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Offline Bigboar

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Customizing a Martini Enfield .303 Rifle any suggestions?
« on: September 07, 2007, 11:53:45 AM »
I just pulled out my Martini Enfield .303 Rifle any suggestions on customizing?  I think I want to keep it 303 Brit. because the story the action tells, but that is not set in stone.  What about stock, any suggestions?



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Re: Customizing a Martini Enfield .303 Rifle any suggestions?
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2007, 06:40:20 AM »
If it original and in decent condition I`d leave it ALONE! These are getting hard to come by in other than beaters. If it`s "in crisis" [and it sounds like it isn`t] then there are several places that make good custom stocks. Notably Royal Arms in Montana and Trebone in Idaho. There are others but those are two I have used extensivly over the years and have been treated well. Remember when altering the stocks that sights are a possible problem so think ahead! Good luck.
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Re: Customizing a Martini Enfield .303 Rifle any suggestions?
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2007, 12:37:26 AM »
Bigboar:  I'm goin' with 260 AAR on this one; I'd leave it alone.  Mikey.

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Re: Customizing a Martini Enfield .303 Rifle any suggestions?
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2007, 07:43:12 AM »
If it original and in decent condition I`d leave it ALONE!  The problem is it's a piece of junk now.  I have three thing or so I can do with it.  1. leave it a lone and hang it on a wall.  2. re-barrel or sleeve the barrel I have and find a stock for it and shoot it.  3.  make a custom out of it and shoot it.   That's what I think my choices are.  I could stay with 303 Brit, 577/450 to keep it true to it's history.  Or go nuts and customize it to the max.

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Re: Customizing a Martini Enfield .303 Rifle any suggestions?
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2007, 09:37:08 AM »
How bad is 'piece of junk'?