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n.r.davis Oldtimer Offline Posts: 578 Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2015	Hog Hunter. 357 Max May 22^nd, 2020 at 7:15pm	Print Post
	Martini, Green Mountain Barrel. One thing wrong, it's not mine....


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ratseye Full Member Offline Posts: 202 Location: Eastern, PA Joined: Feb 28^th, 2017	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #1 - May 23^rd, 2020 at 8:13am	Print Post
	Nice! I am a sucker for a nice piece of wood and you have to love an express sight with a banded front on a big Martini. Very cool. ratseye


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Bonner Full Member Offline Posts: 135 Location: middle georgia Joined: Mar 2^nd, 2015	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #2 - May 23^rd, 2020 at 12:46pm	Print Post
	Great looking rifle, is this one you put together Mr. Davis? Bonner


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Fritz Oldtimer Offline Posts: 516 Location: Texas Joined: Jun 27^th, 2008	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #3 - May 23^rd, 2020 at 6:22pm	Print Post
	Nice looking Hog Hunter and wood is beautiful.


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n.r.davis Oldtimer Offline Posts: 578 Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2015	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #4 - May 24^th, 2020 at 3:23pm	Print Post
	Yup, one I put together. Looking for another action to build a 25-20 WCF for Turkeys. David


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Dino in Reno 2 Junior Member Offline Posts: 56 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #5 - May 25^th, 2020 at 4:26am	Print Post
	Mea Culpa... MINE! I have always loved the British Stalking Rifle, and now I will have one. For boar/pig, deer at less than 200 yards, and anything else I can think of... Hats off for taking a bundle of parts and getting the picture out of my imagination and shaping it into steel and walnut. Dino in Reno


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Dino in Reno 2 Junior Member Offline Posts: 56 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #6 - May 25^th, 2020 at 4:28am	Print Post
	Ratseye, Small BSA Martini in .357 Maximum... But yep on all else So Happy.


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freebird Full Member Offline Posts: 117 Location: South West France Joined: Sep 12^th, 2014	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #7 - May 25^th, 2020 at 7:16am	Print Post
	I wondered if it was a small BSA or an original Francotte action. Nice rifle. .22 is wasted in those actions


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Dino in Reno 2 Junior Member Offline Posts: 56 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #8 - May 25^th, 2020 at 11:44am	Print Post
	Now looking at turn of last century checkering for the last part. Great work, He went over what I was hoping for


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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #9 - May 28^th, 2020 at 9:28pm	Print Post
	my 9.3 x 72 R German stalking rifle "357 maximum maximum"


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Dino in Reno 2 Junior Member Offline Posts: 56 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #10 - May 29^th, 2020 at 4:19pm	Print Post
	.357 Jeroboam might fit. In wine that's equal to 6 standard sized bottles. Do you reload for it? What game do you use it for? Dino in Reno


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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #11 - May 29^th, 2020 at 10:54pm	Print Post
	Dino in Reno 2 wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 4:19pm: .357 Jeroboam might fit. In wine that's equal to 6 standard sized bottles. Do you reload for it? What game do you use it for? Dino in Reno If you're answering my post, yes I reload cast bullets for it. Norma cases are a little bit expensive though. i.load it with an assortment of other dies so I didn't have to spring for an expensive die set I generally load 200g bullets to about 1300 feet per second but I've also used this 9 mm Makarov bullet with 6 grains of Bullseye at just a touch over a 1000 fps . the little 95g Makarov bullet will print bugholes at 25 yards and about an inch and a half at 50.
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Dino in Reno 2 Junior Member Offline Posts: 56 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #12 - May 29^th, 2020 at 11:48pm	Print Post
	Cbashooter I like single shots and straight or barely necked cartridges. Then again I like almost any rifle... Congratulations for keeping that fine old rifle running Dino in Reno


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3846 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #13 - Jun 5^th, 2020 at 5:19pm	Print Post
	My mini-max;-) Francotte Martini in 300 Rook but using 32 Long Colt brass and a .300 Buffalo Arms mould loaded with 32 Long Colt dies.


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Fritz Oldtimer Offline Posts: 516 Location: Texas Joined: Jun 27^th, 2008	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #14 - Jun 5^th, 2020 at 6:38pm	Print Post
	That's a nice looking rifle in classic design,bet it shoots well too!


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Dino in Reno 2 Junior Member Offline Posts: 56 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #15 - Jun 17^th, 2020 at 4:39am	Print Post
	oneatatime, Nice rifle. i love this size of Martini, wish there were new ones with a slightly longer and a touch thicker at the barrel of the action.


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Nero Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1005 Location: NZ Joined: Jun 1^st, 2006	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #16 - Jun 17^th, 2020 at 5:36pm	Print Post
	I think that the finish on these Little Francotte Martini's are better than anything the BSA put out. I wonder though why so many different designs were made or did they evolve over the years? I include a couple of photo's of two Francotte's I have which are different from each other and the earlier posted photo. The one with the lever on the side, a quarter turn and the action drops out. Could this have been a later refinement?
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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3846 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #17 - Jun 17^th, 2020 at 8:24pm	Print Post
	Fritz, yes it does. I haven't really wringed it out yet but a first try with the 80 grain BACO and 3.3 grains of AA5 at 50 yards put 4 out of 5 in .3 inches then I blew it on the 5th at 1.03. Dino, this one has a round barrel but the top is a flat smooth rib and the receiver is sloped to it. Nero, yes, always changing. This one is the miniature large with the cocking indicator on the other side of the action. No names/marks other than the Belgian proofs.


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Dino in Reno 2 Junior Member Offline Posts: 56 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #18 - Jun 21^st, 2020 at 5:40am	Print Post
	oneatatime, When I get my wood back and attached I will get some range time and tell all the results Dino


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Dino in Reno 2 Junior Member Offline Posts: 56 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #19 - Jun 21^st, 2020 at 5:42am	Print Post
	Nero, lovely. If I ever get to travel, may I look you up? Nice rifles. Dino


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Nero Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1005 Location: NZ Joined: Jun 1^st, 2006	Re: Hog Hunter. 357 Max Reply #20 - Jun 23^rd, 2020 at 5:48pm	Print Post
	Sure but I don't know if you realise I am on the other side of the world to you and I reckon the borders won't be open anytime this year although here are exceptions like the Americas cup which literally brings in millions of dollars and a few hundred film crew and dependants to make another Avatar. All of whom have to send two weeks in isolation.


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