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"8/11," the abbreviation for the state "N.S.W" (New State generally stamped the date of acceptance, for example On the right, rear side of the buttstock, each Martini Cadets were parceled out to the states and then state brandedĪnd re-serial numbered. When received by the Commonwealth Government of Australia, the Whoever wrote up the specifications for the Martini Cadet was firstĪnd foremost an accomplished rifleman or committee of riflemen andĮxpected the cadets to learn something of value about serious long-range There'sĮven what appears to be a line of platinum metal inletted into the rear Windage scale is adjusted by two, opposing thumbscrews. The elevation staff isĪdjusted by a caroming screw and a wheel while the vernier calibrated

The Martini Cadet is the precision rear sight of the BSA models isĬalibrated in elevation out to 600 yards. What is remarkable about the low-powered. Greener, an existing small game and target cartridge, sporting a heeled,ġ20-grain, lead, hollowpoint or solid bullet at approximately 1,200 fps. The cartridge selected for the new training rifle was the. I've handled a number of Martini Cadets over the years but have From the standpoint of the milsurp stream, Haas in his exceptional book, Single Shot Rifles and Actions,Īpproximately 80,000 Martini Cadets were manufactured by BSA aloneīetween 19. Rifle on the miniature Francotte Martini action. wereĬommissioned to build a lightweight, centerfire, single-shot, training Greener and the Birmingham Small Arms Co. Universal cadet training for Australian youths. In 1910, the Commonwealth Government of Australia initiated Large Martini-Henry action will appreciate the advantage of the

Anyone who has fussed with stripping and reassembling a The complete internals of the action can be detached from the frame as a The design is significant because by removing a single split pin This scaled down version of the Martini-Henry was originated byįrancotte of Belgium and is often referred to as the Francotte PatentĪction. What followed was a decade or so of custom single-shot rifles beingīuilt around the little action in a variety of small game calibers Unload them, they stripped the cadets for their small Martini actions. This upped the price a bit, rechambered jobs fetching $15 to Not accompany the guns, so a lively trade developed in rechambering theĬadets to. Unfortunately, equally impressive quantities of.

Imported from Australia in the 1950s andġ960s by American surplus arms dealers, thousands of Martini CadetsĪrrived on our shores and could be had for as little as $9.95 in their The model was used for cadet marksmanship programs, especially in theĬommonwealth of Australia. Largely made between 1911-1913 byīirmingham Small Arms Co. Model approaches the sheer elegance of that little, delightful wand of a The milsurp stream is full of stylish military single shots, but no 2011 Publishers' Development Corporation 07 Aug.