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Offline jamaldog87

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« on: July 26, 2006, 08:47:21 AM »
have you hear of, use, or have the gibbs fronter? it's a 45/70 bolt action gun.
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Re: gibbs guns
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2006, 07:30:10 PM »
I think they were built on the P-17 action. 
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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2006, 04:06:36 PM »
I have one. There was a good article of them in the "American Rifleman" (about Sep, 2005, I think). I believe the ones they were selling at the time of the article were based on the Enfield Mark III receiver (not the P14 Enfield) with a new 21" Navy Arms barrel. Mine was based on the heavier No 4 receiver and had a heavy 22" Navy Arms barrel (much thicker than my Marlin 1895 SS). Seach for the 45/70 article on it by "Ron Card". I am very happy with it, though right now I have a fired cased in the receiver and can't get the bolt open (yes, I am sure it's a fired case). I had 500 gr Speer SP bullets loaded out to 2.93" that function fine through the magazine (though the 550 gr flat bullets can only be loaded out to 2.76", as they tapper less. If you think a bolt action 45/70 is strange, look at the Remington Lee 1879, 1881, 1885 ect. They sold several thousand of them to the US Navy and over 100,000 to foreign governments (thought many of the latter were "Spanish 43"). Also Winchester first bolt action was a 45/70 Hodkiss (spelling ??).