Info on a Globe 270. win

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Hey all,
My old man recently gave me a bolt action globe 270.win (his old hunting rifle) and i have been trying to dig up some info on the company. All i can seem to find is that they stopped production in 1960 sometime and they were mostly re furbishing European military rifles to be used for hunting. Are these decent rifles? It has very nice woodwork on the stock and would like to get this gun up to shooting standards in time for hunting season. but it has not been shot in about 10 years and wondering what kind of work/oiling/cleaning that would be a good idea to do before taking it out. Also if anyone owns one, i would like to know where to get some parts if need be. Sorry if the maintenance question seems kind of "noob" but i am one i guess!
 
EBR_nut said:
Hey all,
My old man recently gave me a bolt action globe 270.win (his old hunting rifle) and i have been trying to dig up some info on the company. All i can seem to find is that they stopped production in 1960 sometime and they were mostly re furbishing European military rifles to be used for hunting. Are these decent rifles? It has very nice woodwork on the stock and would like to get this gun up to shooting standards in time for hunting season. but it has not been shot in about 10 years and wondering what kind of work/oiling/cleaning that would be a good idea to do before taking it out. Also if anyone owns one, i would like to know where to get some parts if need be. Sorry if the maintenance question seems kind of "noob" but i am one i guess!
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Why do you have to call your father, "My old man?"
Except for that, I would have given you some information.
 
Didnt mean to offend

Sorry about the old man comment i didn't mean to offend anyone , My father and i have a great relationship. I don't think of him as an old man because he is only 51 ,but along the way we have made up nicknames for each other . He started calling me "Spicoli" (from fast times at Ridgemont high) one day and i had to come up with a better nickname than that for him. So he became "Old man Sedgwick" (from the red green show). The funny thing is that he was about 43 when this came about, making him not even a middle aged man. I have serious respect for my elders and all the "old man" comment was is a slip of the tounge er... fingers.

-Cory
 
My dad fed our family with one of those for many years. If it were me I would say thank you very much! Take it home, run a few patchs through the bore, wipe the rest of the metal down with a lightly oiled rag and enjoy. Its been years since I looked at the old 270 but I think it was a sporterized mauser 98. I'm sure Someone will correct me if I'm wrong. There is nothing finer in my opinion then a rifle handed down to you by your dad or father or what ever you want to call him. I hope you have a ton of fun with it!
 
Globe Firearms Co. Ltd.(AKA Globco) was near Ottawa, as I recall. They did 'sporterize' thousands of milsurp bolt actions. They're infamous for converting SVT40's to .303 British without bothering to ensure the headspace was good. Called it a Mohawk/Model 555. The bolt actions they did are ok though.
Shut down and went Stateside around 1980. Likely due to the stupid laws that came into force in 1978. Ended up becoming Samco Global Arms of Miami, Florida.
"...the old man comment..." He is your old man. Very likely to be exceedingly happy you shoot. Mind you, guys over 50 are GIT's. Geezers In Training. Asked my brother, two years older than me, what it was likt being a geezer, when he turned 50. His reply was a very rude suggestion involving ### and travel.
 
EBR_nut said:
Sorry about the old man comment i didn't mean to offend anyone , My father and i have a great relationship. I don't think of him as an old man because he is only 51 ,but along the way we have made up nicknames for each other . He started calling me "Spicoli" (from fast times at Ridgemont high) one day and i had to come up with a better nickname than that for him. So he became "Old man Sedgwick" (from the red green show). The funny thing is that he was about 43 when this came about, making him not even a middle aged man. I have serious respect for my elders and all the "old man" comment was is a slip of the tounge er... fingers.

-Cory
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Thanks for the explanation. I didn't mean to offend, either. Some things irk some people, other things irk other people. That's what makes life interesting.
 
Globe was in Ottawa, allright. When they constructed the building they were operating out of, they needed rebar for the concrete, so they used Martini-Henrys: cheaper!

They had a bunch of Finn capture SVTs, sold some on the market at $39.50, used most of them to make 555s. Problem with the 555 wasn't headspace, by any means: headspace will not make a rifle slam-fire itself to death. Problem was with the gas-port and the very short piston.

I got the very last Tok they had left, a Finn capture with just about every serial number ever used on it, had it sent all the way to Fogo Island where I was teaching. That was early 1976. Next time I was in Rottawa, they were gone.

Sure wish they hadn't done in all those Martinis.
 
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