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Hello all,

So I'm setting myself up for a project and have been told the Gevarm open bolt rifles would be the best base to work off of. I just have some simple questions.....

1. How much do thay go for average, from "fair" to "very good" condition? I'm going to a hunting show this Saturday and will be looking for one, so a price range would be nice to know.:)

2. How common are thay? I looked in the EE but there are only 5 adds total and 4 of them were WTT/WTB.:rolleyes:

Thanks all.

Ti
 
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200 for poor condition up to about 600 for a mint one with 8rnd and 20rnd mags

best bet is to find a E1 they seem to be the most common
 
Thank all for the help.:)

So is that pricing for the A models, E1 models or are thay kinda all in the same boat?

And holy cow, $125 + for a 8 shot mag!:eek: That better be the best mag ever or somthing.
 
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Nah, they just seem to have a magical ability to disappear. Since you're looking at making a gun eventually, maybe try making a bunch of functional mags for it... they're remarkably simple, just no one makes them.

One sheet metal mag tube, one sheet metal mag plate, one sheet metal lifting plate, and one square wire spring.
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Also, the, um... E1? The one that looks different than the others. It's a take down. The barrel and front handguard slide out the front of the action and are held in place by a screw at the tip of the hand guard that extends into the reciever. A little extra perk. On the downside, apparently the recievers are pot metal so can't be blued or parkerized, but must be painted instead. (just what I've read, no solid basis for that.)

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the reciever is cast aluminum there is no such thing as "pot metal" thats just what people say when they dont know what it is
 
broncoo said:
the reciever is cast aluminum there is no such thing as "pot metal" thats just what people say when they dont know what it is
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And thus I stand corrected.

Pot metal puts me in mind of those little die cast cruddy dollar store Fighter jet toys anyways, and I wouldn't trust those to make up the reciever of a gun if my life depended on it:p
 
H Wally said:
Nah, they just seem to have a magical ability to disappear. Since you're looking at making a gun eventually, maybe try making a bunch of functional mags for it... they're remarkably simple, just no one makes them.

One sheet metal mag tube, one sheet metal mag plate, one sheet metal lifting plate, and one square wire spring.
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Hey, that would be pretty cool. I was thinking about that today, if I can find one for a fair price that is.;)

If anyone want's to trade for a Remington 878 Automaster, shoot me a PM.:redface:
 
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Th E-1 receiver is made of Zamak.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamak
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I've had a few Gevarms and just sold one yesterday. (an A6 I think it was)

The A7 was closed bolt, all the others are open bolt. The A7 has it's own special magazine, different from all others.

The A series are much higher quality than the E series. I've had both. That Zamak receiver can bend, they're vulnerable, plus it has that lovely black crinkle paint finish. The A series rifles have steel tube receivers and are really built to last.

BTW, Western Gun Parts has had some repro 8 round Gevarm mags lately around $40, although I think they're out of them now and who knows when they are getting more, but there has lately been an influx of new mags.

The 20 rounders although cool looking are not the best for function. I had a factory one years ago that didn't work worth a crap.
 
broncoo said:
the reciever is cast aluminum there is no such thing as "pot metal" thats just what people say when they dont know what it is
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Don't they make pots out of cast aluminum? Hence - pot metal? :D

Zamak (formerly trademarked as ZAMAK[1] and also known as Zamac) is a family of alloys with a base metal of zinc and alloying elements of aluminium, magnesium and copper. Zamak alloys are part of the zinc aluminium alloy family; they are distinguished from the other ZA alloys because of their constant 4% aluminium composition.[2] The name zamak is an acronym of the German names for the metals of which the alloys are composed: zink (zinc), aluminium, magnesium and kupfer (copper).[2] The New Jersey Zinc Company developed zamak alloys in 1929. It may be referred to as pot metal or white metal.

The most common zamak alloy is zamak 3, but zamak 2, zamak 5 and zamak 7 are still commercially used.[2] These alloys are most commonly die cast.[2] Zamak alloys (particularly #3 and #5) are frequently used in the spin casting industry.

A large problem with early zinc die casting materials was zinc pest, owing to impurities in the alloys.[3] Zamak avoided this by the use of 99.99% pure zinc metal, produced by New Jersey's use of a refluxer as part of the smelting process.

Zamak can be electroplated, wet painted, and chromate conversion coated well.[4]
 
A voere 2005 is an A series open bolt twin to a Gevarm. Might find one of them. There is also a no-name brand one. They are the one-piece wood stock guns and not the take-down models.
 
^Ya that must be it. It just says Argentina on it.

Bad reviews like that are great for guys like me that like them:)
 
I have an A6, I love everything about it, except for the trigger, quite heavy. But it will digest anything I put through it, never, repeat never fails.
 
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