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What to do with an MM ACII
I have a nice little martini metford artillery carbine, nice except for its chamber is a trifle loose so hot or normal loads back out and jam the block, and it’s foresight blade is mostly missing. Additionally it has a rather tight bore and groups surprisingly well....
How would one go about replacing a foresight blade?
Any thoughts on the chamber, it is fine with black powder but typically gets sticky with anything over a minimum load of smokeless, commercial ppu had it home in a vice being tapped open. It is marked D.P. I am guessing on the strength of its chamber, which I’d say someone tried to polish some pitting out of.
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06-03-2019 02:44 PM
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hi how does the brass go with just neck sizing after the first firing,another option is to set the barrel back one thread i had a smle years ago that was hell on brass set the barrel back one thread and did not have to put a reamer near it fixed all problems.
i am all for preserving all these old firearms but when some of these oldys come your way that have had a butchering a little bit of tweaking can get them working again
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The shoulders move up quite a tad, and the brass is rather closer to a cylinder than the day one taper, but neck sized it is fine. The major issue is lack of a foresight. Has any one done any successful replacements on these?
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without seeing your sight a mate had a martini that the front was butchered we shaped up a new sight and wrapped the barrel in a wet rag and a bloke tig welded it on
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The sights are normally soldered on. A little heat applied with a propane torch will allow the old sight to be removed. Then buy or make a new one. Tin the bottom of the sight. Hold it in place with a metal clamp and apply heat. I did this to a swiss vetterli with a cut down barrel. I made the blade tall so I can file it to the height I need.
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hi i’m not real good at soldering but yes it is the correct way
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I think that you will need a bit more heat than a propane torch. The front sight ramps are usually braised onto the barrel.
The ramp will be sitting on a small flat cut into the barrel top surface.
To replicate the original front sight you would need to be handy with a drill press or milling machine. But not difficult to make up a simple ramp with a flat base out of solid at the bench with hand tools. File up a bead or barley corn.
One could even get clever and file a little dovetail to allow a driftable insert to be fitted. Soft solder the ramp into place on the flat with your propane torch.
Not original spec, I know. But this one is adjusted to the Point of Aim. It is a touch taller than standard.
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Ok, slap me down for blasphemy if you wish, but what are thought on gutting a dovetail into the existing block to accept a Lee Enfield for sight? And if so any one know the correct hight above centre of bore (or better still barrel outer surface) for the top of the foresight point?
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I come buy a martini 303 barrel that is cut down and fitted with a whole smle sight it must be soldered on the inside is not good but shoots cast like no tomorrow made some new wood and have a heap of fun with it
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