Sloffie's Martini Henry MkIV - South African
Years ago when I was still sporting a single digit age, my uncle who lives is Newcastle, South Africa showed me his HUGE gun, a Martini Henry. Back then I was a lot shorter and smaller and the gun was...
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PommyB, think I will try finding something similar to udderly smooth here in SA. I remember the last time I walked into a Health Shop asking for Lanolin, the lady asked me if it is for my wife... no...
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With PP bullets the lube wad needs to be nearly 1/2 inch,in the last of the British military loads it was even longer.
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I have this Eley drawing. Here the beeswax wad is actually not very long. 0.25", thats about 6.35mm. Mine was 3mm... But this has a cavity which mine does not, so I could probably get away with 4mm...
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Alex, That is an interesting drawin that it shows the diameter of a paper patch bullet at .485 to .509 and powder filling the case. If you acquire original cartridges and measure them, you will see...
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Only saw that now... Interesting. It was just something I saved while browsing the web.
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Douglas,Could the .485" to .509" in the drawing be the diameter of the case mouth?
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It might be inside diameter of the case also. That's why these drawings can not be trusted.
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Interesting that "Henry" is mis-spelled like that!French draughtsman, perhaps?
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Alex, I see that most of the spread is vertical - which usually is related to sight management. For accurate shooting, the Martini sights do present a steep learning curve, being pretty 'coarse', but...
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I have been shooting my Lee Enfield's for quite some time now and even they hurt me in the beginning when prone. So I am not too afraid of shooting the Martini prone, will be doing so tomorrow.This...
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Package is looking very 'authentic', well done. I think what Gert is hinting at, & I have found to be true, is that the M-H is more pleasant to shoot from the prone position than from a bench or...
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Took the Martini to my Mother-In-Law's farm yesterday. I wanted to shoot groups, but instead we took an old beer keg and shot at it at 50yd. The rifle shoots great, once we figured the how the sights...
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Another 2 with the same disease - now there's a sling on that rifle, apparently the right length too - and they aren't using it for shooting! Why???
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They are not regular shooters. I am also still struggling to use the sling while prone. I am used to the Lee Enfield, but the Martini having the sling on the trigger guard is a bit awkward. But I am...
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Awkward? it's way better than having the sling attached to the buttstock! I tried it both ways, and I do know what I prefer... Whoever attachte the sling in front of the trigger guard did know very...
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martinibelgian wrote: Whoever attachte the sling in front of the trigger guard did know very well what he was doing...Don't forget that, back then, slings were there simply as a means to carry the...
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Grant it seems in the past few days we have had a photo posted here some where that contradicted that point, as it showed Soldiers, and I believe Canadian soldiers at that firing Martini using the...
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Yes ..... but the point I was trying to make is that the specific positioning of the sling swivels was not with that use in mind - in response to Gert's comment (as a target shooter, presumably) that...
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I meant it is awkward as I am not used to the setup. I am used to the sling being attached to the butt. Was practicing yesterday in my yard, but I am struggling to assume the correct position using...
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I shot the martini at 300yd todat at some plates and I must say I am very impressed. Out of the shoulder it grouped very close around the plates. Only het the 30cm plate once, but the other 4 rounds...
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