Ishapore .308 carbine a great cast lead shooter! (pic)

[canoeguy]

Here's a pic of my latest acquisition, an Ishapore .308 carbine cut down by the Gibbs Rifle Company, I think they advertised them as the "Gibbs Survival Rifle". They cut down full size .308 Ishapore (Ishapore, India) rifles, coated them in some sort of weatherproof material, Durakote, nickel, who knows, put a jungle carbine sort of flash hider on them and sold them:

Now, I previously had a full size Ishapore .308 that shot cast lead extremely well, I used it to hunt Nutria (big water rats, 20 lbs) in the marshes of North Carolina. In a moment of weakness, I sold that rifle and a bunch of pet cast lead hand loads to forum member Muley Gill, and have been without an Ishapore rifle since.

I saw this one at a weekly flea market here on the Northern Neck of Virginia, it took three weeks before me and the owner could get our minds right and make a deal, but this last week, the rifle was mine! I had about fifty rounds of my cast lead rounds I had made up for my earlier Ishapore, and was tickled to death they shot to the same point of impact/point of aim as the earlier rifle. The above group was shot from the prone position at 50 yards, at a patched up Bianchi Cup target. Load is 9.5 grains Unique behind a 170 grain cast lead flat point bullet.

I am going to have fun experimenting with this rifle, it is light and handy, weighs about 5.5 pounds. I don't anticipate shooting anything but moderate cast lead handloads in it, anything stouter probably won't be fun to shoot!

 

[ajpelz]

Congratulations. That is a fine looking old gun. I have a Ishapore 2A that is in stock configuration minus the nasty black coating that came with most. It is a fine shooter, but I just don't have the heart to chop up an old military gun.

 

[Freischütz]

What are the throat, bore, and groove diameters of the barrel? What bullet (mould Nr) are you using?

 

[canoeguy]

Frieshutz,

I haven't measured the bore of the rifle, but the bullets I'll be experimenting with will be from three Lee molds, 170 grain flat point, and 180/200 grain round nose bullets. All of the bullets are designed to be used with a gas check.

I'll load some up with Unique for a mild load, and some with 3031 to around 1700 FPS for more serious work.....

 

[GyMac]

Here's a pic of my latest acquisition, an Ishapore .308 carbine cut down by the Gibbs Rifle Company, I think they advertised them as the "Gibbs Survival Rifle". They cut down full size .308 Ishapore (Ishapore, India) rifles, coated them in some sort of weatherproof material, Durakote, nickel, who knows, put a jungle carbine sort of flash hider on them and sold them:

Now, I previously had a full size Ishapore .308 that shot cast lead extremely well, I used it to hunt Nutria (big water rats, 20 lbs) in the marshes of North Carolina. In a moment of weakness, I sold that rifle and a bunch of pet cast lead hand loads to forum member Muley Gill, and have been without an Ishapore rifle since.

I saw this one at a weekly flea market here on the Northern Neck of Virginia, it took three weeks before me and the owner could get our minds right and make a deal, but this last week, the rifle was mine! I had about fifty rounds of my cast lead rounds I had made up for my earlier Ishapore, and was tickled to death they shot to the same point of impact/point of aim as the earlier rifle. The above group was shot from the prone position at 50 yards, at a patched up Bianchi Cup target. Load is 9.5 grains Unique behind a 170 grain cast lead flat point bullet.

I am going to have fun experimenting with this rifle, it is light and handy, weighs about 5.5 pounds. I don't anticipate shooting anything but moderate cast lead handloads in it, anything stouter probably won't be fun to shoot!

Congrats on that neat rifle! I wanted one of those a few years ago, but in .303. When I couldn't find one I cut down my No. 4 to 20 inches and installed it in a synthetic stock. It's my favorite rifle.