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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11760 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Bubba and the German Martini Jul 28^th, 2022 at 1:13am	Print Post
	Yes, Bubba did his magic on this one. Bubba Parkenfarker. The rifle is not marked as such but I will assume it started as 8.15X46R. Someone, not the maker, stamped 30-30 on it. Then I'm guessing someone, a second cousin to Bubba, reamed the chamber with a 30-40 reamer and stamped over the caliber stamp with a 40. But that didn't work because the neck in the newly reamed chamber was to small so someone....., reamed the neck of the chamber to .345. A wee bit to large for the .316 groove bore. Here are pictures of the throat with a tight fitting shell seated in the chamber. The bore is in very good condition and I plan to make the rifle perform accurately again. I find these sorts of projects fun and challenging. The Teslong bore scope sure came in handy for this one.

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Rebel Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4292 Location: Rockets and Race Cars Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #1 - Jul 28^th, 2022 at 8:19am	Print Post
	that's pretty awful, How long is the barrel on this one? Can we see a pic of the rifle itself? Aaron

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50target Full Member Offline Posts: 138 Location: Alabama Joined: May 27^th, 2014	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #2 - Jul 28^th, 2022 at 8:24am	Print Post
	The Parkenfarker gene tree cases a long shadow but not much shade as it doesn't branch. There should be a 4473 to buy tools especially anything that can be used to abuse a gun. As Einstein remarked once " The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits" Good luck with your project to resurrect a Bubba victim.


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Dellet Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1144 Joined: May 19^th, 2017	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #3 - Jul 28^th, 2022 at 11:41am	Print Post
	If you get those two little pieces of lead out, it should shoot fine Nothing a throat and .014” thick brass won’t fix.


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yamoon Oldtimer Offline NRA Life, ASSRA , GGCA, MCA Posts: 952 Location: Junction City Kansas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2012	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #4 - Jul 28^th, 2022 at 8:04pm	Print Post
	Must have been the same guy who rechambered my Stigele martini to 32 Winchester Spcl., so far off that a fired case has to be oriented as it was extracted or it won’t chamber. Mike


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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3197 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #5 - Jul 28^th, 2022 at 9:58pm	Print Post
	Here is the rifle. The sights are being swapped out. It did shoot well as is with a shortened 30-40 case and a stop ring bullet Jack

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11760 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #6 - Jul 29^th, 2022 at 12:42am	Print Post
	It's going to shoot better, much better.

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3736 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #7 - Jul 29^th, 2022 at 3:18pm	Print Post
	neat rifle- makes me wonder why it got messed with in the first place. Even Bubba must have days he lets things alone. Maybe?


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11760 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #8 - Jul 30^th, 2022 at 3:09am	Print Post
	I think the rifle landed right smack dab in the middle of Parkenfarkerville when it crossed the big pond. Back then they didn't know anything about German target rifles or their calibers. So they fixed it and fixed it till something fit in the chamber and went kapow. Someone drove a stove bolt into the threaded hole for the diopter with glue. That was fun removing from the threads. I had a nice diopter that happens to fit perfect. The picture Jack posted is the auction picture I think. It looks great in the picture but it has it's rough spots. When it's back up and shooting I'm going to shoot it in some matches. I can hardly wait.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11760 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #9 - Aug 8^th, 2022 at 4:33pm	Print Post
	I got busy yesterday and piloted a tapered pin reamer then went about the tedious job of reaming the throat. The short cartridge is what was being used in the rifle and the long one is what's being used now. All I did today was fire form a few shells. Lots of lead chunks came out during the reaming process. So with the longer cartridge the bullet is being fired down the bore only instead of the the neck of the chamber.
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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3197 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #10 - Aug 8^th, 2022 at 6:53pm	Print Post
	Looking good Wes! I guess the question now is what to do with all that shortened brass that took me some time to modify. I wonder if they could he converted to something useful. Jack

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11760 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #11 - Aug 8^th, 2022 at 6:59pm	Print Post
	Thanks Jack. Yes they can be converted to 40-50SS. Nothing lost.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3197 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #12 - Aug 8^th, 2022 at 9:20pm	Print Post
	Do you have a 40-50? If not it would be a good excuse to build one. Maybe a roller!

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11760 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Bubba and the German Martini Reply #13 - Aug 8^th, 2022 at 10:13pm	Print Post
	Yes a have one.

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