Thanks for that great "slide show" of many custom german built shooters. Even found a lot of info on my Franz Sodia as far as some of the custom parts he used.
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Thanks for that great "slide show" of many custom german built shooters. Even found a lot of info on my Franz Sodia as far as some of the custom parts he used.
What a beautiful piece. Bet those don't come along very often- even in England.
Double D is right. I do have a Gahnedra.. That version had the ram rod stop at the forward part of the action and mine had not been cleared properly so the wood had split there. You should have a ...
Check the area where the ram rod butts to the action for cracks (where the 2 little screws hold the plate on, then the top tang of the action on mine has some issues. remove the ram rod and check its...
Can't remember the episode but "Myth Busters" had a show involving a harpoon gun and - it was a modified martini shooting a 4' long harpoon with rope spooling off the bottom.
Dad was in the RAF ferry command and gave me a bout 20 with many signatures and dates. The pilots used to tape their short snorters edge to edge and create a short snorter roll. If your research is...
So having read with interest all the MH material, I sent for a Nepalese and was very pleased with the results. But when compared to the Franz, it was very different. So here is a side by side pic...
Apologies/ but your next assignment will be to explain "dad n Dave", "back of the black stump", "wallaby stew".
Hope I do as well- ordered mine Sunday -ran about $220 delivered- will post photos as well when it arrives. Any ideas about how many of these are left? Noticed their stock of cap n ball rifles is on...
Found 2 real interesting places for the martini- first was the WW-2 HD movie(documentary) on Netflix about the Solomans Is just before the war and there were native troops marching round the British...
There is another (a few actually) u-tube showing the annealing process to de-temper the brass before you try to form it in a die. There was a very high failure rate before the process was learned. It...
I have 2 visa debit cards -for just that reason. My info was stolen but- visa called me on the phone (before any of it got to the bank) to ask if I had bought "anything" in Bulgaria lately ($362) so...
See-e-guns in German- you can be rewarded for taking a perfectly good design and absolutely "dogging it to death". would love to see the plans.
Back to the top of the question- I also have a "cut down" 1864 Springfield who's barrel is cut to 34" and the forearm of the stock cut to a more modern length stopping (with brass cup) 23" from the...
I have most of a 1901 franz sodia custom single shot based on a martini zeller action. Unfortunately the breech block is missing. would anybody know which model I'm looking for? This action is...
If every citizen had one of these in his back yard- I bet the crime rate would go right down to noting.;)