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tunofun
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Reged: 10/11/04
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Loc: Darwin, NT, Australia

Martini Henry NE??
21/04/05 07:49 PM

GDay fellas, i'm still saving for that double but I have found something interesting along the way. A Martini Henry .577/450 carbine in very poor condition but the action is good although the barrel has been cut at the knox form, I believe to deactivate it for some reason.
Anyway, I thought why not re-finish it with a new stock (I don't like the MH stock now, too much drop) a good barrel (maybe an octagonal), a different chambering and use it on some buff.

My question is this, since it is a british rifle, I wanna go with a british cartridge and would love to use a nitro (.470NE with black powder loads) but am not too sure what the action can handle, can you guys shed some light? Also, I was thinking the .470NE may be too long to fit down the load ramp. True/false? I'm not really sure about the cartridge selection yet, maybe a 500NE or even a .375 flanged Cheers!

Good Shooting.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Martini Henry NE??	tunofun	21/04/05 07:49 PM
Re: Martini Henry NE??	DoubleD	22/04/05 06:33 AM
Re: Martini Henry NE??	tunofun	22/04/05 08:28 AM
Re: Martini Henry NE??	DoubleD	22/04/05 01:03 PM
Re: Martini Henry NE??	tunofun	22/04/05 04:59 PM
Re: Martini Henry NE??	DoubleD	22/04/05 08:26 PM
Re: Martini Henry NE??	Marrakai	22/04/05 11:02 PM
Re: Martini Henry NE??	tunofun	23/04/05 09:20 PM
Re: Martini Henry NE??	tunofun	28/04/05 05:56 PM
Re: Martini Henry NE??	tunofun	29/04/05 01:46 AM
Re: Martini Henry NE??	Marrakai	29/04/05 09:56 AM
Re: Martini Henry NE??	DoubleD	23/04/05 06:17 AM

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