P70 glider gun, reduces gun_70 to 2295 cells:
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x = 43, y = 51, rule = B3/S23
19b2o$21bo$18bo2bo$18bo$10b2o$9bo2bo6bo2b2o11b2o$9b2obo5b5o12bo$7b3obo
5b2o5bo8bobo$6bobo8bo5b2o5bob3o$6bo12b5o5bob2o$5b2o11b2o2bo6bo2bo$30b
2o$2b2o5b2o12bo$2b2o5b2o9bo2bo$20bo$21b2o$18bo$17bobo$2b3o3b3o5bo3bo$
2bo7bo5bo3bo$bo2bo3bo2bo4b2ob2o$2ob2o3b2ob2o$bobo5bobo$2bo7bo$32b2o5b
2o$2b2o5b2o21b2o5b2o$2b2o5b2o$32bo7bo$31bobo5bobo$30b2ob2o3b2ob2o$22b
2ob2o4bo2bo3bo2bo$22bo3bo5bo7bo$22bo3bo5b3o3b3o$23bobo$24bo$20b2o$22bo
$19bo2bo9b2o5b2o$19bo12b2o5b2o$11b2o$10bo2bo6bo2b2o11b2o$10b2obo5b5o
12bo$8b3obo5b2o5bo8bobo$7bobo8bo5b2o5bob3o$7bo12b5o5bob2o$6b2o11b2o2bo
6bo2bo$31b2o$24bo$21bo2bo$21bo$22b2o!
EDIT on January 18: P72 glider gun, reduces gun_72 to 900 cells:
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x = 30, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
3b2o$bo2bo2$bo2bo$2bo2bo5b2o$3bobo5b2o$4bo21b2o$26bobo$3b2o22b3o$3b2o
5b3o15b2o$10bo14b2o$10bob2ob2o8b3o$11b2ob3o2$13b5o8b2o$15bobo8b2o$3b2o
$3bo2bo$4b2obo11b2o$b3o2bo12bobo$o3b2o15bo$b2o18b2o$2bob2o$2bo2bo$3b2o
2$7b2o$8bo7bo$5b3o9bo$5bo9b3o!
Reduced by iNoMed to 28x30 (840 cells):
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x = 28, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$o2bo2$o2bo$bo2bo5b2o$2bobo5b2o$3bo2$2b2o$2b2o5b3o$9bo$9bob2ob2o$
10b2ob3o$24b2o$12b5o7b2o$b2o11bobo$o2bo$b2o2bo17b3o$3b2obo11b2o3b2o$b
2o2bo12bobo5b2o$o2b2o15bo4b3o$2o18b2o2bobo$bob2o19b2o$bo2bo$2b2o2$6b2o
$7bo7bo$4b3o9bo$4bo9b3o!
Further reduced by iNoMed to 21x37 (837 cells):
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x = 31, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
bobo$4bo8b2o$o4bo2b2o4bo$2obo2bob2o3bo$4b2o$16bo$15bobo$15bo2bo$9bob5o
bo$14bo3bo$13bo2b5o6b2o$14bo3b3o6b2o$4b2o8b2o3bo$3bo2bo9bo$4b2o2bo17b
3o$6b2obo11b2o3b2o$4b2o2bo12bobo5b2o$3bo2b2o15bo4b3o$3b2o18b2o2bobo$4b
ob2o19b2o$4bo2bo$5b2o2$9b2o$10bo$7b3o$7bo!
EDIT on January 19: P84 glider gun in 858 cells (39x22), nearly cutting the existing record by half:
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x = 39, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
31bo$29b3o$28bo$2o26b2o$bo$bobo$2b2o11b2obo3b2o10b2o$13bo5bo2bobo9b3o
$8bobobo5bo7b2o6b2obo$8bo8b4o7bo7bobo$14b4o5bo4bo6bo2bo$16bo5bo2bo10b
2o$10bobo2bo5bo$11b2o3bob2o$32b2o$32b2o$5b2o$6bo23bo$3b3o25bo$3bo25b3o
!