A Ballard action is a single shot dropping block action with only five moving parts named for its inventor Charles Henry Ballard.

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• action, dropping block

guns using a Ballard action:

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Footnotes / Sources:

“Glossary ⇒.” Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute. Ed. SAAMI’s Technical Committee. Web. 15-18 Jan. 2011.

Ballard, Charles H. Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms. Patent 33,631. 5 Nov. 1861. Print.

 

Question:

• Do you know of a gun that has a Ballard action?