Ballard Rifle & Cartridge Company, Inc. offers professional restoration service for rifles and shotguns. We love the history and respect the dignity of your vintage firearm and will treat it as one of our own. Our restorations are held to the same old world hand crafted quality standards as our rifles; hand inletted wood, hand polished metal and exacting tolerances of machining. We can research for original letters, company records, or previous owner history at your request. Our close proximity to the Cody Firearms Museum allows us a "hands on" research capability. The restoration department, being collocated with our machining facility, can reverse engineer worn or broken parts then create a new one of original shape and size for your coveted firearm. If you desire, we will create custom rounds for exotic or outdated cartridges, adhering to conservative and specific methods. This will assure you of optimum performance in your restored firearm for years to come.

The amount of work required to bring each individual piece back to "as new" condition can vary greatly. Thus, the list of services and respective prices are standard, however, we can not give you a quote for a full restoration without personally evaluating your rifle. Please send your firearm to us for full inspection and subsequent quotation at no cost other than freight. If, you accept our estimate, half of the fee will be required before commencement, the remainder upon completion. However, sometimes, we may find the value of a rifle is its personal history, the one it accumulates through trials and tribulations and it now wears with pride for the next generation of collector. In such a case we will recommend not disturbing the historic values intrinsic in your firearm. If after quotation, you choose to keep your firearm "as is"; we will return it to you fully insured, freight collect.

Rebarrel
Includes dovetails, contouring, fitting, chambering and bluing.

Restock
Hand Inletted to the tightest tolerance.

$1000 for Single Shot Rifles
(Lever action rifles add $300 to above prices.)
$1500 for Bolt Action Rifles

Wood prices available on request.

Checkering
Held to the highest expectations of quality, our hand checkering will have the straightest lines and highest peaks possible with the wood we are working. Since the complexity of a pattern will determine the time involved, we prefer to quote after seeing the piece or interviewing the customer.

New checkering minimum - $250
Freshen old checkering - $65 per hour

Color Case Hardening
Original bone and charcoal method.

(Not offered on modern, current production actions.)
(Prices do not include polishing or disassembly charged at $65 per hour.)

Small parts, minimum - $50
Colt single action frame, gate, hammer - $75
Single shot rifle actions - $120
Small frame lever actions i.e. Marlin 1894 - $150
Medium frame lever actions i.e. Marling 1893, Winchester 1873 - $175
Large frame lever actions i.e. Marlin 1895, Winchester 1886 & 1876 - $225

Polishing
Actions are hand polished to hold the integrity of your originals lines. This service is provided at a rate of $65 per hour. Barrels are jig polished to maintain the straightest lines and best edges. We will not "buff" your metal with a wheel.