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Forming 11.43x55 Turkish Peabody (Read 2784 times)

JWDreamstone Participating Member Offline Posts: 37 Location: Long Branch, New Jersey Joined: Oct 11^th, 2017	Forming 11.43x55 Turkish Peabody Mar 30^th, 2018 at 4:56pm	Print Post
	I have an chance to purchase this rifle. anyone forming cases.


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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3973 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Forming 11.43x55 Turkish Peabody Reply #1 - Mar 30^th, 2018 at 8:05pm	Print Post
	I never did the job, but your post got my curiosity up, and I went looking. Here's what I found: The Turks used that round starting in 1874 and replaced it around 1887. The thing wasn't real popular here, but was loaded more in England. They called it the 450 Turkish Peabody-Martini. In the US, we called it the 45 Peabody-Martini. That info was from Cartridges of the World. Since that book has no measurements or anything, I then went to Nonte, Cartridge Conversions and found: 45-50 Sporting Martini, the only such in the volume I have. Says that cases can be made from .45-70 by shortening to a length of 1.535 inches and sizing the neck to .478 (give or take, I guess), far enough back that the case will chamber. So, that's all I've got, and it looks like it might be easy. Let us know. By the way, the bullet weight was only 290 grains, according to Nonte.


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Longdistance1 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 468 Location: Amidon, ND Joined: Feb 11^th, 2013	Re: Forming 11.43x55 Turkish Peabody Reply #2 - Mar 31^st, 2018 at 12:25pm	Print Post
	According to Donnelly's book the brass to use is 11 mm Beaumont, full length size and trim to length. 2.30" When you get the rifle make a chamber cast to see just what you have. Hth ld1


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JWDreamstone Participating Member Offline Posts: 37 Location: Long Branch, New Jersey Joined: Oct 11^th, 2017	Re: Forming 11.43x55 Turkish Peabody Reply #3 - Apr 1^st, 2018 at 9:46pm	Print Post
	I plan on seeing this rifle in may when i travel. . i have been checking The various cartridge books I have, Hoyen, dadig books and such besides the 11.43x55R turkish. There is another 11.43x59/60R turkish mauser the spec. somewhat are similar. The chamber cast seems to be the best way to go


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MartiniBelgian Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1734 Location: Aarschot Joined: Jun 7^th, 2004	Re: Forming 11.43x55 Turkish Peabody Reply #4 - Apr 2^nd, 2018 at 12:30pm	Print Post
	What rifle do you have? If the Providence tool Peabody-Martini, then something like .470 nitro express cases will serve nicely as bacis cases to form brass. Rims are too thin, but as it is a BN case, they will headspace nicely on the shoulder. I the Peabody, then I'm not qualified to answer...


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John in PA Oldtimer Offline Posts: 590 Location: Hollidaysburg, PA Joined: Nov 3^rd, 2009	Re: Forming 11.43x55 Turkish Peabody Reply #5 - Apr 23^rd, 2018 at 7:12pm	Print Post
	.45-70 brass is way undersize head and rim, and is too short. The Dutch Beaumont basic brass can be used to form .44-90 What Cheer, (the P-M match cartridge) as well as the .45 Turkish P-M. Dimensions are so close that they darn near interchange.

	John Wells Hollidaysburg, PA Peabody and Peabody-Martini's Wanted!
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