I recently got ahold of two rifles that have the name "Gebby" on them. One is a Win 1885 HiWall with set trigger in cal 17 Ackley Bee. The other is a Martini Cadet in 17/222 Rimmed [17 Javelina Rimmed]wit DS triggers and both have Unertl Scopes. Can anyone give me info on Mr. Gebby?
Aloha, Mark
kailuacustom@msn.com

Jerry Gebby was a gunsmith in Dayton and the inventor of the 22-250. Try an Internet search on Jerry E Gebby.

A friend of mine bought all of Gebby's stock,rifles,dies,reamers etc. From Gebby's estate I suppose. I bought a 98 Mauser commercial that had had the ribbed barrel relined and chambered in 22-250 by Gebby himself. I stocked it and sold it to someone. Never shot it. About all the experience I've had with either Gebby or the 22-250. My big varmint love was a 220 Swift. In 1952 those were the 2 BIG varmint calibers with the 219 Donaldson Wasp close behind.

Gebby was a famous gunsmith who CLAIMED to have invented the .22-250 and who filed for and received a copyright on the name "Varminter". The .22-250 was called the ".22-250 Varminter" originally, by others well before Mr. Gebby. (kind of reminds one of Jim Carmichael, doesn't it?)

Anyway, he was a very good gunsmith and was quite well respected until he tried to corner the market on the "Varminter" chamberings. He may even have well believed he did invent the cartridge. But just a little research by anyone interested in the cartridge's history shows that he certainly wasn't the first to so convert Charlie Newton's .250-3000 to a .22 varmint rifle cartridge.

Alberta

You are dead right about Gebby He was not the originator.


Cal30

I've got two Gebby Rifles, a .22 Varminter (.22-250) and a .270 on Mauser actions. Very nice, very heavy, beautiful stocks. My dad talked to an old-time smith in PA who knew Gebby a bit and the guy said that he probably didn't do the stocks, so that part is a mystery, but they are neat guns that we have had for a long time.