Martini Henry Rifles

[warbirdlover]

I was at the range today and the guy next to me whips out a really nice Martini-Henry rifle. I always wanted one of those single shot black powder cartridge beauties and he offered to let me shoot it. Whoohoo! What a cool gun. Now I want one in the worst way. Trouble is you have to make your own ammo or pay a fortune.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/sear...ge&fr=yfp-t-464&sz=all&va=martini-henry+rifle

 

[csmsss]

Yep, the ammo's a problem with these rifles.

 

[Gehrhard]

Got my long-lever w/NCO's sword bayonet on hanging up in the living room (sling upside down -- lol). Never even shot that one. Others, yes. Love it though. Zulu is probably my favorite movie...

 

[Romeo 33 Delta]

Go on ... take the plunge ... yes, dies and brass are relatively expensive ... but you can reuse your brass over and over and over so the cost per shot goes down.

There's a ton of good information out there, all the heavy lifting on the .577-450 M-H cartridge has been done so reloading is no more difficult than a .308".

 

[theyallhurt]

I have my great grand-dad's and it shoots great. Ammo is certainly an issue, though, so it only gets shot when a reloader friend has the time to do it. All in all, I love this rifle as much as I do shooting my GGD's 45-70 buffalo gun. Definitely a head turner at the range! Happy shooting!

 

[Tidewater_Kid]

IMA is the place to get these and they do sell ammo. It is very expensive, but you can reload it. I purchase the late 40s to early 50s Kynoch from Century Arms when they put it on sale for $14.87 for 10 rounds. I have 200 rounds of that and shoot it about one box at a time.

http://www.ima-usa.com/militaria/antique-guns/cleaned-complete-guns.html

TK