BSA Martini Henry .218 Bee Rifle

[ironglowjr]

    As long as i could remeber my grampa(ironglow) and my dad had this rifle tat was passed from father to son then to my dad and every year i would tell my dad around Christmas time that whenever he is ready to hand it over i am ready. Well this christmas came around and i got it YEAHHHHHH... I love this rifle it is just gorgeous..and if you have a BSA martini henry rifle lets see yours! always fun to see these old guns!!!!!!!!!!

[Mikey]

Welcome Aboard Jr:  that sure is one pretty rifle. 

[dondford]

That is a nice rifle but I believe it is a Martini Cadet; the Cadet was a small action, center fire Martini in .310 built for Cadets in Australia and are very popular as a platform for custom rifles.

The top is my wildcat 20 Raven - A rimmed and blown Vartarg
Middle - 17 AB
Bottom - 218 Bee

Enjoy your rifle, these little rifles are great fun to shoot.  Some are put off because they don't have safeties, just keep the lever slightly pulled down until you are ready to shoot.

Don

[dondford]

Left one off.  This Cadet is in 35-30/30 with octagon barrel, detachable scope mounts and tang sight.  I killed a nice 8 point with this rifle.  It shoots well, but I have to turn the 30-30 rims down some to get the long cases to load in the pivot block.



Don

[Rangr44]

I'm sure many others would enjoy seeing that fine rifle, if you had posted it in the Single-Shot rifle section - since they may not surf this section.

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