Martini action strength.

[Sandgroper]

A bloke in our club insisted on having an old Martini rebarrelled in .50 Action Express because he had a load of ammo, cases and bullets left over from the handgun ban. It took him about 10 years to finally convince a gunsmith to do it for him. Couldn't get the cases to extract except by using a rod down the muzzle end. .50 AE is a rebated rim........ but he was a bit of a cock....

Only half in jest - the 460 S&W rim size is similar to the 303. So a 303 extractor should do the trick, but it might be a bit of a brute! :-P

[Dave 101]

One of the tricks the Americans do is to convert the Greener GP shot gun to a rifle , I have a .22 Remington jet which is a rechambered BSA Model 12



The Rem jet is second from top and the Greener GP MkII 12 bore is the bottom one

Dave

[Sandgroper]

Dave,
That's why I was interested in the action strength. I had heard about the various conversions and was curious as to how strong the Martini was. I can only find one reference to it being tested to 60000psi. Most of the top end conversions are for ammunition at about 40 -45000 CUP (I know I've mixed units in this post). This more than enough for what I want, but it's nice to know how much breathing space you have!

Realistically, it appears that Martini action is more than strong enough and the limiting factor is most likely the brass. A lot of the Canadian forums recommend the martini for really hot loads for the various 303 wildcats and if I could afford it my choice would be a 303/25 Epps, just to squeeze an extra couple of hundred fps and to be different. :lol:

In the end this is a long term project dependant on funds :( and who knows I might go the other way and neck up - the 35 Territorian sounds nice.

BTW That's a very nice collection you have there.