I have been looking for Ballard parts also. Our best supplier was Rodney Storie who did castings of the best quality but he retired and sold his business. Other option is Rifle Shop who won't answer the phone or return a call. I was advised by a gentleman who posts here regularly to obtain a set of drawings from the ASSRA archives and make my own parts. So far I have machined a set of breech blocks, set triggers, plate, and sear. A single trigger would take a little time but is doable even without machines. One other thing I would suggest is keep an eye on eBay. Things pop up on occasion. Also place an add in the wanted/ for sale section here. I just picked up a stock here today. Someone out there could possibly have some parts.



JMH

It's beyond my capability but I'm surprised that no one has created digitized files and made a run of internal parts from stacks of tool steel cut by wire EDM, etc including extractors that could then be put in a jig, heated and forged to shape and Links with different center to center spacing to adjust headspace.

bpjack wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2026 at 11:44am:


Demand drives almost all production, and there's just not enough demand for the vast majority of Ballard parts.
I'm still wondering what happened to all the Ballard parts when that Michigan farmer bought Ballard Rifle Co. in 2008 and then folded a year or so later? He had to have some inventory, and none of it has ever hit the market for sale. And nobody seems to know this guy and can tell us where it is.

"Demand drives almost all production, and there's just not enough demand for the vast majority of Ballard parts.
I'm still wondering what happened to all the Ballard parts when that Michigan farmer bought Ballard Rifle Co. in 2008 and then folded a year or so later? He had to have some inventory, and none of it has ever hit the market for sale. And nobody seems to know this guy and can tell us where it is."

It sticks in my mind that it was a man named Northrup.  I stopped in at the shop in Onsted, Mi years ago and took some pictures and visited with Steve Durren who was running the shop.  As I recall, he was having trouble hiring good help at the time.  It closed down shortly thereafter.  Maybe Steve might know of any remaining inventory?

Regards,
Joe

These two dimensional parts can easily be cut out by abrasive water jet.  And, reverse engineering them is fairly easily.   

I scan the parts on a flat bed scanner.  Then, import the scan into autoCAD, and put it on a layer that's in the background.  Then, trace around it using vector shapes (straight lines, curves, and arcs.  Zoom in and adjust the radius's, center points, and force tangency at the intersections with lines.  When you get it looking good, take a few examples, mic them, and compare to the drawing and adjust it.   

Then, can export the drawing to a CAD/CAM program to machine the parts.   

This is particularly good process to reproduce old hairpin type springs.  But, hammers and extractors and triggers are good candidates also.

I've also done triggers on the mill by using layout fluid, scribing the outline, and then freehand milling to the outline.  It's actually faster than you would think.