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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaJack" data-source="post: 1899969" data-attributes="member: 25389"><p>Fun post!! Took me back to the 50's when I was a kid. My dad, a pipefitter making about $5/day, was always a gun guy. Expert Rifleman in the military probably because he bought his Winchester Model 1892, 25-20, for $13 as a teenager and shot whenever he could afford to buy cartridges. He was on a first name basis with Rocky Gibbs. He turned his Winchester Pre-war Model 70, 270 Win into a 270 Gibbs about the time Rocky enjoyed notoriety for winning a match with the 270 Gibbs. Dad helped have of our little town get "poor man magnums" by working with Gibbs to create 6.5 Gibbs, 270 Gibbs, 30 Gibbs, 8mm Gibbs from mostly military surplus rifles. These guys were all working men mostly interested in keeping the freezers stocked to feed their families. $5/day didn't go too far. Most of the conversions were to 30 Gibbs from Model 1903 Springfields that guys ordered through the Civilian Marksmanship Program for about $18. Prior to the Kennedy assassination, anybody could buy or send firearms through the US Mail. I was born in 1949 so I was pretty young, but I vividly remember the excitement of dad's friends when he handed their Gibbsed rifle back to them along with a lesson on hour to use the Gibbs oil forming attachment that came with their Gibbs die sets. Still remember that compression pin flying sometimes while dad was turning military surplus 30-06 brass into 270 Gibbs cases. Dad kept our freezer full of wild meat using that 270 Gibbs for many years and I still have that rifle. Just recently used the oil sizing die to produce a 100 270 Gibbs cases from 270 Win cases. Keeping my eye out to find one of the many 30 Gibbs dad helped create in my hometown to add to my collection. The 1960's brought an era of more affluence to the working men and the introduction of the 7mm Remington Magnum, the 300 Winchester Magnum, the 264 Winchester Magnum. So, there were other magnum cartridge options available and not much interest in the Gibbs conversions anymore. One of my dad's buddies was in our hunting party and carried an 8mm Gibbs. On many days when we returned to elk camp after seeing no sign of game, old Bob would like to shoot the tops off of trees with his 8mm Gibbs. I liked to help with whatever lessor caliber I happened to be carrying at the time. Have fun with the best looking 30 Gibbs I've ever seen!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaJack, post: 1899969, member: 25389"] Fun post!! Took me back to the 50's when I was a kid. My dad, a pipefitter making about $5/day, was always a gun guy. Expert Rifleman in the military probably because he bought his Winchester Model 1892, 25-20, for $13 as a teenager and shot whenever he could afford to buy cartridges. He was on a first name basis with Rocky Gibbs. He turned his Winchester Pre-war Model 70, 270 Win into a 270 Gibbs about the time Rocky enjoyed notoriety for winning a match with the 270 Gibbs. Dad helped have of our little town get "poor man magnums" by working with Gibbs to create 6.5 Gibbs, 270 Gibbs, 30 Gibbs, 8mm Gibbs from mostly military surplus rifles. These guys were all working men mostly interested in keeping the freezers stocked to feed their families. $5/day didn't go too far. Most of the conversions were to 30 Gibbs from Model 1903 Springfields that guys ordered through the Civilian Marksmanship Program for about $18. Prior to the Kennedy assassination, anybody could buy or send firearms through the US Mail. I was born in 1949 so I was pretty young, but I vividly remember the excitement of dad's friends when he handed their Gibbsed rifle back to them along with a lesson on hour to use the Gibbs oil forming attachment that came with their Gibbs die sets. Still remember that compression pin flying sometimes while dad was turning military surplus 30-06 brass into 270 Gibbs cases. Dad kept our freezer full of wild meat using that 270 Gibbs for many years and I still have that rifle. Just recently used the oil sizing die to produce a 100 270 Gibbs cases from 270 Win cases. Keeping my eye out to find one of the many 30 Gibbs dad helped create in my hometown to add to my collection. The 1960's brought an era of more affluence to the working men and the introduction of the 7mm Remington Magnum, the 300 Winchester Magnum, the 264 Winchester Magnum. So, there were other magnum cartridge options available and not much interest in the Gibbs conversions anymore. One of my dad's buddies was in our hunting party and carried an 8mm Gibbs. On many days when we returned to elk camp after seeing no sign of game, old Bob would like to shoot the tops off of trees with his 8mm Gibbs. I liked to help with whatever lessor caliber I happened to be carrying at the time. Have fun with the best looking 30 Gibbs I've ever seen! [/QUOTE]
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