Off to the Range today to continue the tests. It was pouring rain so no chronometer.
I shot a NSW marked BSA .310 Cadet, and a VIC marked BSA .310 Cadet. Only the NSW rifle results are reported...
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Forum: Group Buy Results
Off to the Range today to continue the tests. It was pouring rain so no chronometer.
I shot a NSW marked BSA .310 Cadet, and a VIC marked BSA .310 Cadet. Only the NSW rifle results are reported...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Took the 303 Martini Enfield to the range today. Just to try it out, I fed it with 52gn FFg Black Powder and compressed it into the case with a 180gn lubricated cast Boolit. Fired 8 rounds at 50Y for...
Forum: Group Buy Results
Here are a couple of pictures of the Hawkesbury River 128gn Blackhawk heeled 0.323 dia 310 Cadet Boolits. In picture 1, the boolit on the right is one that I slugged the barrel with. The black...
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Hi C1PNR, As I have detailed earlier in the posts, .316 boolits fly wild out of each of my three 310 rifles. If I hit the target at all, half of them keyholed.
A good reference site is...
Forum: Military Rifles
Go have a read of the thread entitled '310 Martini Preliminary Results' on this website.
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Hi Wallace,
I use SPG, only because I have a lot of it as it is my proven prize winning lube with my 45-100 Sharps and my 45-70 H&R Buffalo Classic (I only shoot BP in the 45-100). I have tried...
Forum: Group Buy Results
Repeated the tests this afternoon using my two 310 BSA Cadets. Similar results, but I am going to discount them and try again next week. Conditions today were blowing a gale and very gusty.
...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Hi 34570,
Yes, I roll my own, however I am still trying to develop a good load for my 577/450.
Over the past 12 months I have tried all sorts of boolits, powder loads and paper patching.
My...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Here is a picture of my Martini Collection. All in very good condition, and are shot regularly.
Top is an 1873 Martini Henry 577/450 MkII (MkI conversion - many MkI bits still on it). Feint...
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Cleaned up my newly acquired 303 Martini Enfield over the weekend and found some more interesting stamps on the stock, including a set of intials pin pricked onto the stock. The left side of the...
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After my last post and experience I have chucked out the 312" boolits.
I took my Greener 310 Cadet to the range this morning. Although it is chambered 32-20, I shoot 310 Cadet ammunition.
I...
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Further to my earlier post, I think I have overcome inexperience on this site and got the pictures sorted out.
My collection of Zouaves. The carbine and the top four are Zoli, the bottom four are...
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I have nine Zouaves, four Zoli rifles and a Zoli Carbine, plus four Armi Jager.
The carbine has seen little use since I acquired it. It spent its life as a wall hanger until the changed gun laws...
Forum: Smokeless Paper Patching
I shoot an 1873 Martini Henry MkII 577/450 quite regularly using fillers in the case. Load is 85gn Wano FFg drop tubed down a 3ft carbon fibre arrow shaft and the case filled with bird seed (the...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I have just acquired a nice Martini Enfield rifle in 303. It is an 1883 Enfield manufacture Martini Henry 577/450 MkIII conversion. Martini Enfield conversion marks 1896 with all the appropriate...
Forum: Military Rifles
I have recently acquired a Greener 310 Cadet chambered for 32-20 (barrel stamped). Early test results with 310 rounds is proving encouraging. I am loading 9.5gn of AR2205 behind Hawkesbury River...
Forum: Group Buy Results
Hi, this is my first post on this forum. I have had a BSA (NSW) 310 Cadet for 30 years gathering dust since Super ammunition went off the market. I recently acquired a further two 310 Cadet rifles,...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |