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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 632 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	My 2 new Ballards Sep 10^th, 2026 at 11:39am	Print Post
	Top is a Paul R. Dodge 22lr. It's on a forged pg action. Bottom Griffin & Howe 25 wcf. It's also on a forged pg action. TLC is in progress on it.


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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2139 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: My 2 new Ballards Reply #1 - Sep 10^th, 2026 at 12:23pm	Print Post
	The second one does need a little help... JMH


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rgchristensen Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1199 Joined: Jan 2^nd, 2014	Re: My 2 new Ballards Reply #2 - Sep 10^th, 2026 at 1:15pm	Print Post
	jhm wrote on Sep 10^th, 2026 at 12:23pm: The second one does need a little help... JMH I would suggest that it also offers the most promise. CHRIS RG Christensen


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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2343 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: My 2 new Ballards Reply #3 - Sep 10^th, 2026 at 4:49pm	Print Post
	Me gusta both of them....#2 seems to have a Winder forend.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12578 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: My 2 new Ballards Reply #4 - Sep 11^th, 2026 at 8:38am	Print Post
	I like the second one best. It reminds me of the movie, Planet Of The Apes. I can see a monkey on a horse shooting at Charlton Heston with it. Neat caliber 25-20 Winchester.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 671 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	Re: My 2 new Ballards Reply #5 - Sep 11^th, 2026 at 9:32am	Print Post
	Paul R. Dodge was the secretary and treasurer of the Yreka Gun Club in the mid- 1920s. He also had a hardware / sporting goods store.


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Otony Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 338 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: My 2 new Ballards Reply #6 - Sep 11^th, 2026 at 12:12pm	Print Post
	Schutzenbob wrote on Sep 10^th, 2026 at 4:49pm: Me gusta both of them....#2 seems to have a Winder forend. If that isn’t a Winder forend, it sure was heavily influenced by one! Maybe Colonel Winder was the milkman for Griffin & Howe?

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Sure shot Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1222 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: My 2 new Ballards Reply #7 - Sep 11^th, 2026 at 5:29pm	Print Post
	A mannlicher Ballard, I like it.


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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 632 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: My 2 new Ballards Reply #8 - Sep 11^th, 2026 at 6:38pm	Print Post
	Work started. Block halves match but not action. Vernier sight going on my Union Hill #9 numbers match on it even the unengraved Rigby barrel. Pad removed.


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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1416 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: My 2 new Ballards Reply #9 - Sep 25^th, 2026 at 2:44pm	Print Post
	I don't object to the change of sights or lever, but I personally would keep the forend. I'd venture that the rifle was put together sometime in the 1930s when if I remember correctly Mannlicher-style rifles were somewhat in vogue. Bill Lawrence


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jimmy Oldtimer Offline Now available in Oklahoma. Posts: 525 Location: Skiatook Joined: May 12^th, 2009	Re: My 2 new Ballards Reply #10 - Sep 26^th, 2026 at 4:58am	Print Post
	I would keep the forend. The rest looks good.


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