Some years back a friend who shoots in our annual long range shoot sent me pictures of this Bremer Ballard he picked up at his local gun shop. It had beautiful lines, but looked very dark and rusty in the pics. Never thought it would clean up well, but when he brought it to our shoot later it was a very nice rifle. I told him if he ever considered selling it to please give me first chance at it!

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A week ago I got the call from him and he said he was reducing his gun collection and did I still want it? Of course I did, and we worked out the details. He shipped it to me and I picked it up yesterday! 
It's an original Ballard #10 Scheutzen Junior barreled action with Bremer built stocks and buttplate, and Bremer checkering. Bremer's checkering is so unique, and this checkering wraps up the side at the wrist and over the top all in one continuous pattern. Matching numbers on frame, barrel, and blocks. The barrel is a .32" half octagon in a heavy #4 weight as the #10 were. Chambered in .32-40 Ballard. Sights were missing when he got it, so he put an MVA Soule tang sight, and a Baldwin globe front sight on it.
I've had the original pics for many years, and occasionally drool over them. Often thought about asking him again, but decided not to bother him in all these years.

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Hey Vall, That is one neat Ballard. Glad you were able to get it for your collection after all these years. Is it a Marlin barrel or did he re-barrel it to his specs ?

GT wrote on Apr 24^th, 2026 at 10:01am:


I have a couple Bremer High Walls, but Bremer Ballards are much tougher to find. I'm selling my Pope barreled .22 Bremer High Wall at Greeley next month. Keeping the other Bremer-High Wall with Schoyen barrel.

I used to correspond with Mike Petrov in Alaska, and at one time Mike had a O. A. Bremer Ballard with Bremer Triggers. I would have loved to examine that rifle more closely.

Schutzenbob wrote on Apr 24^th, 2026 at 11:36am:


I knew Michael had a Bremer, but only saw one image of it very long ago. Can't even picture it in my mind now? Joe Dobryzinski probably has pictures, and knows where it went.

This one appears to be Ballard triggers, but likely Bremer tuned them some.