Pieper made a LOT of different arms and were part of the Leige group of arms manufacturers.
Unfortunately, as many of the Martini actions are quite similar it's hard to get definitive drawings of each different model.
And since very little needed to be altered to overcome patents the Belgians especially tended to take the existing actions and modify this or that then pass it off as their own improved design.
In effect and in practise the actions worked the same but obtaining parts or drawings of the myriad of Belgian knock-offs is virtually impossible.
Add to that the tendency of manufacturers to make modifications in production runs due for any number of reasons and you have a complete nightmare on your hands 100 years on.
There is probably a HUGE body of work ready to be written purely on Martini style small bore rifles.
Perhaps I'll have the expertise and understanding to try take this on one day.
At present I only own 3 Martinis and 2 of them are only actions, a BSA 310 Cadet action and a Citadel Martini Enfield action respectively.
But hopefully I'll have a chance to collect some of the more unusual offerings.
They often only fetch around $200 to $250 in auctions here in Oz and are sweet little offerings as the pics of MarlinMan's rifles show.
Better still, apart from a couple of really odd British cartridges, many are chambered in 32-20, 300 Rook and 297/250 and brass is still quite obtainable for these cartridges, be it a little more expensive.
Anyhow, what I need to do now is persuade MarlinMan to get those drawings done for me.
I'm happy to pay for these but apparently he knows no one who could do this stuff.
Any help guys?
