This Christmas I built a nice Ballard 22. It is a Red Willow Reproduction Ballard that was a heavy barrelled 45-70 with a droopy lever. I used a Green Mountain round barrel blank and tapered and octagoned it. My buddy provided the wood for this project, a very nice piece of Walnut from California. It was a table prize at a BPCR shoot. The wood still needs lots more coats of oil but I have finished up the wood. When it is all together I will be rubbing the case colours back with rotten stone to give it an antique look as my buddy doesn’t like bright case colours. I think this will be an exceptional 22, I look forward to seeing him shoot it.
Antique Rifle Restorations by the Gun Doctor 