I picked up a nice Krag-Jorgensen sporter on the ee recently. The side of the barrel says Globe Firearms Ottawa Canada. The top of the barrel says made in Austria It is chambered in 308 Win. Has anyone ever heard of Globe firearms or know any of their history?
Globe Firearms Ottawa Canada
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maple_leaf_eh
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Their shop is long gone; the Vanier Parkway covers it nowadays. Globe was in the production line milsurp conversion business. Their work was - OK - for the time, but now we see it as a horrible affront to common sense and decency. I think they worked over Krags, Swiss straight-pulls, Mausers, Tokarevs, Lee Enfields.
Pathfinder
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they didnt' go out of business fast enough if you ask me.
As said they were importers. I was at their store in Vanier in the late '60's.
I beieve they closed about '71.
A guy gave me one of those converted Swiss straight pull rifles in 30-30.
Some amateur Bubba had so ruined the stock and the sights, and lost the magazine that I took it apart and gave the action and barrel to a gunsmith pal to do what he wanted with.
The barrel was the best thing about it.
It was virtually brand new.
Some amateur Bubba had so ruined the stock and the sights, and lost the magazine that I took it apart and gave the action and barrel to a gunsmith pal to do what he wanted with.
The barrel was the best thing about it.
It was virtually brand new.
I believe it is.
I'm have an SVT40 at home in .303 British marked Globe Firearms, Ottawa.
I can't testify to this, but I believe that the US company and Globco of Ottawa were different entities.
Though they were best known as refurbishers of milsurps, my first Globco gun was a model 008 Centurion Mauser that was built on a new Santa Barbara mauser action. Mine was in .308 Norma, though I've heard of chamberings in other cartridges.
You will note that this happened before I saw the light. At that time I considered bolt action, scope sighted rifles chambered in magnum cartridges to be a desirable hunting rifles - ah the foolishness of youth!
Though they were best known as refurbishers of milsurps, my first Globco gun was a model 008 Centurion Mauser that was built on a new Santa Barbara mauser action. Mine was in .308 Norma, though I've heard of chamberings in other cartridges.
You will note that this happened before I saw the light. At that time I considered bolt action, scope sighted rifles chambered in magnum cartridges to be a desirable hunting rifles - ah the foolishness of youth!
longbranch*
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Globe
They were still open, sort of, until around '80-'81, but no store front. I remember calling them, sort of like Marstar, which depended on who you were. I recall they had a break-in which coincided with expropriation for the parkway as another said. Man, I "lived" at Laurentian Trading-Post and Parabelum's (Somerset st.), back then, spending my whole paychecks.
Geoff
They were still open, sort of, until around '80-'81, but no store front. I remember calling them, sort of like Marstar, which depended on who you were. I recall they had a break-in which coincided with expropriation for the parkway as another said. Man, I "lived" at Laurentian Trading-Post and Parabelum's (Somerset st.), back then, spending my whole paychecks.
Geoff
The building is still there, was never expropriated.
I, too, lived at the Post and with John at Parabellum. I was talking to John about 2 years ago.
