Skeletonised Martini - action

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:04 pm

I thought this would be interesting to post (again).

Not mine, it belongs to a friend.

Joe

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krinko · Post by **krinko** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:18 pm

It's got to be difficult to get any kind of accuracy from a rig like that.

Maybe if you put a tang sight on it?

-----krinko

dromia · Post by **dromia** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:38 am

Krinko,

the bulged cases, hard extraction and the pokey recoil are a minus too.

Brass Rat · Post by **Brass Rat** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:00 am

Thanks Joe, I have been wondering exactly how the extraction worked on them.

My thinking was way more complicated than the real thing.

belgmart · Post by **belgmart** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:10 am

If you add up the actual number of parts, you're surprised at how few there are - and how well-designed the action actually is.

Simplicity and strength made it a long-lasting design, which actually still is used in some free pistols...

Of course, the ultimate rendition was the Francotte takedown patent, as used on the Cadets and BSA target rifles.

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:18 pm

And (today I shudder at the thought) one of the few B/L actions that, at least down here, was converted to muzzle-loading.

Eoin.

Skeletonised Martini - action

Skeletonised Martini - action

Hmmmmm....

That's the beauty of the Martini