Thread: .310 cadet

Greetings,
Some will have a hole drilled in the rear of the receiver to allow cleaning from the breech end as the breech block and trigger group drops out as a unit. Wish I had one as nice as the one in the picture. There is a Vickers small martini action with a shot barrel in my cupboard of one day projects. One day perhaps.
GPM.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings,
Some will have a hole drilled in the rear of the receiver to allow cleaning from the breech end as the breech block and trigger group drops out as a unit. Wish I had one as nice as the one in the picture. There is a Vickers small martini action with a shot barrel in my cupboard of one day projects. One day perhaps.
GPM.

@grandpamac is that the model where the barrel and action is all one piece? Need a bit of thought on a rebarrel there

Yes you are correct, barrel and action one piece,
I have 2 of them, both mine have stocks suited to midgets,
Compared to the mod 12/15 bsa which I also have I think 3 off.i have a new stock made which is copied from a pattern I made, bsa grafted to Vickers front half.
My problem will be when I fit the action the grip area on the bsa stock is much more of a right angle and the cocking lever on the Vickers will need altering to fit.
If I knew I could safely heat and reform the lever to suit I would be happy to have a go, I'm worried that they are cast and when I try to alter it I risk it breaking?

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@grandpamac is that the model where the barrel and action is all one piece? Need a bit of thought on a rebarrel there

Yes ,that's the one. Easy enough to re barrel in .22, centre fire not so much.
GPM.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@grandpamac is that the model where the barrel and action is all one piece? Need a bit of thought on a rebarrel there

The original barrels go well as Hornets and mine shoots good groups. With a light action and semi-heavy barrel, balance well.I preferred shooting the Vickers over the BSA Martinis in 22 Hornet.