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Old 02-15-2021, 07:57 PM
Chuck Miller Chuck Miller is offline
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Default Martini project

Plenty of 12/12-15's on Gunbroker, not so much on the various shooting boards. You'll pay as much for an action as a complete rifle. I'm assuming you've got the breech block conversion from rimfire to center-fire handled as well as the extractor modification. I bought a 225 Martini that had been completed. Couple observations. That action is rated at approximately 40,000 cup, the 225 struts it's stuff around 48-50,000 cup. I was shooting mine with 40gr pills and 4064, trying to keep it mild, around 45k cup. Anything faster and I was pushing cases out with a cleaning rod. So, at best extraction was iffy, loading it required COL was on the short side and speeds/accuracy were not impressive. Ended up pulling it down and building a 20 Ackley Bee. Most Martini guys will tell you too much pressure, too big for the small Martini. Most 225's are built on large frame actions.

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