Stopping Rifles, .375 - .450 - .505 Gibbs
- Thread starter Ardent
- Start date
Oh come on, I missed it!
Something like the short barreled carbines built by Ryan Breeding?
- Location
- Ft. Mac. Alberta
Here's my son's 450 Ackley on a Brno 601 action and a short vid!
Cat
Cat
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
Ryan sure makes beauty thumpers that are as functional as they are art forms. Take yer pick....One fer dry
hunts & one fer the wet crap.
.505 22" barrel.
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.505 25" barrel in fiberglass stock.
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Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Large aperture rear peep for sure, much as a love the aesthetics of express sights, they cover too much of the action for my liking.
Ardent
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Here's my son's 450 Ackley on a Brno 601 action and a short vid!
Cat
Why the Lott took off and not the Ackley, I'll never know for sure.
The Lott chamber was designed so it could fire .458 Win ammo in a pinch. So when you arrive in Africa and your ammo doesn't, you still have a sporting chance at being able to use your rifle. Not so the Ackley.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
The Ackley was too, you end up with a 1mm neck on the case, and it ejects and resizes as normal. The shoulder is just a smidge behind the .458 Win's case mouth, so it centers the .458 Win.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Swiped off the web, the slight overlap of the .450 Ackley's respectable neck onto the .458 Win's case allows it to center in the chamber and seal properly on firing. I believe it was intentional in its design, and prior to the Lott taking off was widely touted as a benefit and design feature of the Ackley.
How come you guys don't consider/use the .470 Capstick more often? Is it the relative lack of bullets? I figured it would be more popular, given the popularity of the .470 NE. I think Winchester did a factory run a few years back too.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Even Kynoch picked up the Capstick as I understand it. Yea I think bullet availability is the primary reason for the popularity of the .458s, the even more likely reason actually is the easy rechambering of .458s which are quite plentiful, rebarreling certainly puts off many.
Steve H. is not a computer guy but I'll let him know next I see him that his Gibbs conversion (creation) has been let out to run its legs some. I have discussed that rifle with Steve on several occasions. He told me that when it was done he REALLY didn't want to give it back to the customer that contracted him for the conversion - he liked it that much - but of course he did.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
It's with a good home at stickhunter's, he certainly understands what he has and appreciates it. As do I in being kindly leant it. Be sure to let Steve H know we're enjoying his work- and ask him if he's interested in doing one in .577.
