Who is still interested in Gevarm rifles?

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Searching back as far as 2006, I see a lot of Gevarm threads on CGN.

Most of them by far are plaintive requests for magazines.

Lately it seems the Gevarm threads have tapered off. Not sure whether the current generation is as interested in these very cool rifles as the previous generation was.

The price of used magazines is plenty high.

What I want to do is come up with a plan of attack to alter the new reproduction mags available from Edmonton, so that they work as well as the originals did.

They are indeed the best bet as they are in production and available. (or will be when they do another production run)

They also fit both A and E series rifles, as they have the narrow nose.

Mag problems are the bane of these rifles!
It's either lost or worn out mags...and people then unable to replace them, which have sidelined a lot of these guns.

Is there a gunsmith in Canada that knows Gevarms inside and out and is able to provide fully funtional magazines to those who need them?
 
Gevarm threads have likely tapered off because they're aren't many who know what they are any more. Haven't been made since the 80's. Very much doubt you'll find a smithy who really knows 'em either. Gevarm's never were terribly common.
 
I picked up a takedown model a year ago without a mag and have had a hell of a time. I bought a Venturini - Gevarm clone mag on ebay a few months back from a member on cgn, and it turned out to be too wide by about a millimeter or two. Now I'm out about $100. I'm not sure if I should try filing down the mag walls or not, but if someone tells you a Venturini mag should work just fine, you should probably walk away if you don't have some good smithing skills. I just missed out on another gevarm mag three days ago on ebay that went for $35, because it was only available to US bidders. Oh the humanity!!! I love that little rifle tho, and if we can get enough of us together to get some mags produced, I would be frigg'in overjoyed! :)
 
I bought one of the brand new old stock ones from trade ex.

It was a lemon out of the box with feeding issues and it shot so high that the stock iron sights were useless.

It seems like a simple design but the mag lips being the ejector seems like the Achilles heel.

Trade ex's only advice was to not use the iron sights and mount a scope. Brilliant.
 
NewWester said:
I picked up a takedown model a year ago without a mag and have had a hell of a time. I bought a Venturini - Gevarm clone mag on ebay a few months back from a member on cgn, and it turned out to be too wide by about a millimeter or two. Now I'm out about $100. I'm not sure if I should try filing down the mag walls or not, but if someone tells you a Venturini mag should work just fine, you should probably walk away if you don't have some good smithing skills. I just missed out on another gevarm mag three days ago on ebay that went for $35, because it was only available to US bidders. Oh the humanity!!! I love that little rifle tho, and if we can get enough of us together to get some mags produced, I would be frigg'in overjoyed! :)
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The mags are being produced. That is the good news. The parts place in Edmonton, through sheer dogged persistence, got the mags reproduced. The issue is, out of the box...they need alteration to fit and work.

A lot of people apparently don't know about those new mags.

Over the years I bought mag after mag and none of them worked well. Only the stock 8 rounders worked for me and they are scarce enough.
 
...they'll always fire any round, even duds from other guns...it's the successful ejection you need to make them work.

They're a funny rifle...you can't hand cycle rounds to test function, it has to be done on the range by actually firing them and observing whether the case actually ejects..

No extractor, no ejector other than the left magazine lip.

But they are a truly cool design.
 
Somebody just listed one for around $600......I'd say they are a $300 max project type gun.
Everybody wants the long mags but in reality if you want capacity get a 10/22.
 
Have an E1 in the safe.
Picked up from Western gun one of the 8 rounders.
After some range time and tweaks, it works at 99% perfect.
Very much feels like a spring pellet rifle due to the open bolt fire design.
 
I have a Gevarm E1. It is pretty mint. I have both the 8 and 20 round magazines for it both working flawlessly! It's easily one of my favourite guns! Fires everything you put through it regardless of how crap the ammo actually is and it's accurate too!
 
Can-down said:
Somebody just listed one for around $600......I'd say they are a $300 max project type gun.
Everybody wants the long mags but in reality if you want capacity get a 10/22.
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That one for sale is in very nice shape indeed. Has to be worth close to that.

I've had plenty of 10/22's btw and know them well, much prefer a good functioning Gevarm.
 
I've owned and used a Gevarm E1 since the late '70's, and for a while, it, and a single shot Cooey ( which had been cut down when I was 6 and was too short by the time I started hunting) were my only .22's. I'm not sure I've lost interest, but the Gevarm doesn't get a lot of use anymore. Threads like these have made me paranoid about losing any of my 3 irreplaceable 8-rd mags. These have always functioned flawlessly. I can't say that about a recently acquired 20-rd, which I could never get to work.

The Gevarm has some quirks, to be sure, but learning to cope with that open bolt slamming shut probably made me a better shot in the end. It would be hard to prove just how accurate they really are- that open bolt again- but in terms of practical accuracy, I've never had reason to complain. Any misses have been my fault.

Gevarm, obviously, in the middle. The original finish was long gone before the gun came to me, and I gave it an oil finish... seems like they used real French walnut in those stocks.

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cantom said:
That one for sale is in very nice shape indeed. Has to be worth close to that.

I've had plenty of 10/22's btw and know them well, much prefer a good functioning Gevarm.
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I'd prefer a good functioning Gevarm as well.

10/22's are not the be all by any means and I don't own one. But it seems like a good way to go if you want 20 plus round mags that are available,affordable and reliable.
 
I have a number of the gevarm en rifles new in the box plus the factory 8 and 20 round magazines The mags work well in the argentine copy.
The new factory mags need the fine adjustment to work in new and used rifles I think that the triple company might need to have some new gevarm factory magazines to copy and make them more user friendly. I would make the front sight higher with welding to make the sights work
 
It was plain as anything before I started putting the oil to it. I wouldn't do that to one in good original condition, but it was pretty beat up ( trapline gun) so I had nothing to lose.
 
I do love pretty wood with figure. As for modern black plastic stocked rifles...not that fond of them. Yes, they have their weatherproof uses, but for pride of ownership, I do love wood.
 
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