I'm making a little progress, with a little (lot) help from my friends.
I removed the escutcheon and plugged the second hole on the forearm. I moved the escutcheon back to the first hole.
I removed the two pins from the action and the Winchester forend hanger.
I fitted and glued a piece of wood into the space cut for the Winchester main spring in the back of the forend.
I took it up to john's and he mounted the forend on the side of his mill table and drilled it for a wooden dowel that goes into the hole in the Ballard receiver. I then came home and glass bedded that into place.
Today I received a Winchester 92 pistol-grip stock from Terry that had been modified for a Ballard...IT FIT!!!! Somehow it seems fitting that a Ballard with a Winchester barrel should have a Winchester stock.
The stock bolt must have fell off a piece of farm machinery then stepped on by the horses. I spent more time working with that than if I had just taken a piece of steel and made a new one.
Slow learner some time.
Not sure what is next, the barrel needs to be drilled and taped for both the forend screw and the scope blocks.
