Gibbs good shots

[F.G. Ford]

Saltner

The next world long range matches are in 2021 and in Hungary I believe. Being the home of Pedersoli, I would think that Italy would put together a team and come shoot!

Fleener

Hi,
Question: Will stainless steel nipples not work as well? ( in the Gibbs, Whitworth or other like rifle )

 

[fleener]

They simply dont hold up. I have a buddy that gave me a nipple out of some type of special metal. He could not remember what it was made from. He and another friend had been using them for years. Someone they knew experimented several years ago and made up quite a few of these, but they are not available for sale that I know of.

Platinum lined nipples will erode as well. I have had it happen a couple of times. When it happens accuracy can really suffer.

Fleener

 

[MGA]

Hi,
Question: Will stainless steel nipples not work as well? ( in the Gibbs, Whitworth or other like rifle )

Further the steel nipples, Pedersoli manufactures nipples made of beryllum, sold with the product code USA484 in a set of 3. VTI GUN PARTS may have them in stock

 

[Saltner]

It's been a while since my Gibbs didn't shoot as well as it used to, now I understand why.

 

[Obi2Winky]

is that leading?

 

[GREENSWLDE]

Looks a bit like it was put away having not been scrubbed out well. Have you been using corrosive caps?? OLD DOG

 

[Saltner]

Corrosion of the metal, not for poor cleaning.
They told me it's a problem with the type of metal in the barrels.
Many shooters say the metal of the barrels is of poor quality.

 

[GREENSWLDE]

Are the lines running R to L in the photos Rifling lands? Suggestions on Nipples.. If you can find a Fine Wire Drawing Company you may be able to Beg old Tungsten-Carbide die inserts with the size hole we need for our High Pressure rifles. They last pretty well. Recess an ordinary nipple and silver solder the pellet in place. Older type Silver Solders are best if you can find any. No longer available this side of the Pond as it has some Nasty in it to reduce the melting temp.. OLD DOG..

 

[Saltner]

 

[GREENSWLDE]

That Pedersoli Gibbs looks to have Rigby not Metford rifling..GREENSWYLDE

 

[ResearchPress]

That Pedersoli Gibbs looks to have Rigby not Metford rifling.

The Pedersoli Gibbs aren't Metford rifled; just seems to be a 'generic' shallow grooved 1:18 pitch rifling.

David

 

[GREENSWLDE]

Thanks David. Gibbs L/R match rifles I always thought were associated William Ellis Metford's Patent.. OLD DOG..

 

[ResearchPress]

Thanks David. Gibbs L/R match rifles I always thought were associated William Ellis Metford's Patent..

Despite Pedersoli's marketing as a reproduction "of one of the most famous rifles in the field of the precision target shooting, made in 1865 by the English gunsmith George Gibbs," they have omitted the key distinctive element. The original match rifles by Bristol gunmaker George Gibbs had Metford's gain twist rifling - it's more of a generic full match rifle of the period. Marketing is a strange game; in the same blurb they also refer to the rifle being fitted with Creedmoor sights. So we have a British match rifle of 1865, marketed as Gibbs, but not using the original makers form of rifling (Metford gain twist), and offered with an American style sight of nearly a decade later (the US Creedmoor range did not open until 1873).

I have no complaints with mine and have won many trophies with it - it is a great rifle to enter long range muzzle loading with. Not in the same class (or price!) as an orignal Gibbs-Metford though.

David

 

[Crow-Feather]

Instead of coming here, I wish that I could go to Italy and visit some of those very old weapons companies. My grandparents were born in Modena. Me and Pavarotti would have been buds.