antique .303 martini metford

[Johnny_H]

Wow! fantastic find, I have a Martini-Enfield Carbine of some sort, however I think she's a long rifle cut down to size. I haven't shot it because I want to have someone take it apart and realign the cocking indicator and have a good look at her before my first shoot.

Pic:

 

[BUSHMAN79]

You can't realign the cocking indicator. It only goes on one way, as it's part of the tumbler.

 

[Johnny_H]

You can't realign the cocking indicator. It only goes on one way, as it's part of the tumbler.

My concern is that the cocking indicator should be vertical correct? If you look at my picture it doesn't seem to be in the correct position, what would be involved in putting it back in the right place? Or is it fine as is?

 

[BUSHMAN79]

It should be somewhere near vertical when fired, and pointed back a bit when cocked. If it seems to #### and goes "click" when you pull the trigger, it should be fine.

 

[Johnny_H]

It does indeed do that but when un-cocked it is in the position in the pic and it go's forward by a few degree's. There is nothing wrong with this?

 

[BUSHMAN79]

Okay, I finally got the pic to load. The cocking indicator has a square shaft that goes through the tumbler, and somehow that one got installed wrong. It's really simple and easy to take apart, you can pm me with your e-mail and I'll help you out with it if you like.

 

[Johnny_H]

Thank you sir, its much appreciated PM inbound.

 

[john@]

Easy to follow disassembly and reassembly instructions are on the martinihenry.com website...

http://www.martinihenry.com/apart.htm

Its easy to take apart, not terribly difficult to put back together, do it a few times and you'll be glad you did it yourself.