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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17698 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Hubalek Ballard Feb 9^th, 2026 at 6:40pm	Print Post
	I was fortunate today to be able to obtain one of those grail guns for me. An A Hubalek striker fired Ballard .22 rifle. The rifle started life as a #8 Union Hill model that Hubalek fitted one of his Hubalek Special barrels to. It appears the Ballard also got a #6 ball & spur style lever with checkered inserts also. The barrel is a heavy #4 weight full round 30" barrel. Double set triggers as the #8 Union Hill came with and typical Union Hill buttplate. The seller said the forearm was junk, and he had someone make up a new forearm and checker it to match. Seller was just 4 hrs. away, so we each drove a couple hours to meet up and do this deal. Both of us happy with the deal, but I think I am beyond happy on my end! (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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Statesrights Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 413 Location: Virginia Joined: May 3^rd, 2016	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #1 - Feb 9^th, 2026 at 6:52pm	Print Post
	Beautiful! The ball and spur looks great on it.


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JerryH Frequent Elocutionist Offline ASSRA Member #10876 Posts: 1307 Location: Easton, CA Joined: Nov 9^th, 2014	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #2 - Feb 9^th, 2026 at 7:21pm	Print Post
	Cool rifle Vall! Looking forward to seeing how it shoots.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17698 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #3 - Feb 9^th, 2026 at 7:36pm	Print Post
	Statesrights wrote on Feb 9^th, 2026 at 6:52pm: Beautiful! The ball and spur looks great on it. I love ball & spur levers, especially with wood fillers and checkering!

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17698 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #4 - Feb 9^th, 2026 at 7:36pm	Print Post
	JerryH wrote on Feb 9^th, 2026 at 7:21pm: Cool rifle Vall! Looking forward to seeing how it shoots. Rain or shine it's getting to at least the indoor range this week!

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DWT1885 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 456 Location: New Jersey Joined: Nov 25^th, 2010	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #5 - Feb 9^th, 2026 at 9:07pm	Print Post
	That's a really neat Ballard. What time period was Mr. Hubalik? Wonder just how many striker actions he made?

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3616 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #6 - Feb 9^th, 2026 at 9:09pm	Print Post
	Glad it worked out for you Vall. I am sure it will shoot well once you spend a few hundred searching for THAT lot of .22 match ammo. Did you have lunch at the Country Cousin? Yak burger? Jack

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17698 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #7 - Feb 9^th, 2026 at 9:19pm	Print Post
	bpjack wrote on Feb 9^th, 2026 at 9:09pm: Glad it worked out for you Vall. I am sure it will shoot well once you spend a few hundred searching for THAT lot of .22 match ammo. Did you have lunch at the Country Cousin? Yak burger? Jack No we met at a place called Jeremy's Farm to Table restaurant and market. He wanted to buy me lunch, but we'd already spent a couple hours talking and looking at our two trade single shots, so we just had coffee and a brownie, and I hit the road to beat rush hour traffic. Wish I'd known about Country Cousins earlier as I'd have arranged to meet there instead.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3616 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #8 - Feb 9^th, 2026 at 9:56pm	Print Post
	We used to take our kids out there with my Dad when he was staying at an adult care house in Centralia. The first time my we went there my oldest who was maybe 10 refused to go in because she was freaked out by the chicken on the roof and the chicken clucking sounds the door made.

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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1955 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #9 - Feb 9^th, 2026 at 10:30pm	Print Post
	Some folks have all the luck... Let us know how it shoots. JMH


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bobw Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2016 Location: NW, Iowa Joined: Mar 19^th, 2013	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #10 - Feb 9^th, 2026 at 10:53pm	Print Post
	Another nice one Vall, congrats! Bob

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17698 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #11 - Feb 10^th, 2026 at 8:16am	Print Post
	DWT1885 wrote on Feb 9^th, 2026 at 9:07pm: That's a really neat Ballard. What time period was Mr. Hubalik? Wonder just how many striker actions he made? Arthur Hubalek was a piano tuner and trained tool and die worker in the late 1800's. He began making his own .22 barrels around (edit-post WWI) from what I've found. He was also a fantastic shooter and the only person who could out shoot Doc Hudson at that time. He broke Hudson's record and I think his 2486 pts. out of a perfect 2500 might still be unbroken from what I've read? Hubalek was active up into the late 40's, and died sometime in the early to mid 50's.
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RSW Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1286 Location: Arizona Joined: Sep 8^th, 2006	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #12 - Feb 10^th, 2026 at 12:58pm	Print Post
	Vall Great find on the Ballard and thanks for posting the piece of history on Hubalek.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17698 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #13 - Feb 10^th, 2026 at 1:05pm	Print Post
	RSW wrote on Feb 10^th, 2026 at 12:58pm: Vall Great find on the Ballard and thanks for posting the piece of history on Hubalek. I found and bought a Hubalek 1891 Rolling Block target pistol a couple years ago and figured that was going to be as close as I'd ever get to owning a Hubalek, so this was a real treat to get!

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RSW Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1286 Location: Arizona Joined: Sep 8^th, 2006	Re: Hubalek Ballard Reply #14 - Feb 10^th, 2026 at 2:05pm	Print Post
	For us Ballard guys, you've got a real keeper.

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