22-3000 G&H Remington

[gnoahhh]

Thanks for the tutorial. I bet a lot of folks never knew that history.

I've been messing with Lovell wildcats since around 1979. A mis-spent youth spent reading C.S.Landis over and over lead me down that rabbit hole. Currently custom single shot Krag in .22 Maximum Lovell, and a bull barreled single shot '03 Springfield in R2 Lovell are singing Hervey's praises. (The Krag was built by Hervey himself.)

God help me, I'm seriously considering building a high end small Martini custom job chambered in, you guessed it, R2 Lovell. (I have a decent stash of R2 G&H virgin or almost virgin brass with which to feed it/them but I'm always on the hunt for more....)

[john.k]

You wont be using excessive pressure in the small Martini .....for the simple reason if the primer even slightly craters,the action wont open......Ive had a few Martinis in the 222 rimmed version of 222 Rem,all suffer from the same problems and weak extraction which is endemic in martinis......Plenty accurate though ,as with a super heavy barrel and big scope ,the whole gun is only 8 lb or so............(.With a Francotte type martini ,there is no way the firing pin can be recocked to bash in a cratered primer in the time honoured single shot fashion.)

[uscra112]

Same situation as happens to Sharps-Borchardts. Could the solution be the same?

[ASSASSIN]

Wow, what a beautiful gun!

[Monobill]

Hello guys, I am excited to find this thread. I have a .22-3000 from my father also and have only slightly messed with it over the years. No as I near retirement I will have more time to engage this fine rifle. the bun is a custom built by dad and his shooting buddies in the early 50's maybe even earlier. I always remember it in the gun cabinet and only shoot it a couple times. Of course reloading was a problem. I have some brass but it is showing age and limited. Gun is a Stevens with J. Unertl scope. If being .22-3000 isn't rare enough, the custom stock is left handed. I'll post some photos soon.

Bill

[Monobill]

Got a couple of photos to help explain what I am talking about.

Ah, crap. I'm new to this form, any advice on uploading photos?

[marlinman93]

Got a couple of photos to help explain what I am talking about.

Ah, crap. I'm new to this form, any advice on uploading photos?

Yes, using a photo hosting site to upload the pics, and then use their links to put them in your posts here. I use Imgur free hosting, and love it. It's got choices of posting links for forums, email, or direct, and also choices of sizes also. I use the "large thumbnail" size for most of my links.