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DArcy_Echols_Co
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Does anybody have an original 505 Gibbs case made by the Kynock of old ? Not the current Mfg. I would like to know the Rim OD and the extractor groove OD. Thanks
 
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I've got some downstairs. I think I have some originals and I know I have a lot of new ones that some jasper shortened and neck to .458. They would certainly give accurate base measurements. Do you want them or want me to measure?
 
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AF Hunter
Please send me an e-mail to echolslegend@comcast.net and I will send you some pics of where I'd like the measurements. If you have a decent caliper it will be very quick and easy or I can pay the cost of the shipping for the cases to come to me and back to you the same day.
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D'Arcy Echols
 
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Originally posted by DArcy_Echols_Co:
AF Hunter
Please send me an e-mail to echolslegend@comcast.net and I will send you some pics of where I'd like the measurements. If you have a decent caliper it will be very quick and easy or I can pay the cost of the shipping for the cases to come to me and back to you the same day.

Thanks
D'Arcy Echols


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Here are measurements off an old original with headstamp Gibbs at 12 o'clock and .505 at 6 o'clock:

rim .635
extractor groove .554
base just ahead of groove .637

This round has a full patch bullet held in the case by 3 double rows of wide stab crimps
 
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Fat_Albert
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I have exactly same cartridge except the extractor groove is 0.555"
 
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Many thanks for the measurements gentlemen
 
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You may also want to contact Mark Crudgington, who holds the current patent to the 'Gibbs' name, and has all the original cartridge and rifle blueprints:

http://www.gibbsgunmakers.com

george.gibbsltd@btinternet.com


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