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Kabul Arsenal Martini-Henry
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 6:56 am
by DuncaninFrance
Re: Kabul Arsenal Martini-Henry
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 6:22 pm
by Aughnanure
That's a gem, Duncan.
I hope that you keep the Tula fitting on it, it's a piece of history; not a big piece but a piece none the less
Re: Kabul Arsenal Martini-Henry
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:53 pm
by DuncaninFrance
It arrived today. It's in shit order but the breech works and it cocks and fires..................The brass forend is not a Tula original but a rough brass casting but it is solid!
Start stripping it tomorrow if I can drift the pins out!
Re: Kabul Arsenal Martini-Henry
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 6:55 am
by DuncaninFrance
Re: Kabul Arsenal Martini-Henry
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:59 am
by DuncaninFrance
Re: Kabul Arsenal Martini-Henry
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:14 am
by Niner
At least there were no polyps.
Re: Kabul Arsenal Martini-Henry
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:12 pm
by Aughnanure
You can't kid me, Duncan.
That's the inside of a powerhouse chimney with specially laid bricks to make the smoke spiral out as it rises in the morning air.
Re: Kabul Arsenal Martini-Henry
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 2:14 pm
by Dutch Mosin
Duncan
That's a fantastic rifle with a great history attached to it.
I wish I had the time to do things like that.
Until then I'll just read your posts.
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Martin
Re: Kabul Arsenal Martini-Henry
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 4:42 pm
by DuncaninFrance
Well, I had to start on it sometime and this afternoon in the workshop I was just finishing a repair to an old tripod (Viewing Scope / Chronie for the use of ) when I heard this little voice saying "What about me, when are you going to look at me"!
So I thought I would make a start................
I steam cleaned the crud off the action housing and then started on the rust. Ballistol + wire wool + fine emery cloth. Looks good now. I then unscrewed the barrel which was easy and looked at the action frame. It's distorted on one side and this makes the barrel sit at an angle. There are a lot of hammer marks on the metal so it was not an 'engineered' fit!
I will produce some pics once the parts are clean but it certainly won't shoot any live ammo again!
Re: Kabul Arsenal Martini-Henry
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:53 am
by DuncaninFrance