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rifleman Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 408 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Two newly acquired rifles Oct 26^th, 2026 at 8:23am	Print Post
	Purchased these from Dan Morphys September auction. Ballard is a No.9 that was converted to shotgun butt. A very lightweight profile barrel chambered in 32/40. Bore is perfect, came with irons and the Winchester scope discussed in my other thread. Other rifle is the one I am really excited about. Hepburn Hi Power in .30/40 with a perfect bore. Really a unique rifle with a very early SN for a high power, thus the typical buttplate instead of the late style, and a checkered forearm.


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2433 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #1 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 8:52am	Print Post
	Nice! Both of them! Glad to see the addiction is going strong. GT

	"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk" T. A. Edison "The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right" M.T.
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12657 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #2 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 8:55am	Print Post
	Nice rifles. Your #9 has a non Ballard butt plate?

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rifleman Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 408 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #3 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 9:02am	Print Post
	Its a Ballard shotgun buttplate, just not original to this rifle.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12657 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #4 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 9:07am	Print Post
	How do you know that?

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rifleman Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 408 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #5 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 9:23am	Print Post
	You can see the inletting for the Farrow plate


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12657 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #6 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 9:31am	Print Post
	Oh! Interesting. It's always something with Ballards!

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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2433 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #7 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 9:34am	Print Post
	close and then glass huh? Is it horn by chance or plastic?

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rifleman Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 408 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #8 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 9:52am	Print Post
	I believe it is an original which would hard rubber. I dont think its a plastic repro.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12657 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #9 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 10:32am	Print Post
	When I had mine back East it turned green like cellery. Humidity. You got your moneys worth of checkering on those rifles.

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rifleman Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 408 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #10 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 10:38am	Print Post
	Yes, each has out of the ordinary checkering. I am happy with them.


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Bulseyetom Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1054 Location: Santa Maria, Ca Joined: Oct 31^st, 2010	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #11 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 11:26am	Print Post
	Ballards and Hepburns don't mix. Its kinda like the Hatfields and McCoys. I will be more than happy to take the Hepburn off of your hands to preserve peace and harmony in the safe. Tom


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rifleman Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 408 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #12 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 1:19pm	Print Post
	I keep the Ballards on one side of the vault room and the Hepburns on the other. They keep the Winchesters cowering in the corner


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2433 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: Two newly acquired rifles Reply #13 - Oct 26^th, 2026 at 1:36pm	Print Post
	In my safes, the Hepburns, Ballards and Highwalls all play together well. The difficult ones are the Sharps, they're always tipping over and scuffing up the other three, I think there's some serious jealousy going on. I think it's mostly a side hammer thing, possibly a size/bully thing...

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