Ballard No.7 Falling Block Single Shot Schuetzen Rifle

Manufactured in Cody, Wyoming, features spirit gauge globe blade front and adjustable tang mounted folding long-range peep rear sights, a heavy profile round blued barrel marked "38-55/BLACK POWDER" on the left flat with four threaded scope base screw holes drilled into the top and with an importer mark and British proofs underneath, the standard four-line Ballard Rifle and Cartridge Co. address and Ballard patent date marked on the left side of the casehardened receiver with the "Ballard" trade mark behind the hammer, set triggers, and a half hoop, hooked lever. Matching serial numbers found on the underside of the receiver and barrel. Fitted with a smooth oiled deluxe walnut forend with ebony tip and a straight profile stock with shadowline cheek piece and polished Swiss pattern hooked buttplate. Includes a casehardened bullet seating tool with oiled walnut handle in a blue hard case, .38-55 reloading dies and jags in a plastic hard case, another plastic hard case containing a walnut palm rest and spare extractor, original order form, and a matching numbered Certificate of Proof from the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House, in Birmingham, England, dated February 26, 2007.

Condition: Excellent, retaining 99% plus original blue finish and 98% plus original case colors with limited edge wear, some minor muting of the case colors on the loading lever, and some minor handling marks. The furniture is also excellent with a few small handling marks and attractive oiled grain. Mechanically excellent.