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Well, not quite... at the time we were discussing the possibility of building a Spenser... yep Gunslinger was in on that one too - terridari, you had better keep hip slavering over the Rolling Block! -
My missus' first husband (married her a widder lady near on 30 years back) was the next in line from Fredrich Martini, so the the 'kin' is through her children and grand (and currently a brand new 'great grand'), all hee in argentina. But the Martini (Peabody: Martini's innovation was after the US inventor and more to do with the adaption to brass cartridge -and the concealed hammer, though there was some dispute over that at the time) is close enough to the family for drooling over - alas, none here been available yet. SASS would consider it 'out of period' perhaps - but WASA could allow it - it is of course cowboy or 'western' action shooting and Martini/Peabody's were not prominent then and there...
Seems a space though for extending the concept beyond the American frontier. 'Historical re-enactment'? whatever.
An odd footnote - here in Argentina all guns and gun owners have to be registered - but firearms patented before 1870 are exempt, as 'antiques' - the cutoff is the brass cartridge and to a less extent, the breechloaders.
Hasta pronto amigos
Peter Knight
(aka "El Chimango Pete" - notorious bandolero this far south of the Rio Grande)
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