doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion Classic & Custom Single Barreled Sporting Rifles @ doublegunshop.com I bought a Ballard action.

Do you really want to do that? They align the forearm.

Only if your using a ramrod, I wont. Normally a dowel is used from the forend into the hole in the action.

I agree just thought you might want to keep that originality to the action. Obiviously you get to choose.

Looking forward to seeing the project unwind. Does this means you are going to keep it, in your first post you sounded a bit still on the fence?

Thankfully, I have never seen a schuetzen shooter that was capable of that with anything even close to what could be called consistency, and I've seen quite a few good ones. Real good ones.

No, I didn't say you should use PPBs - though you could and you might even find the accuracy you look for, but rather that was perhaps its intended purpose.

Brent

It's a thought and the the barrel would not be hurt with a steady diet of black powder. I've shot my muzzle-breech-loader Pope with duplex loads but have never worked with it outside of those type rifles. Of course I would then have to make a PP mould which is about he only type I've made that worked well.

The good thing is there is not much I could hurt experimenting with this rifle.

A little bit more about accuracy, I have to have a goal to work for with a rifle. I have found that many good schuetzen type rifles can deliver 1/2MOA but it's a long road there. For as long as I've been at this the wind seems to be the one thing that always limits my shooting. That's why I try to shoot when the weather is good.

Michael, I missed what caliber it is. I scanned back quickly but did not see it. If it is a .45 I'm sure I can provide some very good quality ppbs for you to try. If it is .38 - I might be able to but my .38s are of the modern dimensions. Anything else, I don't shoot.

No one shot a 1/2 MOA 5-shot group for score at 200 yds this summer at our club. Not as many shooters this year, but in an entire summer, none did it. I'm pretty confident they are considerably better than average shooters too. Usually a few such groups are turned in but only a few in a whole summer's shooting.

Brent

Brent, it's a 32-40 and I have a pile of moulds for it but not a PP one. Might be fun to try some black just to see.

Mike, I have that old Ideal 3 sized breech seated bullet mold if you care to try it too.

No input except that I bet there are a lot of us single shot nuts lurking and enjoying this thread fully....BRAVO; Carry on!

I'm not a Scheutzen shooter ('way too spaz), but appreciate the guns and the matches. (It's fun to participate as a spotter or helper for somebody who can actually shoot!)

Still kicking myself for not buying a decent Ballard Pacific in .38-50 I saw in a gunshop in Redding, CA years ago. I bet that had some stories in her......

Thanks Mike I'll keep that in mind.