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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 617 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	New Ballard coming soon Jun 27^th, 2026 at 4:23pm	Print Post
	I bought it from Griffin & Howe. Advertised as a 25/20 WCF, we'll see about that when I have it. No picture of the whole barrel stamp but The barrel is adorned "No 972 Griffin & Howe Inc. New York" in the description. No news yet but they are researching it in their archives. Full length forearm is curious.
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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 617 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: New Ballard coming soon Reply #1 - Jun 27^th, 2026 at 5:09pm	Print Post
	Vernier sight will go on my #9. I got the vaver sight earlier this month, now I have something to put under it.


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Skalkaho Oldtimer Online Posts: 866 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: New Ballard coming soon Reply #2 - Jun 28^th, 2026 at 11:38am	Print Post
	Well glad you bought it! I kept looking at it,but to many projects.Looks like a nice modification.....

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18080 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: New Ballard coming soon Reply #3 - Jun 28^th, 2026 at 1:12pm	Print Post
	Is that a full length Mannlicher stock on it? The Vaver appears to have an adapter base? I've got a couple of Vaver sights for Ballard and Stevens rifles and both are blued bases.

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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 617 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: New Ballard coming soon Reply #4 - Jun 28^th, 2026 at 2:46pm	Print Post
	Yep full Mannlicher. I'm hoping G&H can document the rifle.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12373 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: New Ballard coming soon Reply #5 - Jun 28^th, 2026 at 5:50pm	Print Post
	In your picture it says "proposed" Does that mean that is what you have planned for it? Double set trigger Ballard, nice.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18080 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: New Ballard coming soon Reply #6 - Jun 28^th, 2026 at 5:52pm	Print Post
	westerner wrote on Jun 28^th, 2026 at 5:50pm: In your picture it says "proposed" Does that mean that is what you have planned for it? Double set trigger Ballard, nice. Glad you asked Joe! I was wondering what the descriptions on the two pictures meant?

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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 617 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: New Ballard coming soon Reply #7 - Jun 28^th, 2026 at 9:36pm	Print Post
	The "proposed" is the planed version. I'll check for #'s matching parts and go from there. Then if G&H has any history that will also influence the plan. The full loop lever will be here tomorrow. The #5 lever is not original. That makes Me think that the block won't match. The pad has to go and most likely the butt stock was trimmed to fit it also removing a #.


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terry buffum Full Member Offline Posts: 158 Location: Bend, Oregon Joined: Feb 11^th, 2007	Re: New Ballard coming soon Reply #8 - yesterday at 2:01am	Print Post
	As I recall from Michael Petrov's book, the fact of a G & H number means they did more than add a barrel. The wood may be theirs, or they may have stocked it and someone switched it out in the almost 100 years since they built it. Your proposal looks very much like what they would have done. I had a G & H High Wall with similar classic lines.

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