303brit 45.70

[rembolt]

what do you think it would cost to rebarrel a 303 action with a 45/70 bbl.could this be done for $500 bucks including the purchase of the action.have seen a couple an im interested.

 

[Kilo Charlie]

Probably cheaper and easier to find one for sale.

 

[hakx]

yup.

Even if you sold the finished project ,you would never get your investment back from it.

 

[pharaoh2]

I read an article on this years ago. But why would you want to invest $500 in an old beater when you can buy a brand new lever for close to the same price?

 

[Kilo Charlie]

Probably because he wants a bolt rifle, judging from his handle. Some people like something a bit different.

 

[fat tony]

Someone had one at the AMA range last year, it had a fat octagonal barrel and target sights from what I recall and was reportedly quite accurate.

 

[Silverado]

Just my preference, but I'd look for a Siamese Mauser conversion.

 

[rembolt]

yes its the bolt that i want. theres some nice lever guns in 45/70 . but no bolts. a friends dad had a sporter #1 in 45/70 ruger he could clover leaf 3 shots with it.I realize that 45/70 built on a brit probley wont be that accurate .fat tony i shoot at mvrrc i have seen the gun your talking about.he was shooting 1 to 1.5 " groups with a 300 gr cast bullet .I really think its a cool conversion.

 

[fat tony]

So am I see you out at MVRRC, I got a chance to shoot an FN mauser in .458 American, this gun was custom made with a custom made front sight, williams peep rear, very nice laminate conventional stock, mercury recoil reducer; it was sweet & accurate to shoot and we were shooting some pretty stout *Marlin 1895 equivalent* loads.

 

[rembolt]

theres a center fire shoot there today.i;ll be shooting my 600 mohawk .308 .are you going?

 

[fat tony]

What time is it? 10:00 ?

 

[rembolt]

yes starts at 10:00

 

[fat tony]

Hey dudes it was a good time, the first relay I had halfway decent groups but between then and the 2nd relay fuzz grew on my front sight so I had to call it off.

 

[sunray]

The trick will be finding the barrel. And it'll be a custom made barrel. That'll eat most of your $500. Then you'll need to modify the mag and extractor as a minimum. Plus the cost of the receiver. That's the easiest part. There are a lot of beat up No. 4 Rifles around.

 

[rembolt]

yes that was fun .i shot some desent scores for a short barreled hunting rifle.Ed and Peter shot really well with Eds 7mm BR.wasn,t the best day but I had fun.

 

[Kilo Charlie]

Was it Globe Firearms that used to build those .45-70 bolt rifles on SMLE actions? They were never common, but neither were they unknown.

 

[Foxer]

There's a gunsmith in bc who does the conversion. I talked to him about it once. I recall it was 450 bucks for the work, and that included the barrel and one magazine. Some folks who'd done it said good things about him.

But that would still leave you having to pick up an action.

 

[fat tony]

A while ago in the Shotgun News there was a company that was converting them to .45/70, I don't remember the name of the company and it's driving me crazy - don't know how many of them made it north of the border.

EDIT: okay it was the Gibbs Summit.

 

[pharaoh2]

I thought the Gibbs was chambered for the .308?

 

[rembolt]

Gibbs made two versions the summit and the frontier neither are still in production.