| rigbymauser |
| (.400 member) |
| 17/04/16 09:33 PM |
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Re: Gibbs .450 Nitro
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Nice rifle Jens. Will we get to see it in action over here?
Curious, how successful was/is a chamber resleeve and exactly how is it done?
Hi Theo.
Like in most operationen if the re-sleeving is done good it will last forever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliber_conversion_sleeve
Re-sleeving if done on older rifles if the chamber is damaged and one wish to continue have a use of the rifle. Itīs doesnīt have to a different new caliber of the same bullet diameter. Overhere re-sleeving a chamber is done mostly on old doublerifles and breakaction(kipplauf) rifles. On repeting rifles a rebarrel might be easier. In my case the .450Nitro was made into e .458win in the 1970s might because the .450 Nitro express ammo was no longer made(presumeably).