EDELWEISS
AH enthusiast
I just picked up a Greener (Martini) action on an auction purchase. Its being sent to my gunsmith for a safety inspection. The seller assures me its safe. Once I get the OK, I'm wondering what to build. I already have a Martini in 45-70 and a Gahendra in .577-450. I'm not ruling out using either of those cartridges again; but I'm open to suggestions.
My plan is to build something that looks traditional for hunting medium to large (larger game). I do like the looks of big cartridges; but I do NOT want to stress the action with too much pressure by forcing a bigger cartridge than the gun can handle. The "easy button" is 45-70 since its currently available production cartridge in period loadings. I'm open to something like 45-90 or even 450BPE, if that's possible
I'm even tempted to build a 12ga "rifle" and maybe even try to load brass shells, although I'm not sure how to do that with a single ball or conical bullet???
Suggestions...
My plan is to build something that looks traditional for hunting medium to large (larger game). I do like the looks of big cartridges; but I do NOT want to stress the action with too much pressure by forcing a bigger cartridge than the gun can handle. The "easy button" is 45-70 since its currently available production cartridge in period loadings. I'm open to something like 45-90 or even 450BPE, if that's possible
I'm even tempted to build a 12ga "rifle" and maybe even try to load brass shells, although I'm not sure how to do that with a single ball or conical bullet???
Suggestions...