There are obviously several Martini experts and enthusiasts here; I didn't realize that so many shooters were so passionate about the Martini system. With regard to building the Martini large frame with the Francotte take down system, we certainly can do it, and it looks like a project with which we are interested. Especially if you think there is sufficient commercial market for the sales of at least 100 guns per year. (We should, however, discuss the advisibility of including the takedown feature on a target rifle, no matter how rigid it may be.) In many ways, the Martini is a simpler system than the Peabody; the lock and triggers on a Peabody are quite complicated pieces of machinery. In any case, we will need to borrow your sample rifle to disassemble and feed into our Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM), in order to get dimensions and tolerancing, and finally, CNC machining programs. (Original parts usually don't get scratched too much, but they need to be perfectly clean of oil and dirt, as the CMM will pick up that. Also, we will need the original from which to make stock pattterns. We are already working on reamers and brass for the .44-90 Peabody "What Cheer" cartridge, so that will be ready for this rifle. We will also need you to provide $98,500 ($50K up front) to cover all the R&D costs associated with a project like this (this is what we have into the Peabody to date.) You will receive the first rifle built (serial #1) however the $98,500 does not include the cost of the rifle. Delivery will be 24 months from receipt of funds. I realize that this is an agressive schedule, and the development costs are much less than what would normally be for a complex project like this, but our staff is quite efficient. We can begin in Jan 2009, as our CNC machines and our design engineer should have an opening then. Let me know how to proceed, and thanks for your continued interest. Frank.