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DoubleD
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Re: Small ring Martini Henry - customisation?
23/11/03 10:40 AM

Dugaboy1

Your post caught my attention real fast. I enjoy the Martini's. I am in the process of restoring one. It is a Francotte style Cadet that is in 297/230 Morris Long.

I am in need of barrel bands and cross pins. By any chance did any of those Cadet you customized start out as .297/230 Morris Long. I would be interested in talking to about the remianing parts.

I am consulting with Bob Snapp in helping a couple of fellows who are planning on reintroducing all new Martini Cadets.

.307 Winchester is to fat* to fit a Cadet Action. Because of the small barrel tenon the chamber walls would be too thin and you would have to load down anyway. Better off with a 30/30 as your biggest cartridge in the Cadet.

You shoot the 30/30 in a cadet and you will think it is a completely different cartridge than what goes through a 1894 Winchester.

The Hot big game cartridge for the Cadet right now is the 7-30 Waters.

*I had the word "long" in there instead of fat, but the truth is that it may be also be to long as well fat...DD

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DD, Ret.

Edited by DoubleD (05/12/03 08:33 AM)

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Small ring Martini Henry - customisation?	NitroX	10/02/03 02:01 PM
Re: Small ring Martini Henry - customisation?	holland465	07/09/03 01:30 PM
Re: Small ring Martini Henry - customisation?	mickey	16/09/03 02:02 AM
Re: Small ring Martini Henry - customisation?	DUGABOY1	10/08/03 12:18 AM
Re: Small ring Martini Henry - customisation?	DoubleD	23/11/03 10:40 AM
Re: Small ring Martini Henry - customisation?	DaveJames	10/08/03 03:01 PM
Re: Small ring Martini Henry - customisation?	ovis	10/02/03 03:27 PM
Re: Small ring Martini Henry - customisation?	outlawsix	03/03/03 01:00 PM
Re: Small ring Martini Henry - customisation?	ovis	03/03/03 05:07 PM
Re: Small ring Martini Henry - customisation?	outlawsix	03/03/03 05:21 PM

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