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.30 GIBBS is finally ready ...
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Sniff, I was really hoping to see some loads in your Gibbs using 208gr or 215gr bullets. Very cool rifle btw.
I have all the bullets you mentioned but my 1st goal is to explore the 178/180 weight range first and then venture from there. Hornady 10th ed shows a conservative velocity of 2650 FPS with the 208g out of 23 3/4' barrel. At 28" gaining approximately 100 FPS, 2850 FPS is probably about right.
Awesome rig!!! I love the 30 Gibbs. I stupidly traded a 30 Gibbs built off a Win 70 CRF for a 260. That thing would shoot 30-06 FGMM 1/2" all day at 200 yds. The only gun I regret getting rid of and have searched high and low for it in where I used to live. Congrats on the new rig.
Very nice rifle!!
I've read a little about improved .30 06 cases recently and have been thinking it would be nice to have a cartridge that has just slightly more oomph than the standard .30 06. It seems that the AI version gives people varied results and is mostly beneficial to those with a longer barrel.
How would the .30 gibbs do in a 22" barrel? Would the benefit of reaming the chamber of a .30 06 to .30 gibbs still be there with this short of barrel?
Also, I've been wondering about how effective the improved .30 06 wildcats are in various factory barrels. For example Tikkas are known to have a long throat, or freebore, or jump... whatever the correct term is. The 300 PRC was designed to have a longer head height to fit the really heavy for caliber bullets while keeping the bullet out of the powder column. I'm wondering, would it be smart to rechamber a Tikka .30 06 into a .30 gibbs in order to be able to use the heavier bullets without having the bullet in the powder column and not have the bullet seated into the lands? Of course then you'd be stuck with the 22.5" barrel.
I'm not planning to do this any time soon, as I love my .30 06. I've just been dreaming about a "someday" gun.
I've read a little about improved .30 06 cases recently and have been thinking it would be nice to have a cartridge that has just slightly more oomph than the standard .30 06. It seems that the AI version gives people varied results and is mostly beneficial to those with a longer barrel.
How would the .30 gibbs do in a 22" barrel? Would the benefit of reaming the chamber of a .30 06 to .30 gibbs still be there with this short of barrel?
Also, I've been wondering about how effective the improved .30 06 wildcats are in various factory barrels. For example Tikkas are known to have a long throat, or freebore, or jump... whatever the correct term is. The 300 PRC was designed to have a longer head height to fit the really heavy for caliber bullets while keeping the bullet out of the powder column. I'm wondering, would it be smart to rechamber a Tikka .30 06 into a .30 gibbs in order to be able to use the heavier bullets without having the bullet in the powder column and not have the bullet seated into the lands? Of course then you'd be stuck with the 22.5" barrel.
I'm not planning to do this any time soon, as I love my .30 06. I've just been dreaming about a "someday" gun.
Ryan, back in the 90's I and one other fella did 30 G's. His was 22", mine 23" we were pretty much 100 fps over the plain Jane 06 (course we had no way to pressure test). Pretty much a 06 Ackley. Cept the AI is easier to form.
Fun project, glad I did it once...
Like most of the things we do, it's cause we want and that's all we should need.
Fun project, glad I did it once...
Like most of the things we do, it's cause we want and that's all we should need.
