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Myers Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 388 Joined: Mar 5^th, 2013	I thought I seen it all until now Mar 25^th, 2026 at 8:31pm	Print Post
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Otony Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 310 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #1 - Mar 25^th, 2026 at 8:51pm	Print Post
	Did it break in half? Holy guacamole! It’s worth more because of the repair? What are they thinking?

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curdog Full Member Offline Posts: 112 Joined: Feb 26^th, 2022	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #2 - Mar 25^th, 2026 at 10:02pm	Print Post
	Well, that's a mess.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Online deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12255 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #3 - Mar 25^th, 2026 at 10:35pm	Print Post
	Mold? Here's another Ballard that might have a crack in it. No mold.

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Otony Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 310 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #4 - Mar 25^th, 2026 at 10:40pm	Print Post
	westerner wrote on Mar 25^th, 2026 at 10:35pm: Mold? Here's another Ballard that might have a crack in it. No mold. Maybe it’s an illusion because of the angle of the photo, but that looks like it was welded together crooked? The back half seems to be going ever so slightly uphill? I’m not sure how much more devastation I can handle in one evening…..

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Online deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12255 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #5 - Mar 25^th, 2026 at 10:49pm	Print Post
	When I read mold I almost barfed. Talk about a deal killer...

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Smoke Oldtimer Offline Posts: 836 Location: San Diego Joined: Feb 24^th, 2013	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #6 - Mar 25^th, 2026 at 11:01pm	Print Post
	The bottom view makes it look like it was welded back together with the breech block in place. Well, the wood looks servicable and, if the description if accurate, maybe a good barrel and tang sight. at about 1/3 to 1/2 that price.

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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2251 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #7 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 1:18am	Print Post
	Action Repair


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17876 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #8 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 9:59am	Print Post
	A good wall hanger at 1/4th of what he's asking. I can't believe someone even saved that Rigby? "Set trigger not working"???? Guy doesn't even know it's not a set trigger! I have a bunch of single trigger Ballards that wont set too. Must be a common problem.

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Longknife Full Member Offline Posts: 143 Location: Illinois Joined: Mar 26^th, 2016	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #9 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 10:06am	Print Post
	Yeah but they matched the engraving,,,,kinda


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portside Full Member Offline Posts: 132 Location: kokomo IN Joined: Jul 8^th, 2009	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #10 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 10:26am	Print Post
	Somebody tell me this is just a BAD joke, uh, right????


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4383 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #11 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 10:55am	Print Post
	I knew an old gunsmith that used to put M1 Garand actions back together that the Gov had kindly torched in half when they sent them to the dump. When he finished they could not be told from new.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Online deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12255 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #12 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 10:56am	Print Post
	The description is stupid. Must be the work of AI.

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Jonathan Junior Member Online Posts: 89 Location: THE GOOD PART OF NY Joined: Sep 5^th, 2025	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #13 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 11:46am	Print Post
	I guess that this guy is unaware of what four grand can get you.


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bohemianway Oldtimer Offline Posts: 706 Location: Andover, MN Joined: Apr 16^th, 2004	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #14 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 12:14pm	Print Post
	I remember the infamous Francis boys (Milwaukee area) known for patching things together. They had an interesting 1903 that I was interested in until I looked down the bore and saw half was 2 groove and half 4 groove. Wonder if they ever found a sucker for that one. I sold them a 1862 pocket Colt with the cylinder scene intact but the serial numbers did not match. They gave me good money and after the sale I asked what they were thinking about the mismatch. "We have all the stamps except for the #5 so it will match when we are done with it." And I knew of a gent who freshed up the gain rifling on a Walker and others so Buyer Beware. Charles


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17876 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #15 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 12:21pm	Print Post
	Jonathan wrote on Mar 26^th, 2026 at 11:46am: I guess that this guy is unaware of what four grand can get you. Or he's fishing for suckers who might bite! I own a few Rigby Ballard rifles and never paid much more than he's asking. But then mine don't have any fancy weld work done to them either.

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rifleman Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 386 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #16 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 12:57pm	Print Post
	I probed that seller on the other Ballard he has listed that is a pieced together gun on a cast frame. From my interaction with him I determined he is a total NUT.


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SteveStevens Participating Member Offline Posts: 42 Location: Fredericktown Ohio Joined: Jan 12^th, 2026	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #17 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 1:23pm	Print Post
	In the hitt miss engine world they say either no CBWs or with CBWs. that one definitely has CBWs, LOL You all get two guesses what CBWs are,


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Jeff_Schultz ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1656 Location: Ransomville, NY Joined: Apr 25^th, 2004	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #18 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 1:28pm	Print Post
	Can buy watermelons. Could but why.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Online deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12255 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #19 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 1:39pm	Print Post
	SteveStevens wrote on Mar 26^th, 2026 at 1:23pm: In the hitt miss engine world they say either no CBWs or with CBWs. that one definitely has CBWs, LOL You all get two guesses what CBWs are, CBW? Is this a CBW? Shouldn't it be CBR?
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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17876 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #20 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 4:31pm	Print Post
	CBW=Cracks, Breaks, Welds.

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SteveStevens Participating Member Offline Posts: 42 Location: Fredericktown Ohio Joined: Jan 12^th, 2026	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #21 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 4:43pm	Print Post
	C-racks B-reaks W-elds (s)==Many,


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Online deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12255 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #22 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 5:27pm	Print Post
	CBR = cracked block repair.

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jfeldman ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1110 Location: Imperial Beach, Ca Joined: Nov 5^th, 2005	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #23 - Mar 30^th, 2026 at 7:33pm	Print Post
	Here's one that'll be good as new in no time! And a lot cheaper! Regards, Joe


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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1996 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #24 - Mar 30^th, 2026 at 9:05pm	Print Post
	Good Lord...... JMH


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jfeldman ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1110 Location: Imperial Beach, Ca Joined: Nov 5^th, 2005	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #25 - Mar 30^th, 2026 at 9:13pm	Print Post
	Glad to say I can't take credit (or blame) for that work! Regards, Joe


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Flatlander Oldtimer Online Posts: 691 Location: Warm Arizona Joined: Apr 24^th, 2004	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #26 - Mar 30^th, 2026 at 9:34pm	Print Post
	Is Harlow back in business? Flatlander

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Online deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12255 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #27 - Mar 30^th, 2026 at 10:00pm	Print Post
	Otony wrote on Mar 25^th, 2026 at 10:40pm: westerner wrote on Mar 25^th, 2026 at 10:35pm: Mold? Here's another Ballard that might have a crack in it. No mold. Maybe it’s an illusion because of the angle of the photo, but that looks like it was welded together crooked? The back half seems to be going ever so slightly uphill? I’m not sure how much more devastation I can handle in one evening….. Bob Gordon blew that one up. Told me he was using straight BP in a large BP caliber.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17876 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #28 - Mar 31^st, 2026 at 2:45pm	Print Post
	How desperate does a guy get to save these blown up actions? I'd make them wall art myself.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Online deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12255 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #29 - Mar 31^st, 2026 at 6:35pm	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Mar 31^st, 2026 at 2:45pm: How desperate does a guy get to save these blown up actions? I'd make them wall art myself. Worth saving for fitting and sanding fixtures.

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Statesrights Senior Forum Member Online Posts: 428 Location: Virginia Joined: May 3^rd, 2016	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #30 - Mar 31^st, 2026 at 6:36pm	Print Post
	Might have been turned in to some gubmint agency when they getting rid of assault rifles back in the day. “Neatly” deactivated.


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Otony Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 310 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #31 - yesterday at 6:52am	Print Post
	Statesrights wrote on Mar 31^st, 2026 at 6:36pm: Might have been turned in to some gubmint agency when they getting rid of assault rifles back in the day. “Neatly” deactivated. Many years ago my father and I were helping to remodel a house owned by an older relative. In the course of tearing out sheet rock, we found two very old, rusted, and inoperable H&R revolvers in the walls of the garage. Turned out there were both solid frame .32 rimfires. I took them home, intending to make shadow boxes, but they just sat in my garage getting rustier. A friend who was pretty talented got them to function, sort of, but function they did and I took them to a police trade in event where I got enough cash to take he, his wife, his daughter, and myself out to dinner! You could see that the cops working the event were none too pleased to be getting what was obviously paper weights, but they were obligated to, so they paid out. Perfect end for what was essentially found junk!

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17876 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #32 - yesterday at 10:27am	Print Post
	I have a friend who bought every old junk stock, action and barrel he could find. Didn't matter how they fit together as he just taped them up and made them look like junk guns. Then he, his wife, and son each stood in line at police trade ins and got $50 each for them. His idea was to not just get the money, but also make them run out of money too. Sometimes he even got some friends to go along if he'd made up more than a few of these fake guns.

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brian1 Participating Member Offline Posts: 41 Location: NH Joined: Sep 26^th, 2017	Re: I thought I seen it all until now Reply #33 - Today at 1:05am	Print Post
	"what may have been a crack " LOL And the welding looks like it was done by a student. Asking 4-5 times what it's worth.

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