I have started on a new project of building a cadet martini , into a sporter in 300Sherwood , I have the rifled barrel , and its profiled the same as a 310 cadet barrel action is well on its way to being blued .
So what happens just 3 days before Christmas day ? My good friend passes away ,and as it turns out he has left me his recently completed custom built Martini in 300 Sherwood ,along with a few others. Poor bugger had it built and has been too sick to shoot it , I visited him back in July 2016 ,we were planning to take the new rifle out and shoot it ,but blitering cold weather ,and heavy rain made it too risky for him ,so now I have become the care taker of some of his collection ,some thing that will keep him in my memories until I am no longer drawing breath.
So I now have to decide what to do with the barrel ,continue on my original plan and get it chambered for 300Sherwood , or find some thing I can neck down to 300.
I am thinking along the lines of the 30-30 win case necked to 300 .
I think this cartridge maybe named 30-Herret , not sure at all . Will have to look into it deeper .
Does any one know if Im on the right track ? ,namely the 30-30 necked down to take a .300 diameter projectile is the 30 Herret.
May end up going for a completely new barrel in another calibre .