Cleanup of IMA "Untouched" Martini Henry Rifle | 1887 MK IV Pattern B
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- Опубликовано: 16 дек 2021
- Disassembly, cleanup, and reassembly of an Untouched IMA Martini Henry Rifle. A MK IV Pattern B, a new made rifle vs a conversion of a .402 Enfield Martini Rifle. Features a longer lever than a MK II and strengthened extractor to assist with cartridge ejection.
Pros:
-No major wood damage
-Complete
-Excellent bore
-Excellent receiver marking
-Overall good condition
Cons:
-Minor wood rot where the stock hook is.
You mentioned Kroil. I've also had extremely good results using brake fluid as a penetrating liquid.
Yup. Brake fluid works well too.
What a great job you did with this rifle!
Thanks! Highly recommend the MKIVs they are in the best condition of all the IMA Martini Henry rifles
Looks great! My first ever project was one of these IMA Mk IV's...hope to eventually pick up a Mk II.
You definitely should. I plan to do a video on how to fit the repro stock to a MK II. Many of the MKIIs have stocks that aren't worth the risk shooting with & better to shoot it with a repro, display it with the original.
Great video man, looking really good. Need to get some range videos.👍🏻
Just beautiful!
Thank you
Really nice video and restoration. !!!
Glad you liked it
Those are such awsome rifles
Incredible find by IMA. Once they dry up they will be hard to get ahold of.
You did a amazing job thank you for sharing
Glad you like it, thanks for watching.
awesome to see how you do the cleaning process and the tricks you use for difficult parts,but most importantly when are you starting your 2nd channel for your fluffy assistant .?? cats and guns are my 2 life joys..
well done!
Thanks!
Man for being as old as that is it looks complete
The Mk IVs were hardly used before being packed away. The Lee Enfields coming out only a few years after. Many dont look like they were even fired.
Is there any videos on how dissemble the gun besides the action? I just got a martini and i have no idea how to take the bands and stock off. couldnt find any videos anywhere. just the action strip ones.
Iraqveteran8888 covers it in one of his cleanup videos.
@@tfusilier44 i think u should make a specific video on how to remove the bands and wood on each of the different marks. I think it would get views. A actually iraq vets video was on a mk 4 so it didnt help me much lol. But i was able to find one article about it and got it taken down. My band screw is frozen but was able to wiggle it over the pin. And there was one video on how to remove and assemble the action but the quality was so low its hard to see how the tumbler and cocking indicator go back in
@@danm7298 good idea. I'll do a video on both types.
@@tfusilier44 yea i would love it if u did! And maybe make a breech block on that explains putting the tumbler in right, the cocking piece, and setting the breech block itself back in after. The only video i saw didnt go into detail about those
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The RSM seems to enjoy being included whenever I film.
New subscriber here via USNA 98. Are these Martini Henry rifles still available?!?
RUclips doesn't allow links or ads for this stuff but if you Google the gist of the title of this video you should find what you are looking for.
I purchased something similar from IMA but a noticed splotches of orange and yellow paint on it. Would anyone know what that means?
Where was the paint located on the rifle? Any particular shape or design?
@@tfusilier44 Thanks for your reply, the splotches are indistinguishable and was on the wood and metal. I suspect that IMA marked it because the barrel is clogged.
Would you recommend one of these as a collector and then shooter? Was wondering if the condition is pretty much the same across the board or not.
Pretty much luck of the draw. The MKIVs tend to be in good shape since their service life was pretty short.
@@tfusilier44 would you suggest getting an A, B or C? The A model certainly is the rarest, but does that matter?
@@b9brutality as far as condition I don't think the model numbers would matter. For collectability the pattern A is the rarest and allows the use of a socket or sword bayonet. But if you want one that had a new made barrel vs a .402 conversion you can go with a Pattern B.
@@tfusilier44 thank you so much for the info!
@@b9brutality no problem. I plan to do a video on the different patterns of Mk IV someday