nztimb
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In times past the 303 was a very much used cartridge in Africa and I suspect that there are still many animals taken with this old cartridge every year. With the Martini also being in long use the Enfield version in 303 must have been taken to the game fields as well so I thought you might like to see a project I have just about finished.
Initially I had been asked by a chap to make a pattern stock for a debridged Mk 3 Lee Enfield and I was intending to make a start on the pattern and was mulling it over when a good friend (Euan) rang to say his Martini had its 303 barrel installed so he would bring it down for a start on that was well. He bought a thumb drive (or some such little devise that pluged into the side of my computer) with a number of pics he had gathered on sporting martini's and by process of elimination and common concept we arrived at what he would like this little sporting martini to be like. His blank ad been a gift as the owner thought it was useless for anything but Euan had seen the potential and had squirriled it away for a special martini project.
After lunch I made a start and laid out the pattern on his blank and one for the mk 3 pattern stock on a piece of rimu (a NZ native wood), got them cut out and the bolt holes drilled which was enough for the first day
Initially I had been asked by a chap to make a pattern stock for a debridged Mk 3 Lee Enfield and I was intending to make a start on the pattern and was mulling it over when a good friend (Euan) rang to say his Martini had its 303 barrel installed so he would bring it down for a start on that was well. He bought a thumb drive (or some such little devise that pluged into the side of my computer) with a number of pics he had gathered on sporting martini's and by process of elimination and common concept we arrived at what he would like this little sporting martini to be like. His blank ad been a gift as the owner thought it was useless for anything but Euan had seen the potential and had squirriled it away for a special martini project.
After lunch I made a start and laid out the pattern on his blank and one for the mk 3 pattern stock on a piece of rimu (a NZ native wood), got them cut out and the bolt holes drilled which was enough for the first day
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