Martini Henry Rifles

warbirdlover · December 30, 2011, 04:40 PM

I was at the range today and the guy next to me whips out a really nice Martini-Henry rifle. I always wanted one of those single shot black powder cartridge beauties and he offered to let me shoot it. Whoohoo! What a cool gun. Now I want one in the worst way. Trouble is you have to make your own ammo or pay a fortune.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...ni-henry+rifle

csmsss · December 30, 2011, 04:45 PM

Yep, the ammo's a problem with these rifles.

Gehrhard · December 30, 2011, 04:52 PM

Got my long-lever w/NCO's sword bayonet on hanging up in the living room (sling upside down -- lol). Never even shot that one. Others, yes. Love it though. Zulu is probably my favorite movie...

Romeo 33 Delta · December 30, 2011, 06:15 PM

Go on ... take the plunge ... yes, dies and brass are relatively expensive ... but you can reuse your brass over and over and over so the cost per shot goes down.

There's a ton of good information out there, all the heavy lifting on the .577-450 M-H cartridge has been done so reloading is no more difficult than a .308".

theyallhurt · December 30, 2011, 06:23 PM

I have my great grand-dad's and it shoots great. Ammo is certainly an issue, though, so it only gets shot when a reloader friend has the time to do it. All in all, I love this rifle as much as I do shooting my GGD's 45-70 buffalo gun. Definitely a head turner at the range! Happy shooting!

Tidewater_Kid · December 30, 2011, 09:50 PM

IMA is the place to get these and they do sell ammo. It is very expensive, but you can reload it. I purchase the late 40s to early 50s Kynoch from Century Arms when they put it on sale for $14.87 for 10 rounds. I have 200 rounds of that and shoot it about one box at a time.

http://www.ima-usa.com/militaria/ant...lete-guns.html

TK

December 30, 2011, 04:40 PM	#1
warbirdlover Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2009 Location: central Wisconsin Posts: 2,324	Martini Henry Rifles I was at the range today and the guy next to me whips out a really nice Martini-Henry rifle. I always wanted one of those single shot black powder cartridge beauties and he offered to let me shoot it. Whoohoo! What a cool gun. Now I want one in the worst way. Trouble is you have to make your own ammo or pay a fortune. http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...ni-henry+rifle

December 30, 2011, 06:23 PM	#5
theyallhurt Member Join Date: December 28, 2011 Location: New England Posts: 62	I have my great grand-dad's and it shoots great. Ammo is certainly an issue, though, so it only gets shot when a reloader friend has the time to do it. All in all, I love this rifle as much as I do shooting my GGD's 45-70 buffalo gun. Definitely a head turner at the range! Happy shooting! __________________ RETREAT HELL!

December 30, 2011, 04:45 PM	#2
csmsss Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Orange, TX Posts: 3,078	Yep, the ammo's a problem with these rifles.

December 30, 2011, 04:52 PM	#3
Gehrhard Junior member Join Date: July 15, 2009 Location: East of the Missississippippi Posts: 675	Got my long-lever w/NCO's sword bayonet on hanging up in the living room (sling upside down -- lol). Never even shot that one. Others, yes. Love it though. Zulu is probably my favorite movie...

December 30, 2011, 06:15 PM	#4
Romeo 33 Delta Senior Member Join Date: March 27, 2009 Posts: 315	Go on ... take the plunge ... yes, dies and brass are relatively expensive ... but you can reuse your brass over and over and over so the cost per shot goes down. There's a ton of good information out there, all the heavy lifting on the .577-450 M-H cartridge has been done so reloading is no more difficult than a .308".