Posted: 10/15/2004 1:02:54 PM EDT
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A friend of mine was telling me of a large cache of vintage weapons found recently in some foreign country. Apparently this cache is huge. And is now for sale. Does anyone know about this? |
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Big military arsenal found in Nepal. There was a write up about it in American Rifleman in August. The weapons were brought to the US, inventoried and cleaned. They are available from several distributors. www.nrapublications.org/tar/Nepal.asp |
Go to the Atlanta Cutlery site, I read about it first when they sent me a catalog. They're selling some of it there. |
Is it at ALL possible to get ammo for those Martini-Henrys, and Snyders thet are selling? I believe they are .450 and .557 (or something like that) |
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Old Western Scrounger sells 577/450 ammo. Only problem is, they make it from Brazilian CBC brand 24 gauge shotgun shells. Berdan primed, and they blow primers all the time. This was a few years ago, things may have changed. Your best bet is to make it yourself. Not cheap, and the M/H isn't noted for accuracy. You will have to mess around a bit to find a load that shoots well. As to the Nepal imports, I've heard it's a crapshoot, with the emphasis on crap. I wouldn't buy one mail order. If you want one, handle a couple first. FWIW, the two Nepali M/H's I've seen didn't look that bad, but God knows what you will find under the forend. Watch the breechblock, it should sit proud of the frame when the trigger is pulled, if not, you can get some blowback. If you can find one of the M/H's converted to .303, you'll like it a lot more. And if your are not hung up on the whole "Zulu" thing, buy a Trapdoor. They're a hell of a lot cheaper to shoot, and will shoot rings around a M-H. G |
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Yes, It is possible to get the ammo for the 577-450 and the .577 Synder. The cartridges are loaded with black powder. It is rare to find it pre-loaded, however. Most folks who shoot these rifles make there own ammo and cast there own bullets. Here is a place to get brass and bullet molds for the Martini: http://www.oldyoti.com/moulds.htm I load Black Powder Cartridge for my Trapdoor Springfield. This gets addictive. I got into bullet casting doing this. There is something neat about shooting a 114 year old gun. |