Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Wow! That is super clean. I've never seen a Bullard to handle.
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Wow! Don't see those very often, and rarely that nice!
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
that is a real beauty ! those rifles have the slickest action !
i found one many years ago and won it at auction --- its a 45 and the bore is mirror bright
havent ever taken it hunting but must do so one day
you really have the best stuff.
was just down there for 3 week and got back here last weekend .... i think i need to prowl the gunshops more closely in bozeman.
coming back soon. i retire completely this fall, and will be in montana at least 1/2 of the time [ first grandchild arrived there, this summer ]
i found one many years ago and won it at auction --- its a 45 and the bore is mirror bright
havent ever taken it hunting but must do so one day
you really have the best stuff.
was just down there for 3 week and got back here last weekend .... i think i need to prowl the gunshops more closely in bozeman.
coming back soon. i retire completely this fall, and will be in montana at least 1/2 of the time [ first grandchild arrived there, this summer ]
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
hfcable wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 3:51 pm that is a real beauty ! those rifles have the slickest action !
i found one many years ago and won it at auction --- its a 45 and the bore is mirror bright
havent ever taken it hunting but must do so one day
you really have the best stuff.
was just down there for 3 week and got back here last weekend .... i think i need to prowl the gunshops more closely in bozeman.
coming back soon. i retire completely this fall, and will be in montana at least 1/2 of the time [ first grandchild arrived there, this summer ]
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Didn't know anyone else here had one. Mine (40/75/260) is serial numbered below 1000. In Alaska presently, getting back home I'll try to post a picture. There is two fine books on Bullards.
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Bullard4075 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:16 pm Didn't know anyone else here had one. Mine (40/75/260) is serial numbered below 1000. In Alaska presently, getting back home I'll try to post a picture. There is two fine books on Bullards.
ha! i am in alaska [ live here since 1984 ] and so is my bullard
i think i have both those books.
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Wow, three guys on here with Bullards. How cool is that?
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The rest of the wannabes are drowning in envy.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:10 am Wow, three guys on here with Bullards. How cool is that?
I hope to bloody mine this weekend on a grouse or 2.
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Heading out this morning up the Stress Highway for two weeks for moose. Continue this after I get back. My Bullard is in both Jamieson books as we wrote back and forth during the writing.
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
I hope you meant Steese highway ! most of us have spent too much of our lives on the Stress highway alreadyBullard4075 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 2:22 pm Heading out this morning up the Stress Highway for two weeks for moose. Continue this after I get back. My Bullard is in both Jamieson books as we wrote back and forth during the writing.
good luck !! wishing you a massive gut pile !!
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Shrapnel it never seems to surprise Me that just a few have the really Awesome Guns.......the Bullard's are at the top of the heap. I can't wait for the range report. WOW !!
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I guess I'll have to get one of the book. I'm still trying to figure out how the cartridges get into the tube. I'm gonna have to go with "underneath the receiver".
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Got it out this weekend and shot some grouse with it...
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Shot some Grouse....................................................................................................................................................
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Thanks. Nice looking rifle.Ray wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 3:52 pmhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aT21NrYQ6hQRimfire McNutjob wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 9:07 pm I guess I'll have to get one of the book. I'm still trying to figure out how the cartridges get into the tube. I'm gonna have to go with "underneath the receiver".
loading port shown at about 4:18......
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
I sure miss grouse hunting. And to do it with a Bullard would be the nuts ...
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
To those that are interested the just out "Guns" magazine "Old West , History,Guns & Gear" volume #88 has a pretty good article on the Bullard Rifle titled strangely enough "The Fabulous Bullard Rifle".
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Someone awhile back (wayyyyyyyyyyy back) asked for some pictures of my 40/75/258 Bullard. As a dumb kid some 50 years ago I mixed up some brown tinted bedding compound to fix a gouge or ding in the pistol grip of the stock. That is what that brown dog doo on the pistol grip is. I seem to recall something about bedding compound releasing at 300 or so degrees , might that be an option? To those of you with Bullards I would caution you on disassembly/reassembly using instructions you might find. The instructions (Exploded Views:) in the back of American Rifleman August 1982 do not work, at least with my rifle. I will gladly pass on (upon request) my corrected instructions. Again this is what works with my rifle. I've pondered having old #9** refinished,prettied up and just renewed by Turnbull but decided it is a hunting gun, perfect the way it is. It might just shoot a buffalo this winter.
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Very interesting rifles! Do you have any pictures with the action open? How do they lock up? Seeing no loading gate, do you load the magazine with the action open like a 71/84 Mauser or is there a gate on bottom like a Reminton 14?
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Re: Bullard 40-65 In Fine Condition
Neat! Thanks for the video link. Really cool that it locks the same as the Bullard single shots.
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