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Hubalek Small Frame Ballard Type Target Rifle Hubalek-Worn Hammerless
Guns International #: 101547894 Seller's Inventory #: 34909
Category: Benchrest and Target Rifles - Benchrest and Target Rifles - Rimfire
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1184
Total Number of Listings: 20133
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
We have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material.
Description:
Serial #17, .22 LR, 25 1/2" heavy target barrel with an excellent, bright bore. This is a very interesting rifle, assembled by famed barrel-maker Arthur Hubalek on a small, Ballard style, hammerless action. The barrel itself is finished in-the-white with crisp “A. HUBALEK / SPECIAL" marking near the breech, and visible machine marks along the entire length. The frame, which is built to resemble a small frame Ballard action and is fitted with a striker-fired breechblock. The frame has bright, newly-applied color case-hardening, and engraved scrollwork vignettes on both sides, as well as visible casting flaws along the edges. The muzzle is dovetailed for a front sight, but none is present, and a Lyman Junior Targetspot scope with yellow filter, and original two-piece box is fitted. The checkered walnut forend and pistol-grip buttstock have some minor handling marks in the original varnish, and the steel buttplate also has vivid color case-hardening. These rifles were the brainchild of famed target shooter Arthur Hubalek, who began making custom barrels using a proprietary rifling system of his own design in the late 1920s. Sometime after he went into business, he began offering complete rifles, either built on an existing Ballard action, or on a hammerless Ballard-type action, sometimes called a “Dorhn action", but probably the design of NY gunsmith George Worn. This particular example was once part of the collection of Ben Park, a Kansas City target shooter who knew Hubalek personally, and, as attested to in an attached affidavit, purchased this example directly from Hubalek at a small bore match in Chicago during the late 1930s. This is a superb example of a little known, and extremely rare, Hubalek-Worn target rifle, and would make a fantastic addition to any collection. Ref: “Ballard - The Great American Single Shot Rifle", John T. Dutcher; (2002) FFL or C&R
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Manufacturer: Hubalek
Model: Ballard
Serial Number: 17
Caliber Info: .22
Gauge Info: .22