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Well I had the barrel off a couple of these Martini actions, a BSA 310 Cadet & BSA 22LR 12/15 & thought bugger it I (when I say I, I mean my mate with the lathe) will make a barrel stub out of wood to see for sure, then ended up making it out of a piece of nylon rod instead, chambered close to enough with a boring bar & turned a rim groove .

Well the 38/55 will slide in no trouble even with the .22 block in the 12/15, when the lever is pushed fully down & will slide straight out to, with the lever pushed fully down !

I don't know if this is allowable (to load with the lever pushed down, may not be ?) but it seems to work so far !

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Great, sounds like you are good to go.

That is how it should be. It should necessary for the breech block to be slightly depressed an the breech block to spring back up and hold the edge of the rim.

If you can pull the lever down and admit the round to the chamber, then you have room to adjust the load position. Get a copy of Skennerton's SAIS 15 on the Martini Henry for the correct method for adjusting the load position. That SAIS also contains other adjustments for Martini actions.

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DD, Ret.

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