Okay CG, now give us the particulars.

westerner wrote on Nov 11^th, 2025 at 11:02pm:

Thanks for taking care of this Joe!
The particulars- 
Ballard Pacific from the Tulsa gun show on Saturday morning. I usually see a rifle, walk around and think about it for a while, then go back to deal. 
I talked to the guy and he made me a sweet deal. 
I didn’t want to chance losing it to someone else, so I bought it on the spot.
11 1/4 lbs., freshly lined 32” long barrel, 38-55, 2.125” chamber. The liner has, get this, a LH twist just like Harry said it should be. The lever closes nice and snug. As you can see, it has a wiping rod, but no idea if it’s original or not, while the tang sight sure looks like it could be. 
I now understand why everyone raves about Ballard DSTs. These triggers feel the same whether the hammer is cocked or not.
A friend called to have me meet him at a particular table where I bought an orphan barreled action LowWall at 10:30. I backtracked to where I had been when he called, saw this Pacific and bought it less than 30 minutes later. 
I had a most excellent morning with 2 great deals before noon.

That is real nice.

That's a very nice Pacific! And the graduated peep tang sight sure appears to be original. The wiping rod isn't as Marlin never did that spiral design on the wood like ML builders do. Not a big deal at all, and easy to change if you wanted to sand it and stain it to remove the candy cane striping.
You done great! Wont be long and you'll be showing us your next Ballard purchase!

Sounds like you've already been bitten by the Ballard bug, so now you've added 30 years to your life with 3 of them!