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Ballard No 6
May 16th, 2026 at 3:08pm
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A real nice Ballard no 6 forged action in 22 RF. Stevens oct/round barrel 30". Its the lever that is A killer design. whover made it did an outstanding job.  I bought the gun at auction with the intent to drop the lever and put on an original Ballard ball and spur I have tucked away. Well in shooting the gun this lever just feels so right! Ther bore has a little pitting but shoots very accurate at 100 yds using the very rough post globe sight. I'm going to go ahead and mount Unertl bases on the barrel.My eyes just dont do as well with iron. Possible mount A better globe sight also. Well the pics wont take.I'll work on down sizing them...
  
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Re: Ballard No 6
Reply #1 - May 16th, 2026 at 3:12pm
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Hows this...........
  
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Re: Ballard No 6
Reply #2 - May 16th, 2026 at 6:06pm
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Yessiree....that's one of the magical mystery levers, I'll give you a dollar if you can tell me who made them!
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Re: Ballard No 6
Reply #3 - May 16th, 2026 at 10:50pm
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Hopefully it wasn't the guy who modified this one.  Found it on a table at a gun show for $10 and felt sorry for it.

  
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Re: Ballard No 6
Reply #4 - May 17th, 2026 at 1:10am
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Ron Long?
  
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Re: Ballard No 6
Reply #5 - May 17th, 2026 at 1:54am
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I had talked to John Dutcher about these mystery levers, and yes Ron Long did make one, but I think he copied one of Dutcher's. They're usually on Ballard gallery rifles, the one I have is on a 22 Short Gallery with a Winchester barrel.
  
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Re: Ballard No 6
Reply #6 - May 17th, 2026 at 11:16am
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This Ballard I picked up has a Stevens Barrel on it. I hate to drill and tap for Unertl bases but it'll be A great scope gun !
  
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Re: Ballard No 6
Reply #7 - May 21st, 2026 at 10:32am
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That buttplate screams Berg to me, so wonder if the lever is maybe Berg's work also? But I'm not sure that Ballard started life as a #6? It looks like it's a straight grip receiver, and all #6 Ballards were pistol grip receivers and straight grip stocks. I think that's a #5 Pacific receiver, and an early one with flat side.
  
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Re: Ballard No 6
Reply #8 - May 21st, 2026 at 5:25pm
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I wondered that myself once i had gun in hand.That it was not a no. 6    Thankyou
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