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Some where along the line I fell in love with the 505 Gibbs. The clean lines of an un-scoped big bore rifle and a bore diameter that will quicken your pulse and swallow your dreams.
After my last Safari five years ago I decided to put one together for my next hunt this August a Buffalo and Tuskless affair. Good Friend and local gunsmith agreed to take on the project.
Here are a few pictures of the journey

Wood...Bastogne
Green Mountain Arms Action
Krieger Barrel 24"
Gun weight 11.0 lbs
LOP 14.5"s
Sights filed in for 525gr CEB Solid 2300fps
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The begining


First cuts




Sorry I seem unable to take successful full length pictures



Way way too big.
https://i.imgur.com/20Lq5oF.jpg

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Can't figure out why my images are not coming through

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The Buff and Tuskless hunt will be in Zimbabwe in the Save

The Rifle holds 3 down 1 up

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Where does the belt fit?

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What the hell does this mean:

"This .505 Gibbs brass, used in belt-felt .50 caliber rifle ammunition"

What 5.5 Gibbs is loaded for a belt-fed .50 cal rifle?
What is a belt fed .50 cal. rifle?

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HH stands for "Huelsen - Horneber" = Horneber cases, of course. Made by Dieter Horneber, Erlanger Str. 259, Fürth, Bavaria.

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Oh, of course, for the belt-fed .505 Gibbs.

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I hope to use it on Buffalo later this year if all goes according to plan

Matt.

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I hope so. And we get to read about it and see photos here on NE.

PS can we see your reshaped stock .505 Gibbs CZ rifle? Can you take some photographs? Thanks.

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Some where along the line I fell in love with the 505 Gibbs. The clean lines of an un-scoped big bore rifle and a bore diameter that will quicken your pulse and swallow your dreams.
After my last Safari five years ago I decided to put one together for my next hunt this August a Buffalo and Tuskless affair.

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Good luck. We definitely want to see this rifle, photos and stories of your safari. Coming soon, are you getting excited?

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Yes definitely, I will do a full report with pics, will have to learn how to post photos, LOL

The gun is partially in the white at the moment and there are bits under construction. When I go up to the NT the gun will be in stage 1 and I will take some pics. Then I will finish t to how I want in stage two and take some more pics. I have learned a lot about the CZ550 and how to improve it and modify it for much better function. When its all finished I will do the same to the 416 Rigby I have, also a CZ550.

One thing I have also learned is that there are many tricks and mods that must be employed to make the CZ550 handle the 505 Gibbs properly and function correctly. It is nothing like any other cartridge out there. It would be interesting to see an original Gibbs built on a Mauser action and see how it operates and any tricks that they employed.

Matt.

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Matt,
could you let on what your mods were please?
I have a CZ550 in 404 Jeffery, that had an issue picking up the first round so I added a tapering block behind the follower which made the rounds sit higher at the back, works perfectly now.
I think the main issue was that the magazine spring was simply just too weak!
Apart from that I have no issues with it, recoil is stout with 400's going at 2300+fps, but I find the stock perfect for me.
A mate had one in 505 Gibbs, it shot 600gn pills to the sights perfectly at say 30-40 yards, not sure what speed they were doing but they punched thru 18" or more of gum tree & kept on going!
It had one hell of a lot of recoil, but I found it quite tolerable standing up, as did my son who was only 16-17 at the time, made him step back a few paces when he fired!
Every time I fired it i knew exactly where those bullets were going, right on the money every time, gave you a lot of confidence firing it!

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Gorgeous! Congratulations! Looking forward to some hunting photos.

Steve is that barrel profiled and well preserved?

I have a 505Gibbs action sitting with a friend in the US. Bought it whilst under the influence of oxy after some major orthopedic surgery

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If you have any left over you might need it if you're silly like me and shoot 30 shots from the bench in a T-shirt first time out

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505 Gibbs recoil: It's but a maiden's kiss

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A new .505 by Westley Richards:
https://www.westleyrichards.com/theexplo..._eid=b8222059ee

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