazing work. We cut everything from glass to exotic metals. Aerospace industry loves them for titanium panels. They do not induce heat or stress relieving and warpage as much as a laser does. JMH


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2216 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: 25 Projects Reply #18 - Aug 26^th, 2025 at 9:44am	Print Post
	Yet some more junk to look at... A little more time working the wood into it's radical shape and some mill work done on the mystery lever. Both are ready for extensive file and rasp work. GT

	"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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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2216 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: 25 Projects Reply #19 - Aug 29^th, 2025 at 12:40am	Print Post
	Made time tonight - finished another single trigger and accomplished an ambition of mine, one breech block, three different triggers and they all work. A double set, a set of close couples, and a plain single. Working on a helm stye lever for this Ballard also... GT

	"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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JerryH Frequent Elocutionist Offline ASSRA Member #10876 Posts: 1291 Location: Easton, CA Joined: Nov 9^th, 2014	Re: 25 Projects Reply #20 - Aug 29^th, 2025 at 1:27am	Print Post
	Absolutely amazing on the triggers. And, who (other than GT) would have thought to make a Helm lever for a Ballard? That's way beyond cool! It looks great!

	I'm not a complete idiot, some of my parts are missing.
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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1834 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: 25 Projects Reply #21 - Aug 29^th, 2025 at 12:08pm	Print Post
	A little perch belly on a stock always looks good... JMH


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bobw Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1874 Location: NW, Iowa Joined: Mar 19^th, 2013	Re: 25 Projects Reply #22 - Aug 29^th, 2025 at 12:24pm	Print Post
	Greg, looks like the Helm lever was cut out by the same place that did the mystery lever! Looks good on this rifle. Bob

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17117 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: 25 Projects Reply #23 - Aug 29^th, 2025 at 5:40pm	Print Post
	Not 100% sure, but I believe that's a Laudensak lever not a Helm. But I think Schoyen liked the Helm buttplates as one of my Schoyen Ballard rifles has a Helm: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1361 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: 25 Projects Reply #24 - Aug 29^th, 2025 at 8:39pm	Print Post
	I, on the other hand, am pretty sure that GT's other lever is the one normally associated with the Helm-style rifle. The Laudensack lever, I believe, ends in what for lack of a better description is an exaggerated "C". Bill Lawrence


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2216 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: 25 Projects Reply #25 - Aug 30^th, 2025 at 2:07am	Print Post
	Bill you are correct, here's the two different arrangements, Laudensack and Helm as explained to me by fairly well versed gunsmiths of our time.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17117 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: 25 Projects Reply #26 - Sep 2^nd, 2025 at 10:35am	Print Post
	Not sure what I was thinking? I saw Helm lever, but was thinking Helm buttplate, and noticed Greg's appeared to be a Laudensak buttplate. Oops.

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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2216 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: 25 Projects Reply #27 - Sep 4^th, 2025 at 1:42pm	Print Post
	Here’s another project in the list that’s seeing some attention, a seater for the striker Ballard we designed. This striker is in a Storie casting and when I originally built this action, it was barreled in a 40-90BN. I recently re-barreled it in 32-40 with intent of making it my Schuetzen bench rifle. The barrel is a CM 1:15 twist from BRC, I had a little about it in another post of mine regarding year-end projects.

	"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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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2216 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: 25 Projects Reply #28 - Sep 4^th, 2025 at 1:43pm	Print Post
	I was struggling getting a seater of the normal Ballard configuration to work in it and I’m not fond of installing a lug on the side of the receiver, nor do my sight bases incorporate anything extra. Here’s a picture (or many) of the seater design I came up with for this project.

	"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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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2216 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: 25 Projects Reply #29 - Sep 4^th, 2025 at 1:49pm	Print Post
	I was a little late getting out of the shop last night, best laid plans? Dark is coming earlier every day but I still made it to the range with enough light to get set up and fire a few. I shot my steel target and thought I was close enough to center when I switched to paper. As one can see, either wind or sight picture bit me... Still trigger time though. A little more wood work on the rifle and the seater - rifle is showing potential.

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