Wal Winfer in his books discusses how it was common practice for parts to made in Belgium and then be shipped to Englnd for final fitting and marketing. He closed his shop in England around 1892-93. They told me that I can take home whatever was left. To cloud the Francotte Cadet Martini issue even more, August Francotte opertated in Belgium and England. Firearms Guide is the worlds largest firearms, ammo and air guns reference guide, gun values guide and gun manuals, schematics & blueprints library. One of the fellows at the club had died and the members had already taken what they had wanted from the box. 3ds Max 2019 is supported on its release, and for the first time both Forest Pack and RailClone are compatible with Arnold. The parts were jumbled together with a box of odds and ends that was at the gun club. I'm wondering because I just got the barrel off mine, and it didn't come with any wood.
I took a nice boar with it last hunting season.Nice! Where did you get the wood for it? Did you make the stock yourself, or are there places where they are available? Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Not a work of art, but, functional and not a wallhanger the way it was to start with. There are a total of 153 Small Arms from 1800 to 1899 entries in the Military Factory. Maybe relining would be an option, but, then you have that big cavernous chamber to deal with. I don't know where you could get a barrel to match the contour of the francotte barrel. I didn't try to keep the military look as the wood was pretty bad and I wouldn't recommend going through the trouble unless your action is tight and in good shape. If your talking about the Nepalese Francotte design, I rebarrelled one to 33 Winchester which is a 45-70 necked down to. It's a nice looking rifle that deserves more than being a wall hanger. I'm also aware that the metallurgy on the Nepalese Martini Henry's is suspect which is another reason I'm interested in replacing the barrel. 45 Long Colt "Cowboy" or 45-70 BP, both of which are not only cheaper but much easier to find as well as both being low pressure ammo.īiggest problem I'm seeing is that to keep it looking like a Martini Henry the barrel will have to be 33 inches long and so far I haven't found one that long.Īnybody know of a source that might have either a barrel or. I was looking into rebarreling it for either. Here for your viewing and bidding pleasure is a VERY RARE and nice old Martini Cadet of the Greener or Francotte style. These don't seem to have any collector's value since they aren't British built so experimenting on this one doesn't bother me a great deal as long as what I end up with looks more or less like what it does now.
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