Anyone here have experience with Merrimack Ballards? Did they have a one piece breech block?
Anyone here have experience with Merrimack Ballards? Did they have a one piece breech block?
No, the Merrimack was also a two piece split breech block. They were only made two years 1867-68, and were rimfire/percussion dual ignition system. They were offered in .22RF, .32RF, .38 Long and Extra Long, .44 Long, .46, and .56-50 Spencer.
Like all the previous Ballard makers before Marlin they too went bankrupt trying to successfully build the Ballard rifles for Schoverling, Daley, and Gales.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |