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Ball and Williams/Merwin and Bray -- Ballard Single shot rifle in 44 caliber
Guns International #: 103505392 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Ballard Rifles - Single Shot Rifles - American
Seller's Information
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Seller: Northwest Fine Guns
Company: Northwest Fine Guns
Member Since: 9/2/08
First Name: Ben
Last Name: Reali
State: Washington
Zip: 98272
Country: United States
Phone: (425) 922-9241
Premium Seller
Number of Active Listings: 28
Total Number of Listings: 1694
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 day non firing inspection period
Payment Types Accepted: VISA/MC/
Description:
Very nice and an early Ballard with some amazing features. It began its life about 1864 as a rimfire/percussion gun. Somewhere along the way the the nipple for the percussion was removed and replaced with a firing pin system. It is a rimfire/centerfire gun. It will shoot 44-40s or the 44 rimfire if you can find them. Given the age of the gun and its metalurgy I treated it strength wise as an original colt lightnening pump when reloading for it. I used 6 gr of Unique powder with a soft cast bullet 44-40 bullet. It will shoot point of aim/ point of impact at 100 yards with this load.
It has a 28" full length octagon barrel with a nearly perfect bore, a rocky mountain style front sight, a barrel sight and a rare early factory tang sight. The ejector works just fine. The gun has nice wood with some figure. There is a piece of wood thats been missing from the left side of the Forearm, just forward of the receiver for a very long time. The brass tip is solid and heavy. There are no cracks in the butt stock.
It has markings on the octagon flats for Ball and Williams; Merwin and Bray, agents New York, and then the Ballard name and patent date.
Its an antique so I can ship it directly to you. You will pay the actual shipping via FedEx.
SOLD