Thread: Classics corner and vintage rifle reviews

@Marty Henry AH vs Hollis Martini

It's not a fair contest really

The AH easily has the best trigger on any of my vintage single shot rifles.
The cranked back action lock is made by Josef Brazier Henry's preferred best lock maker.





The lock includes a Fly which is unusual in a single trigger lock.
Henry put locks with a Fly on best rifles to be able to safely have a very light trigger pull weight without risking accidental damage to the sears and particularly the half cock

No collection would be complete without a sequentially serial numbered 140 year old pair of Marlin Ballard no4 38-55s

Originally Posted by akaroa1

No collection would be complete without a sequentially serial numbered 140 year old pair of Marlin Ballard no4 38-55s

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Tin arse


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Very nice @akaroa1 , nothing not to like there , nice bit of wood as well by the looks , 7lb ….. that is a very light rifle for its type surely , the sliding safety on the hammer is marvellous and so simple .

Originally Posted by Lucky

Very nice @akaroa1 , nothing not to like there , nice bit of wood as well by the looks , 7lb ….. that is a very light rifle for its type surely , the sliding safety on the hammer is marvellous and so simple .

@Lucky Yes it is very light for its caliber
But it's stock geometry is very good and the sights are perfectly at my eye line, so recoil is really mild to unnoticeable

Amazing how they could get all that so right 150 yrs ago , all you need now is a Fields patent …wink wink

Originally Posted by akaroa1

@Marty Henry AH vs Hollis Martini

It's not a fair contest really

The AH easily has the best trigger on any of my vintage single shot rifles.
The cranked back action lock is made by Josef Brazier Henry's preferred best lock maker.

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The lock includes a Fly which is unusual in a single trigger lock.
Henry put locks with a Fly on best rifles to be able to safely have a very light trigger pull weight without risking accidental damage to the sears and particularly the half cock

Lovely piece of work

Antidote to the winter blues

The Sporting Rolling Block family

Baby Carbine 44-40
No1 50-70
No5 303

That little carbine is very neat.


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A nice group of rolling blocks! My very first .22 was an octagonal barreled Remington Rolling Block that I bought in Standard 4 from my primary school caretaker for 10/-. The barrel was pretty poked due to a lack of cleaning with black powder ammo in its early days but the action was tight and tidy wood. I managed to get some rabbits and a magpie with it, more by luck than good shooting. I wish I still had it as it would be a prime candidate for a reline.

Originally Posted by akaroa1

And here's a martini 218 Bee known to a few forum members that I made a custom scope rail for
Tricky bit of machining for the taper in the barrel just in front of the reciever
And fitted a vintage leupold Alaskan 4x scope

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Excellent cartridge the 218 Bee, stronger case than the Hornet and more fps, the Bee case also makes a nice 17 or 20 cal also.
I used to have a Win92 in 218Bee

Originally Posted by gundoc

A nice group of rolling blocks! My very first .22 was an octagonal barreled Remington Rolling Block that I bought in Standard 4 from my primary school caretaker for 10/-. The barrel was pretty poked due to a lack of cleaning with black powder ammo in its early days but the action was tight and tidy wood. I managed to get some rabbits and a magpie with it, more by luck than good shooting. I wish I still had it as it would be a prime candidate for a reline.

I really like those remington rolling blocks. I've been wanting to get one for some time, I saw one at a gun show once, but at the time I was still waiting for my license, seller was only asking $120, have no idea on the condition of its barrel.

now this .25/35..... what is it???? looks very much like 30/30 parent case necked down to 25 but body taper is skinnier...is it/does it sit in between 30/30 and .22hp Savage perhaps

@Micky Duck do you live under a rock or bridge ?
You've never heard of the. 25-35 WCF !

A can see I'm going to have to treck back out to the workshop and find one

30-30
25-35
303-25
30-40