Hammer Martini

July 19, 2005, 11:14 pm

I discovered this forum a few weeks ago and thought members might be interested in a rifle I picked up a while back. It's a small martini actioned rook rifle in 300 Rook but the interesting thing is...

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Re: Hammer Martini

July 19, 2005, 11:16 pm

The photo worked so here's one with the action opened.

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Re: Hammer Martini

July 20, 2005, 12:57 am

hi Rigby2, thanks for the post and welcome here.I saw one of these quite a long time ago, thought I had dreamed it later. I like the hammer design, the perfect addition to any Martini rifle would be a...

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Re: Hammer Martini

July 20, 2005, 5:00 pm

Ryan,You antichrist! adding a hammer to a martini is just like feeding beef to a hindu, or pork to a muslim - it is one of the worst things to happen to a nice rifle... A REAL martini doesn't even...

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Re: Hammer Martini

July 21, 2005, 3:36 am

Gert, I know exactly what is in those MH rifles. But hey, I like to use hammer guns, maybe it is part of my cowboy upbringing, we here in the Americas like to have them on our guns. Can't go around...

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Re: Hammer Martini

July 21, 2005, 8:08 am

Seriously,The presence of a hammer indicates it is a Zeller variant, probably with leaf mainspring too. So you need the hammer to be able to go off half-cocked, huh? I 'm quite sure that one won't...

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Re: Hammer Martini

July 21, 2005, 1:15 pm

Thats not a bad thing, not shooting off your foot! Bob "GUNFIRE" The sound of Freedom!

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Re: Hammer Martini

July 21, 2005, 3:59 pm

Gert,The Gahendra/Westley Richards Nepal pseudo-Martini has an internal hammer which strikes the primer directly. It's an odd duck.I kinda dig the Martini-Zellers, but then, I'm very infatuated with...

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Re: Hammer Martini

July 21, 2005, 4:21 pm

Michael,But then you also live on the other side of the pond... Must be contagious over there. And the Gahendra does indeed show some of the W-R influence in its design..

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