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[snert]

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I paid a little more than that for mine. The guy that has the most toys when he dies wins...

The miniature Martini story is a good one. I have five now, a stock BSA cadet cleaned up and rebored and chambered in .357 Mag. A 2" gun at 100 yards with open sights and these old eyes. A standard BSA model re-barreled(26" Octogon) chambered in .357 Mag reblued and re-stocked with original Parker Hale 7A receiver sight, beautiful accurate gun! A 12/15 in .22LR with the PH 7A and globe front sight, another very accurate and quiet gun with it's 29" barrel. An original W.W. Greener in the original .310 Cadet. Just when you think your life is tough try reloading the .310 Cadet! I guess I'm a Martini whore and the problem is when you meet another and want to buy his...

i don't think I ever held one. i did hold some crazy shotgun that was called a Bush gun...an enfiled or something converted to shotgun. i would be interested in seeing one or even owning one. Ain't no one gonna tell be how one gets one?

 

[MrMajestic]

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/820444520

 

[snert]

Well aint that cute. Guessing only an old barrel mount style on these huh?

 

[K22]

Barrel steels can be funny! I had a 22-250 for hunting prairie dogs, turkeys in Texas and a multitude of other "varmints". I had it for many years. Finally it had over 4000 rounds on it and the 55gr bullets were seated so far out from throat erosion that they were barely in the case neck. I used it at a 200 yard F-Open "Fun Shoot" for it's last voyage! It shot a 600 49Xs! I won and I thought that that was a fitting end to a great rifle!

Yea for sure - I have a Rem Model 700 243 with 3,856 rounds through it (exact count) and it still groups about 1 1/2" at 100 yards which is adequate for deer. Each year I keep saying I'm going to rebarrel it but when I go to the range and shoot it I say, "Well maybe I can get another year out of it."

The key to this barrel's long life, I think, is that except for a rare followup shot during hunting, I never shot this rifle without letting the barrel cool. Since I used it for hunting I was only interested in the cold barrel shot so I would allow the barrel to cool during range sessions before taking the next shot. Also I cleaned it regularly after 30 rounds and stayed away from max loads.

 

[MrMajestic]

Well aint that cute. Guessing only an old barrel mount style on these huh?

Eye relief is tough to obtain with a standard, well now, scope. One could do an extended eye relief. There is really no way to mount on top of the action...