Sideplate- Loosen the large screw at the top right side of the grip frame. It's a captured screw. [pic]http://hooverae.com/upload/files/210409/8333238.jpeg[/pic] A gap will be visible at the rear of the frame. [pic]http://hooverae.com/upload/files/210409/8407922.jpeg[/pic] Pivot the sideplate open, ...

Cylinder removal- First, loosen the small screw holding the ejector rod detent and cylinder pin lock and remove it from the frame. [pic]http://hooverae.com/upload/files/210409/8059426.jpeg[/pic] With the ejector rod handle rotated out of the way, pull the cylinder axis pin out of the revolver. Here ...

I picked up this little gem a few weeks ago at my local FFL - they had it set aside to give me first dibs on it. [pic]http://hooverae.com/upload/files/210409/6715271.jpeg[/pic] It's chambered for 7.5 Swiss Ordnance and is a solid-frame revolver with a loading gate and ejection rod on the right side....

A couple tongue-in-cheek images with the M-E I took this afternoon.

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I tried out some POF and Royal Laboratory MkVII ammo I picked up years ago. It's making nice clean holes now. [pic]http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7582/img0725.jpg[/pic] The three shot string in the lower left were POF the two above were RL. I did find a smith locally who's willing to counterbore...

Just to be clear I was taking about the notch in the rear sight base's hinge, not the battlesight.

Hard to say about the notches, though. I can't figure out how to use it if it's related to the sight picture. The rear sight base blocks it's view of the front sight completely.

I'm not sure about the notch above the chamber, I haven't read anything about why that cut was made. Could it be a sight picture thing? Perhaps needed because of the ammo change / range difference / sight settings. The foresight looks as though it has been raised a little. In 'Guns of the Empire' i...

Thanks for the feedback on the ammo, I'll try some of the surplus MkVII this weekend. Here are a few shots of stampings on the rifle. I'm not sure about the notch above the chamber, I haven't read anything about why that cut was made. [pic]http://hooverae.com/upload/files/160409/7312774.jpeg[/pic] [...

Some photos of the Martini-Enfield, as promised earlier. !881/1895 Martini-Enfield MkI with 1900 Pattern 1895 bayonet. [pic]http://hooverae.com/upload/files/130409/7087691.jpeg[/pic] [pic]http://hooverae.com/upload/files/130409/7137477.jpeg[/pic] The stock has a nice RSAF-Enfield cartouche. The doub...

I picked up a Martini-Enfield MkI recently. It's chambered in .303 since the 1895 rebarelling by Enfield. It was originally a Martini-Henry MkIII made by LSA in 1881. Anyhow, it's in overall good condition with fair rifling. I replaced the extractor as the orignal was broken. I test fired it last we...