Martini-Enfield Safety and Firing Issues

[Drachenblut]

Patrick. Thanks for the info... how much can I expect to pay for those tools? I am a poor University student on a rather tight budget. I suppose this old metal file I found in a barn won't do eh?

I hope this works, I've tanked alot of time and effort into this pin just to get the thing to shoot. Might as well have been the field armorour.

[Drachenblut]

Now a question, why does the nose have to be rounded?

[TheDoubleD]

Sharp corner will cut the primer cup and increase the chance for pierced primers.

[Drachenblut]

Could you possibly post a picture of how rounded it should look? What tool should I use for this? What does a pierced primer look like?

[Patrick Chadwick]

Drachenbut, if you can afford M-H cases and a reloading die set, maybe a bullet mould, then you can probably afford a diamond lap file and an adequate eyeglass for about 30 euros.

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Apologies: I take it all back! Maybe you can't afford it BECAUSE you got the M-H cases and a reloading die set When I got my Egyptian Rolling block, the rifle came "free" with the RCBS die set. And I have a M-H. And a Mauser 1871. All rather expensive for brass! But those old smoke poles are eye-catchers at the range, so crack your piggy-ban and persevere!

Getting serious again: good tooling is worth it in saved time, effort and ammo!

Patrick

[Drachenblut]

Well, Pat. I will see about it. Worst comes, I can take it to my gunsmith and have him round it and test it. Who thought it'd be so sensitive!

[Badger]

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The information field for Location is available in the Member Profile. Click on any member's name and a drop down box appears. You'll see a link option that says View Public Profile.

That will show you a lot of information about the member including his location, which also appears under his name in thread posts.

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We'll look into other options to see if there's a way of handling this that works for everyone.

Thanks for the feedback …

Regards,
Badger

[TheDoubleD]

Could you possibly post a picture of how rounded it should look? What tool should I use for this? What does a pierced primer look like?

It should be spherical and the diameter of the striker. Look at the end of decapping pin in relaoding die.

Pierced primer is just that a hole in primer, through which gas can escape when the cartridge is fired...not good.

Rounding the tip can be done done by holding the striker in a drill press and holding some fine sand paper against the tip

[Drachenblut]

Sure, will do. I'll see about doing that at my school when I can get access to some machinery. Being a university student I don't often have the money or tools to do this sort of stuff. I will try the sandpaper though. I will post my results

[Badger]

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Here's another option if the member is currently on-line ..

Check the Who is On-line Display (click here) and it shows the country of the member, using Geo-tagging based upon the IP address they're logged in with.

Regards,
Badger