SOLD RELIST Unique .58 Target Rifle

RELIST After a month, buyer backed out. This is an outstanding custom target rifle. Fit and finish is amazing. The 27" barrel is 1.13" across flats with shallow rifling and slow twist in w mirror bright bore. What you see in photos are shallow machine marks reflecting light. Nicely figured Maple stock with Swiss buttplate. Fine double set triggers with 13 3/8" LOP. The scope is ingenious, using a Glenfield 4x15 scope in custom foretube. Rear sight is a modified Carcano sight. With more period correct sights/optics, this would work well as a Civil War sniper rifle. Plenty of Oomph as a hunting rifle. Carries well with sling. No heavier than a Hawken with 34" barrel. $1400 SHIPPED. (OR $1300 w/o SCOPE). (Excuse the dated ID. Rifle has been boxed for shipping).

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Interesting piece there. Do you know who Galbreath is/was?

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Im at a loss of words. except for awesome!!

Diogenes454 said:

Interesting piece there. Do you know who Galbreath is/was?

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I saw a obituary. Air Force veteran who took to gunsmithing muzzleloaders like a Scotsman to drink.

Good Evening,

I wanted to let you know that I found some info about the maker, Mr. Charles John Galbreath. I spoke on the phone to a friend of his who shot competitively with him for some 30yrs. He described him as a hobbiest maker, who he found to be talented and frugal, tending to make what he needed. He was apparently a good shooter as well, often winning or placing highly in the shoots he attended. I was directed to his obituary here:https://www.brinsfieldfuneral.com/obituary/charles-charlie-galbreath

Hope that is helpful to you.

BigSkyRambler said:

Good Evening,

I wanted to let you know that I found some info about the maker, Mr. Charles John Galbreath. I spoke on the phone to a friend of his who shot competitively with him for some 30yrs. He described him as a hobbiest maker, who he found to be talented and frugal, tending to make what he needed. He was apparently a good shooter as well, often winning or placing highly in the shoots he attended. I was directed to his obituary here:https://www.brinsfieldfuneral.com/obituary/charles-charlie-galbreath

Hope that is helpful to you.

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OK. I got this from another poster. Messed up the editing.

Should make new owner a good patched round ball shooter
Looks like it was built along lines of the Swiss Federal rifles, they were .41 cal. with fast twist rifling to shoot slugs & very accurate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidgenössischer_Stutzer_1851

It would appear this was made to shoot .58 Minies?

Wonder if that sight is even calibrated to a .58?

SolidLeadSlug said:

Wonder if that sight is even calibrated to a .58?

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Dunno. But the builder apparently won lots of competitions, so he probably reworked it to his system.

Stantheman86 said:

It would appear this was made to shoot .58 Minies?

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The rifle's description stated it had shallow slow twist rifling, if so that makes it best suited for patched round ball shooting.
Might be a great target rifle ? Over the past 40 years my favorite competition rifle was an original .70 cal. Jaeger, large holes makes it easier to track hits