310 Cadet Velosity
Am reloading cast bullets using LIL'GUN powder . Using 7 Grains as a starting point . Question : What velosity am I looking for using a non gas checked 120 grain cast bullet . Have looked in my Lyman...
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Best for last
By Friday I had recovered enough from the drive back and forth to KC to drive down to St Louis to finish a trade I had discussed at dinner with some friends at at last week's show. This was the rifle...
View ArticleShooting my Mini-Snider 360 No 5 Rook rifle
Well, this certainly was a great experience. The other day I finally took it out to the range. I had made up some test rounds for it using 38 Long Colt brass, 3.2gr of Bullseye and a Hornady 148gr...
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Wilkes .300 Rook
This is a Wilkes .300 Rook that I bought a few years ago.It had a poor replacement stock but the metal was in pretty good shape with some colors still visible and really wonderful engraving.I found a...
View ArticleBSA .22 War Office Trainer.
Hello, i have a 1907 BSA War Office single shot trainer and it has a broken firing pin and I am wondering if there are any places in UK that would have a spare pin for sale or where i could get one...
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Peiper Martini?
This is a Cashmore retailed Martini I have coming to me. I have a feeling i was made by Peiper, but it is different than the other ones I have seen in that the lever does not form a complete trigger...
View ArticleMystery solved
The whole time I was bidding on a Cashmore (Peiper) 44/40 Martini I was trying to remember where I had seen it before. As soon as I unpacked it, I remembered it was one of the rifles Thad Scott...
View ArticleRemoving a BSA Martini Cadet stock
Does anyone know how to remove both the front and rear stock on a BSA Martini Cadet? I think it is a type 4. Either way it almost has full wood stock with a barrel band at the front with two small...
View ArticleFrancotte Cadet clearing rod
Hi all. I hope to be picking up an Ozzy Francotte Cadet rifle, if I am lucky. As seems typical, the clearing rod is missing. Does anyone out there now the dimensions/design?Thanks,Peter.
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British Patent help needed
I picked up this rather plain H&H rook rifle. I found this patent on the water table. I could not locate it in Hoyem's 7 volume set of British firearm patents. Can anyone find it in some other...
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Dougall (Allport) Rook Rifle
This past weekend I finally found a good example of what Colin Greenwood described as an Allport rook rifle. These were made in both hammer and hammerless versions. Virtually all of them have this...
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Interesting Cadet
I have been thinking about a .310 Cadet for some time, this one turned up todayRetailed by Walter Locke & Co., Calcutta, Delhi and Lahore, it looks ok to me, the bore is excellent, a lady shot it...
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Parker Hale CMT 2
Until I visited David Kaiser and he showed me his wife's CMT, I was unaware of them. What appealed to me is that they only weigh around 7 LBS. I bought this one but found it has a ruined chamber...
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Martini Madness
I guess I'm a soft touch for the Martini, large frame, small frame; here's a few of the 32 in my collection aquired over many years!Sporting rifles include 303 Brit, 222Rimmed, 17/222Rimmed, 17 Ackley...
View ArticleBSA re-barrelling of the Francotte Cadet.
I wonder if anyone can come up with a likely reason for my problem here.I have just taken delivery from Oz of a Victoria Francotte Cadet rifle ('Francotte Patent' roundel) in 297/230 to complement my...
View ArticleCrimping the .310 Cadet
In browsing the Forum I have noticed a number of posts asking how to crimp these cases. When I started reloading my .310 I was concerned that the bullets could move in transit and I was also...
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W-R Cleaning rod
I have to apologize to anyone who copied the cleaning rod for which I gave the measurements When I was helping my wife put the Cadets back in the gun room, I suddenly realized that was the cleaning...
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Cadet sling
Hi thereDoes anyone know of a source of original BSA Cadet slings?I came across this photo of an NSW Australian soldier in a book about the Battle of Passchendaele. The photo was obviously taken...
View ArticleBritish Single Shot Rifles Vol. 7. Rook and Rabbit Rifles.
I've just taken delivery of this book by Wal Winfer. A tad more expensive than the previous volumes but it's a lot thicker than the others and well worth every penny. For fellow Englishmen Penbury...
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