Dubiel Rifle
How do I go about finding the value of a #9 Ballard modified by John Dubiel back in the 30's? It has a Dubiel barrel, stock, forearm. The action has been hand scraped inside and engraved on the outside. The sear has been replace with tool steel. I was the first one to shoot this rifle sence it had been stored in a closest in 1959. Any idea's on the valve? Thx's, Picker
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It would be best if you could post quality photos of the rifle.
Here are instructions for posting photos.
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=259294
That said, it not the best of time to be selling stuff with so many folks out of work, and the economy in the toilet. It a real buyers market out there, that will likely prevent you from realizing top dollar for the rifle.0 -
Good point on the market. I guess I'll hold up for a few years.
Thank You for the advice. Sorry about the spelling, didn't take a minute to review it.0 -
I just found out this is not a Dubiel rifle. It was a Dubiel barrel mounted on Ballard. Sorry for the mis-information to the forum. 0 -
It would still be educational to see pictures.
The caliber and configuration will matter in eventual resale. A lot of the old single shots were modernized in caliber and appearance as varmint rifles. The Ballard is not as strong as some of the others, but has very positive headspace control. Therefore a lot of them were built into .22 target rifles.
In later years, Mr Dubiel was better known for his own bolt action rifles, heavily promoted by Col Charles Askins. I don't know if that is enough name recognition to bolster the resale value of a gun built by him, as it would by Neidner or G&H.0
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