Thread: Resurrecting a 159 Year old 44 Rimfire

It has the 1894 patent dual ignition.
Rimfire and percussion

You can punch a small hole in the fired cartridge base.
Fill with BP and seat a bullet
Place a percussion cap on the nipple and fire

It was highly regarded at the time
This breech block is missing the nipple but the threads are still good

You can see the thread halves on each side of the breech block halves







The Ballard breech block has all the hammer and trigger moving parts fixed in it which is why the triggers are so good