I've got a couple of these that apparently came out of the Royal Palace in Thailand. They are rough and loose but all of the screws came out easily.
One has the same barrel thread as a small ring mauser and an 8x57 turkish barrel screws in very nicely The barrel from this action has a 0.940" major diameter. The other barrel has a 0.102 major diameter. Both have the same pitch as the Oberndorf small ring mauser.
Has anyone else taken the barrels off these actions and measured threads yet?
Does anyone have any idea of where these were manufactured and what standards they were manufactured to?
BTW: to disassemble the M-1878 Martini-Henry Francotte you pull down the lever and open the action, then remove the bolt just in front of the trigger guard. Thne pull down on the trigger guard with the action open. The internal block holding the breech block should rotate out. The back of this block is held in the action by a square block mortised into the receiver. If it wont swing out give the breech block a few gentle taps downward using a plastic or brass drift.
Watch for retaining pins that fall out when the action block is removed.
One has the same barrel thread as a small ring mauser and an 8x57 turkish barrel screws in very nicely The barrel from this action has a 0.940" major diameter. The other barrel has a 0.102 major diameter. Both have the same pitch as the Oberndorf small ring mauser.
Has anyone else taken the barrels off these actions and measured threads yet?
Does anyone have any idea of where these were manufactured and what standards they were manufactured to?
BTW: to disassemble the M-1878 Martini-Henry Francotte you pull down the lever and open the action, then remove the bolt just in front of the trigger guard. Thne pull down on the trigger guard with the action open. The internal block holding the breech block should rotate out. The back of this block is held in the action by a square block mortised into the receiver. If it wont swing out give the breech block a few gentle taps downward using a plastic or brass drift.
Watch for retaining pins that fall out when the action block is removed.
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