Picked up my first real Britishicon martini rifle (my first being a khyber from a sight unseen lot). I'm not super familiar with Martini Enfield Riflesicon, other than to know when it's real and when it's fake. I know it's converted to 303, in 1895. This rifle is in very neglected condition, but most likely was in very good condition when it was put away. I essentially wanted a placeholder until I could find one in VG condition, which I have been after for years.
I have taken down the khyber, and found it rather easy. The khyber has a long lee nose cap, rather than the real front band.
I'd like to evaluate how much pitting I have under the forestock, but I'm having difficulties drifting the front pin. I'll also most likely need to use a broken screw remover on the hook plate. The forestock is missing a chip from the front of the hook plate, and the "repair" was just to sand it flat, so the hook plate sticks up.

Aside from the questionable forestock and barrel, the action functions and extracts good as is, and the firing pin indicator moves.

Assuming I can remove the forestock to check condition and repair the chip, I would like to shoot this rifle. I have heard conflicting information that "It's not designed for MK 7 ammo" to "303 is nothing compared to 577-450 that it was designed for"

I'm already thinking about repair options. I do have access to the khyber, which was sold to a buddy for wall hanging duty, and can strip that for a fake forestock, fake hook plate, and if needed, a real, but heavily sanded and re-blued, 303 Martini barrel. It even has extractor cuts.
IMA has a reproduction stock available, has anyone tried to make it work?
Can provide more pictures if needed.
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