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Hello, coming to this video rather late, much enjoyed and educational. Please can you tell me what lead alloy was used for the bullets and were they hardened? I have an old bullet which apparently comes from a battlefield in Africa, it seams to be made of a rather hard alloy. The bullet shape etc is certainly of the type used in the .577/450.

Nice instructional video..thankyou! I have recently bought a Westley Richards 310 cadet, with a mismatched breech block. The block is a sloppy fit in the action. It shoots, but I'm not happy shooting it like that. The breech block should fit neat, not happy!

Do not let crytek see this video!

Do you no anyone that sells martini cadet actions

Good advice is timeless, and although 10 years old, this video helped me get my new Martini Henry MkII in to full working order. From difficult load, and no extract at all, it all now works perfectly. Your tip on the bolt protruding too far into the mechanism was spot on. £4.40 for a long screwdriver and all was well. It also gave me perfect excuse to spend a day cleaning it. Thank you.

The punch to drift out split pin, is it square faced or domed on the face? Original tools are unobtainable, or at least within my budget.

Can you do a vid on how to tighten up the fore stock on a carbine please. 👍

It sound like your broadcasting live from the local tattoo shop

Zulus

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Great vid, can you do one on hard trigger pull please. 👍

Great vid sir! Can you please tell me what is the thread size for locking screw,, I just bought two from Peter Dyson and they won't thread. Nigel

One of the Custer issues with these was not only the difficulty of transport with fast moving cavalry operations, but the chance of them being overrun and turned on your own people.

One reason for the reduction of powder for carbine use was the large amount of not burned powder thrown on the ground in front of the carbine muzzle when shooting the rifle load in it. There was no sense in wasting gun powder that would not be burned if fired in a carbine. I used to believe the difference in muzzle velocity (about 200fps) between the rifle and the carbine when firing the same ammunition in each was about the shorter barrel length, but one day after noticing some unburned cordite in front of the barrel I spread wrapping paper on the ground and learned about 3 - 6 grains of unburnt powder was recovered within 5 feet of the carbine muzzle with less than 1 grain recovered in front of the rifle muzzle. A similar finding was made when testing US 1873 .45-70 Trapdoor rifles and carbines. Both countries introduced carbine loads. Gunwriter myth has been about reduced recoil. I believe that is myth. I believe it was because the bean counters in both nations realized issuing fully loaded cartridges to someone with a carbine was the same as pouring 10% of the powder on the ground and that in the course of a year significant cost savings could be made by developing a round with less gun powder for the carbine.

Got it!

Bloody brilliant Sir , thank you 👍

Great ,such a simple yet extremely strong and effective system .

Brilliant thanks.

Hi, I have a Greener .22 Queen's Cup and a Greener GP. Does the GP strip in the same way as the .22?

Thank you. Regards from Germany.

Thank you.

The Zulus use human wave tactics with overwhelming numerical superiority. Incredible how they just keeped advancing no matter what the casualties. I think in both sides we had great and fierce soldiers in this Anglo Zulu wars.

Why os there nothing online about how to take the bands and anything else off?!

Awesome. Thanks for posting this. I was bewildered on how to get the block back in. Followed your advice and bingo back in.

Really nice video thanks :)

Where these really made by black smiths with hand files?

Thanks for the information. It is going into a book I'm writing. The Volunteers (Pre TA) used this is Lee Metfords and Lee Enfields when firing at miniutre ranges located in thier drill halls. Although there are sites with a written decsription, seeing it in action is much better. I will add the video as a reference.

I'm in school to become a machinist and I want to reverse engineer the Martini Henry action, but I've been hesitant to take apart my rifle in order to measure parts. With this video, I may just give it a go.

That was a different Gatling gun

i had this gun

Пулемёт Гатлинга - идеальный постановщик дымовой завесы

Nice video, i have a Martini 500 Express no. 2 which is the first one i have worked on with a safety catch, fitted behind the block split pin and a bit lower down on the receiver.( I have worked on Martini actions but none had a safety) I decided to remove the block to give the bore a good scrub and on moving the loading lever a little it flew out like it was spring loaded! when i tried to replace the block it just did not want to refit the breech. Eventually determined that the transverse safety pin was the problem, and after it was removed all fitted back fine. Replaced the safety catch pin and lever and all was well. Is this something you have come across before?

The british regiment gavling gun is very cool

just came here after reading in an old newspaper about a shooting match in Peterhead drill hall between three local teams, using morris tubes in 1909. Never heard of this before. Thanks for a great demo!

How difficult is it to convert the BSA .22 rimfire into a center fire?

That's great information Neil! My martini had a weak striker and I didn't know about the two slots that effect the striker impact. Thanks very much!

What caliber is it 577/450 ??

How to remove gp greener shot gun firing pin

I want to make an imitation of the rifle .. but I did not know what the internal mechanism was like, this video helped me a lot, thank you very much

Where can I find one of those tools?

Jolly good, sir.

Just purchased one of these gems And ended up with a cartridge I could not chamber because the extractor would engage and not allow the cartridge to go completely into the chamber Thank goodness I ran across your video thank you so much for posting it

Thanks a lot sir, I have a martini Henry all covered in rust with a missing trigger lever. I plan to clean it. Your video is very helpful 🙏🥰🙇‍♂️

Im trying to assemble the trigger and trigger spring into the trigger guard assembly (idk the correct name for it) can u make a close up vid on how to assemble it properly? I need to see how the trigger fits into the trigger guard assembly and exactly where the trigger spring rests on trigger. I noticed the trigger spring has a slight bend end. Which way does trigger spring go in (Bent side up or bent side down)? There is no vid on youtube that shows a close up view on how to do this.

Have a this gun cartridge

Well, guess I have to make one now.

I have simular problem with my henry martini but i can't found reaper for it because is made in serba or montenegro and is converted for 8mm mauser

Great video, thanks, can you do a Swinburn-Henry sometime please.

Two Great Videos Thank you

Great instructional video. Thank you!