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enfields or martinis wich do you Prefer
#27828 - 16/03/05 04:41 PM

my father owns a 308/357 martini and i own a lee enfield no4 mk2 303 and my father and i are always arguing wich is better he stands by his martini and i swear by my enfield we never agree

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Re: enfields or martinis wich do you Prefer [Re: 303]
#27846 - 16/03/05 11:58 PM

Welcome to the forum, 303. What an entrance! Which is better? They're both bloody marvellous in the right guise: as British factory-sporters, of course!

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Re: enfields or martinis wich do you Prefer [Re: Marrakai]
#27862 - 17/03/05 09:01 AM

I own both types and shoot both types. Result? I love both types!! You just can't compare them, they are both completely different with different characteristics both good and bad.

Just shoot them and enjoy them and don't give a monkey's what any one else thinks!!!

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Re: enfields or martinis wich do you Prefer [Re: Metswedi]
#27902 - 17/03/05 07:56 PM

i have also been talking to a gunsmith about getting a custom 303 double rifle made i like doubles and i like 303s so i Thought why not combine the two into one great rifle

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Re: enfields or martinis wich do you Prefer [Re: 303]
#27903 - 17/03/05 10:31 PM

I own both types, I shoot both types,
I have 20 Martini's, one Enfield-SMLE
I shoot my Martini's. I have shot the Enfield
My Favorite is a 6 1/2 lbs Commercial Martini Henry w/24 inch bbl in 577/450 Express chambering.

When I went to Africa I used two Martini's to hunt.

A Westley Richards ZAR Martini 577/450 for big stuff.

An I. Hollis .218 Mashburn Bee for the little stuff.

It may have been a package South African plains game hunt with no Rowland and Ward/SCI trophies, if you hunt for and with what you like and can afford your ego will be sufficiently salved.

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Re: enfields or martinis wich do you Prefer [Re: DoubleD]
#30132 - 27/04/05 02:38 PM

Well done, that man. Always like t'see a chap grass the beasts with good history as well as good shootin'. Did much the same thing m'self last summer with a .318 WR and a .404 Jeff. O'course a '06 and a .416 Rem would have been more practical but what would the fun o'been in that? Nice choice in iron, what?

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Re: enfields or martinis wich do you Prefer [Re: 303]
#30227 - 29/04/05 01:10 PM

Both are superb choices but don't tell the "Mauser mafia" (an absolutely complimentary term, by the way

) about liking Enfields. They are certain to agree with your father, but might declare you persona non grata.

I love both myself and hope to get a Martini that a member here has offered soon.

Good hunting!

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