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Australian Cadet Calibres
Was the Australian Cadet Martini supplied in any other calibres a part from:- .450 Braendlin
- .297/230
- .310 Cadet
The reason for asking is that there was an Australian marked Greener Cadet rifle, the early type with cleaning rod at the London Arms Fair yesterday.
The rifle appeared totally original, but the calibre marked on the barrel was .250L. It was definately 250 & not 230.
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04-24-2010 06:32 AM
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Simon,
your post has been hanging here for a couple of days and begs for a response. I am familiar with some of what ask, just not the main thing you ask and I don't know enough about the subject to help you.
It's not really polite to raid one forum for another, so I apologize for my rudeness in advance.
I think the best place for you to find your answer is at British Militaria Martini forum. It is a specialty forum with some very knowledgeable people over there.
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One point of confusion that may arise from any research/answer is whether your question is confined to those specific rifles ordered by Australian political entities for cadet use, vs. the vast array of commercial sales rifles of near identical style officially marketed by BSA and Greener as "cadets" that came in a much wider assortment of cartridges. If the former, I think you've nailed the list other than to clarify that the .297/230 referred to is the long version. If the later, you start with .22LR and work up from there.
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One conversion that seems popular was to .222R. Unfortunately the dies and brass are only available in OZ.
I almost bought one from a dealer there, Ken Chaffer, It even had a scope, but the police closed him down before we could finish the deal. At least I got a couple of other rifles from him before that happened.