Would like to make rifles like the Gibbs & GSA's |
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oldbikewrench
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Posted: March 05 2007 at 1:13pm |
Well the subject says it all. There are a lot of #1's and #4's out there that are in really rough shape. I am not a professional gunsmith or machinist but I do have the tools, drive, and desire to make those rifles and a few others.
I don't plan to make a lot of money doing this. I just want to get these old but distinguished rifles back out to be shot and shooting again.
A handfull of different calibers would be avail. And different stock configurations but no cut down original stocks.
What do you folks here think? Is there a market?
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I defenatly belive there is a market for this sort of thing ! Esp when you see the poor workmanhip of the offerings of the Major Manufactures who are now run by Number crunchers & not Gunsmith /designers ! I have seen a major resurgense in Enfields not only in .303 but 25-303 & convertions to 45-70 & 45-90 ! as well as a few other .303 wildcats !
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I might be buying an old 25-303 off a bloke I know, just because it is an Enfield.....
What do you mean calibre overlap, there is difference between a .243 and a 25-303! |
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The Old .303-25 is a grand round ! It was probarly the most popular & longest surviving Converstion ! I still use mine for work ! It's very much like the .257 Roberts ! Now whilst on Paper the .243 win beats the 25-303 hands down it's when your using bullet in the 85 -100 gn range it comes into it's own ! You've got to remember these converstions started after WW2 when it was virtualy impossible to get the US Cals in Australia ! Our answer was to wildcat the .303 into cals from .22 through to 35 ! .270 being the first ! The only draw back was they had to be loaded back to pressures that were safe in Mk111 actions ! So needless to say by the 60s early 70's when there was ready avalibilty of US rifles & loading componants the .303 convertions went out of fashion ! There were commercial loadings avalible for these rounds for years ! It just became the Old cry of what had served us faithfully for years no longer had the Power of the Modern Rounds ! Simplex still offer many of the dies for these convertion though a lot have disappeared for good (several I can think of are for the better ) Dave |
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This bloke is a "weekend warrior" hunter like me.... but has 10 rifles.
He has a fair bit of brass and I think dies as well so I might see If I can scam them. Then again it is an enfield so I doubt he will give it up! |
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