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What do you do when you reassemble the scopes - do so inside a perplex tank filled with nitrogen?

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Ho Ho Holy Crap, that is absolutely awesome work, great looking set, Thank you for sharing here !

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I think that is the understatement if there ever was one; you're cabinet making skills are superb to say the least Denis!
It certainly has been a labour of love to get to this point, to have all the (Ideal) reloading tools & mould etc to really turn this into a true Safari trunk!

Some of the cartridge blocks are rimfire, how do you now switch between CF & RF on your action?
The mind boggles?????

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Curl,
Maybe a lend. The .25-35 needs a proxy shooter at the next Don Kettelkamp Single Shot Stalking Rifle Match. A bit puny but surely a stalking rifle in every sense. After looking into attending last year it was simply too tiring to even think about but I do shoot vicariously in the match when reading the GGCA write ups.

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It would be an honor! But I think you should come shoot it with our group.

Here's the line-up from October 2019:




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Finally someone who knows how to make a graceful lever on a Martini. Beautiful gun, well done.

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Not just the lever but everything I see on this rifle is top notch.
To my eye, the little things such as the shape of the flat on the stock, how the checkering works with the shape of the grip, the sling swivels, how the lever comes down and meets the grip cap, etc. are what put this particular Martini way above most that you see.
I want to know how much of this build did you do on your own. It all looks like “Guild” quality to me!

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I think 'Guild' quality is spot on here, beautiful work to say the least from all involved!
Could you step through the work involved in more detail please as to the scope, mounts, peep sight etc - absolutely stunning workmanship!
Is that also a take down mechanism that you have on this rifle as well?
We can't get enough of quality around here!
Love the case work also, that could be a whole segment by itself.....

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This should be the final post for the .25-35.

I had started making a peep sight base some years ago that fitted into the cleaning rod hole at the back of the action. I wanted something that could be easily removed instead of the fold-down BSA which invariably left a mark on the top of the pistol grip. I got as far as making a base but could not quite figure out how to make an aperture stem on a windage adjustable platform. I serendipitously ran into a Lyman 30 1/2 sight and immediately saw the possibility. I discussed the idea with Morris and he made a base that had a dovetail cut in the rear. The original Lyman base was discarded and the aperture stem was slide into the base and secured.

To index the base vertically Morris EDM'd a shallow inverted V into the top of the cleaning rod hole. A corresponding V is on the upper surface of the part of the base that inserts into the action hole. Finally a vertical thumb screw in the base locks the sight in place when it is screwed full down and engages a shallow depression in the top of the action tang.

These photos show the sight on Morris' project that was being built in parallel to mine. His has two rimfire barrels and there is a sight for each of the barrels.



I appreciate all of the positive feedback on these projects and hope these postings inspire someone to start or finish a languishing project.

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