.577 and .450 ammo

make it its the only way

the martini henry is .577-450 and it uses a 85gr charge of fg black powder a few grains of cotton filler and a .470" 480gr bullet

snider well a number of ways for making sinder ammo

british militaria fourms is the place to go
 
Don't know. I bought some snider brass (turned, not drawn - commercial made stuff) at a gun show many years ago, and I've yet to use it.

I recall a long time ago a friend of my fathers made up some rounds, possibly out of brass shotshells. I just remember him hand loading the shells at the range and the shotgun primers were just punched out and inserted with some hand tools and a wood block. Primitive to say the least, but he never blew himself up so I guess they worked.

I can't imagine what you're going to pay for prepared ammo, but I expect it'll be a rare treat, just like fireworks in this country.

The .577-450 brass is available too.

You might still find old Kynoch cases around. Those will be spendy, and they're berdan primed to boot. But I guess anyone who is already set on fussing over the feeding of a Snider isn't going to get wet over berdan primers ;)
 
berdan braas can be drilled out for .209 primers

i dont think your going to find ten-x ammo here its also around $120 for like 10 rounds that the bullet is under sized in and its loaded with 777

the sights are non adjustable on these guns so you have to go with the military load to shoot near the sights
 
not all martini's take a .470, my Mk I slugs out to .454. I've heard mk IV's can get up to that diameter, but best to slug your bore before you look for a bullet to load
 
cornbinder49 said:
not all martini's take a .470, my Mk I slugs out to .454. I've heard mk IV's can get up to that diameter, but best to slug your bore before you look for a bullet to load
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did you roll the slug between the jaws of the calipers as the 7 groove henry rifling can not be measured by simply holding it. i can tell you that almost all british martini's will be anywhere from .465 to .470. the bullet should fit the throat witch is bigger then the bore at the muzzle a .468-.470 bullet will work nicely in any british martini henry ive used a lee .475 400gr bullet (i have an adjustable rear sight that i made to fit the spot of the old one)
 
Ten-X will not bother with Canadian Import rules anymore. No one can commercially import from them. I have loaded my .577 snider with cut down 24 gauge brass which can be imported.
 
I have a bunch of Kynoch .577/.450 in a 480 grain solid, for Martini-Henry, smokeless powder, 10 rounds per box, yellow and red boxes. $90/box, and I'll discount it for multiple boxes. Let me know how many boxes you need. I won't sell individual rounds. Please pm me if you need any. Chris
 
bighornchris said:
I have a bunch of Kynoch .577/.450 in a 480 grain solid, for Martini-Henry, smokeless powder, 10 rounds per box, yellow and red boxes. $90/box, and I'll discount it for multiple boxes. Let me know how many boxes you need. I won't sell individual rounds. Please pm me if you need any. Chris
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lol and over half of them will go click or fuzzz pop its cordite ammo

if you have any fired brass it may be worth a few bucks a piece
 
shoot!!! said:
Bought two boxes from Chris,, click,BOOM!!! HUH? Maybe somebody took advantage of YOU?? Good clean stuff..
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if its 50's kynoch and its the stuff brought in just a few years ago(someone found quite a bit) its not good at all its a mix of the british primers(they where not too great to begin wtih) and bad storage
 
antiqueguy said:
if its 50's kynoch and its the stuff brought in just a few years ago(someone found quite a bit) its not good at all its a mix of the british primers(they where not too great to begin wtih) and bad storage
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Some of the problems with these old guns are that the enclosed hammer has been gummed up and rusty, they don't hit like they used too,, like a lot of us.. My old gunsmith friend told me that before you fire it, I'll clean it up,, perhaps, an answer??
 
shoot!!! said:
Some of the problems with these old guns are that the enclosed hammer has been gummed up and rusty, they don't hit like they used too,, like a lot of us.. My old gunsmith friend told me that before you fire it, I'll clean it up,, perhaps, an answer??
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nope its te brit primers if its berdan primed stuff its made 40's and 50's any later is boxer primed but still with british primers about 2 years ago this stuff was around $30 a box state side
the "smokeless" powder is really cordite witch also does not help

ive had 3 mk4's so far 2 from the nepal cashe and one came from britain as it was not covered in grease all 3 where cleaned(one from nepal came cleaned by IMA) and not a spec of grease/dirt was on them guns
 
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