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A couple of nice Ballards
This one is mine


This one got away... I think it has the prettiest buttstock of any rifle I have ever seen.

The Hyper Single was built by Sam Lair in Jenks,Okla. They are listed in the Bluebook of Gun Values. Sam passed away a few years ago. My rifle is serial#002. Sam built it for his friend,Charlie Williams. Charlie was the designer and builder of the Benchmaster receivers used in the early 1970s on Benchrest rifles. Charlie also designed and made the predecessor to what is now the Shilen trigger.

That certainly is a nice looking and crafted single shot on the Hyper. Has been a long time since I heard that name.

I did not know the maker towards Tulsa way, but do remember stories about Charlie Williams. I remember the Benchmasters with some fondness. I suspect that both of those guys knew how. Every now and then, those names would come up in a conversation with Bunch.

I think that rifle might be a keeper.

John Bunch was responsible for all my gun habits, God rest his soul. John was a friend of both and Red Cornelison was the other. They have all gone to the shooting and gunsmithing Heaven.

I'll play.. kinda messed up my picture entering in the calibers, but I guess it's all the same in the end :-)

That's impressive! Cool...

Here's a slightly better view of the .270 Liberty

and a couple of big bores:

Boomstick,

I take it you like RSI's?
Very impressive wrack.

Tex,

Tell me about the top Big Bore?

Boomstick. Dude. You got it something' fierce. And I dig it.

Brent,

This is the exact reason I have a tendency to buy first, think later. ( A fool and his money...)
Every gun I have passed on or sold that I think about later, becomes a regret.

Very unusual decorative cheek piece. What would the age of this rifle be? caliber?

That would be a Field's patent falling block, which is a fairly rare action. It was in .500-450 #1 Blackpowder Express (gotta love British cartridge names).

It had a fairly rough bore. I did eventually get it shooting to the fixed sights, with 300 gr bullets at 1900 fps, but it lead fouled the bore after about three shots. That might partly have been my paper patching technique, which was crude at the time

It was sold by Rodda, and said on the barrel, "#6 & #8 Dalhousie Square, Calcutta It was clearly someone's favorite hunting rifle, and was surprisingly light, for having such a massive action and 28" barrel. The receiver was fully engraved with game scenes, but the engraving was almost totally worn away, from being carried so much.

Ah the stories it could have told...no I wasn't smart enough to keep it.

I think someone else here has a Field's, and theirs is in nice shape. I'd love to have one again. Maybe someday that one will turn up for sale

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edit to add:

Here's some better photos of a Field's though not identical to mine. It was made by Holland & Holland...

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Holland-Holland-303-Field-patent-falling-block.cfm?gun_id=100280110

Haven't bought any for a while, but here are my three favourites



Cat

Cat,

Tell me about your Schutzen's? Caliber etc.?

Well, the top one is a Haenal Aydt match rifle in 8.15X46.
It is missing the orginal rear sight however, but the one that is on it works well.
Shoots well, but the last owner ( a memeber here) doesn't have time for it and does not shoot targets much anyway, so he gave it to me.
I have the dies and brass fro it , of course, and a bunch of proper sized cast bullets.

The second is an original Highwall in 38/55 that I bought from a another member of Canadian Gun Nutz.

I have a lot of providence on the rifle, when it was made and shipped (1907), when the stock was chamged, etc.
You see, it was shipped with its original #4 taper barrel and single set trigger that is on it, but with a shotgun style stock.
it was re-stockeed in the mid-50's by an Ontario gunsmith , and my CGN friend shot it when he was a member of the Canadian single shot rifle Association.
I have several molds for it, the original, and another that was owned by Jack Secord, a well know single shot shooter back in the day.
I have shot it with both BP and with light smokeless loads at 100 and 200 , and it shoots very well.
The scope is a Unertl, but the sight is a receiver redfield that is glued on - not screwed, so one day I shall take it off , and install a proper tang sight for it.
Both rifles are fantastic examples of their type and I feel very fortunate to be able to have and shoot them.:>)
Cat

My new Ruger #1S 338 Win

Fotis,

Nice grain both sides of butt stock.

Is a .338 considered your "light" game gun? squirrels? rabbits?

Freedumb1,
Why you don't be havin' a model 1885 BrownChester?

I have several Ruger No. 1's with better than average wood, but not in the same league as most I'm seeing here. How about a couple of blackpowder single shots?

Shiloh Sharps - bought off the rack in Big Timber as a No. 3 Sporter in 45-90 with 32" heavy barrel and standard wood. After shooting it for a couple of years, had it re-stocked in extra fancy, AA finish, accent line cheek piece, bedded forend w/ ebony tip, ebony pistol grip, bone & charcoal pack color case hardening, and shortened the barrel to 28". I guess now it's a Saddle Rifle:



Ballard #4 Perfection in 45-70 manufactured in Cody, WY with upgraded wood (was told French walnut), and 28" standard weight barrel:

Mighty fine rifles JGray!!!