Shooting multiple Martinis... size to fit all, or cases for each rifle?
OK... So now that I'm close to reloading myself, I face the issue of shooting multiple Martinis. I currently have 6 in the stable. 1 Mk I, 1 Mk II, 2 Mk III's, an IC1, and the Mk I bitser. The Mk I...
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FWIW, for now I have 1 577-450 rifle that won't even chamber its own fired cases - the little ZAR carbine. Even clocking the brass doesn't seem to help. I FL size those the minimum required for easy...
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I too have one oddity Gert. About 6 months ago I bought a Martini Artillery MkII carbine, converted from an 1874 MkI then MkII rifle. It was my second Arty MkII and I had no problems with my first....
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Clive, so the cqrbine had been cut through the chamber to deactivate it, and then re-welded? You are a braver man than I to shoot it! I know black powder has a relatively love chamber pressures, but...
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Originally I hoped to return it and as this was impossible and I dont keep wallhangers I looked to firing it. It already had a normal carbine round, 405 grain with 70 grain FF through it with no...
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cblfrance wrote:Originally I hoped to return it and as this was impossible and I dont keep wallhangers I looked to firing it. It already had a normal carbine round, 405 grain with 70 grain FF through...
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The cut and reweld chamber is easily repaired by lining and recutting the chamber. Well, "easily" being figuratively speaking. Hardest part will be coming up with a reamer, and that points to the real...
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Douglas, in your opinion would a welded chamber like mine take light loads without problem given it has been 'proofed' with 5 full blackpowder rounds. or would you regard it as it as totally unsafe?...
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cblfrance wrote:Douglas, in your opinion would a weilded chamber like mine take light loads without problem given it has been 'proofed' with 5 full blackpowder rounds. or would you regard it as it as...
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Hmmmmmmmmm. Thank you Douglas, I'll take that as an unsafe then. I am only interested in 577/450 carbines so a change of calibre using a chamber insert does not interest me. I do have a dilemma if I...
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Clive. If it is a potential danger (and who knows what a future owner is told by a future seller) then maybe it would be best to have it formally neutralised at St. Etienne so that there can be no...
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Clive, assuming you could get access to a .577/.450 reamer where you are, there's no reason why you couldn't have the existing chamber cut out, sleeved, & rechambered to the original...
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No, don't deact it, reline and rechamber to 577/450. I have a reamer.
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Thank you Douglas, very kind, but I live in France and have no skills to do it myself.. I seem to be on a looser with this carbine. Have spent many hours this morning phoning Gunsmiths in this corner...
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Would there be less problems having the work done in a neighboring country (eg. Belgium or Germany) regarding re-exporting? Perhaps Gert would know of a gunsmith who would do that type of work.
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I had the same problem when I bought one with the saw cut filled with SOFT solder! the seller just refused to accept the return from the courier, costing me the shipping as well, despite assuring me...
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Clive, you need a Carbine Morris tube! A bit hard to find - but fun shooting, and I am making the 297/230 cases. Heeled bullets are available, as too the molds. When I first read it I thought it was...
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I do wonder if many of these converted artillery carbines were cut etc. as DP rifles for cadets? I recall the Wolverhampton Boys Brigade example. If so then one must approach them all with caution and...
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Thanks for all the input guys. Courtesy of Pommy I have located a gunsmith in the USA who will do the work. Its not cost effective but I feel it is only right the carbine is put back to order if it...
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Clive I was told by my gunsmith friend that rewelded martinis was very common years ago as he knows many smiths that did it.. They were welded up and reblacked and no one was any wiser... They are out...
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I was aware of welded Martini Artillery MkIIs before I purchased it. I had already bought an example from JP in good condition and had researched them well. That said the seller ( now untraceable)...
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