577/.450 and even some of the big nitro express rounds. The change in angle allows them to accept the longer, fatter shotgun cartridges, They will happily re-barrel to the. 577/.450, but with the barrel inserted so the hinge pin of the block lines up with the centre line of the bore, (in the originals, the hinge pin is well above the line of the bore).
They're rusty, but v interesting project guns and way better than KP death to infidel imitations.Īlso check out the Greener shotguns on the Martini action. There was a big hoard of Francotte patent martinis came out of the royal palace in Nepal a couple years back. The only other markings are both front and rear sight are marked Lyman. This gun is not stamped as such at least on its outside. Many were stamped 'PD' and what that means is not fully known but believed to mean 'Public Domain'. 357 mag and max, allong with the rimmed version of the. Reading the web and my books it sounds like many of these actions were made by Francotte after the patents ran out. 30-30, it is superb for rounds like hornets and bees. The little BSA action will happily re barrel right up to. Properly made Martinis are superb, I have several, mostly the little BSA version of the Francotte, but also a small rook & rabbit and a BSA martini International target rifle.Ĭheck out some of the work people like Robert Snapp have done customising them. Some of the forum pages have stickies on how to identify the fakes and who is selling them as genuine, beware!!!! Ordered from the Nepal cache: 'Original Item: In 1878 the Francotte patent Martini system was granted utilizing a detachable mechanism fitted without the cocking indicator.
The tester bought it at a range from an unsuspecting guy who was going to be shooting it. Unusual gun, completely hand fitted and made for Gurkhas before the arrival of the Martini Henry. One that was tested to destruction, went after around 150 rounds of. The Khyber Pass (kp)fakes are newly manufactured wall hangers, some are brazed together inside, but they will chamber and fire.
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