Reeder Custom Guns - The story goes; as the Brits were licking their wounds

WB
The story goes; as the Brits were licking their wounds
Friday, December 11, 2020, 15:16

and pondering going up against some serious marksmen sometime again in the future they might improve matters by getting some training started. Greener came up with a "scaled" down version of the full size Martini .450/577 and the .310 Greener (some Rook Ctgs. too) Cadet came to be. Shooting clubs began to foster public interest and competition and generally teach marksmanship to the youth. Australia got in on the act in a big way and most of the slickest trainers survive from there. They did make .22 RF versions too of course. And in the last century it was grand sport to make petite custom rifles from the small but strong actions. I have a superb .25-35 WCF done such.

The rechamber to .32-20 basically makes cases easier to come by. Perhaps a little trimming but really you still need a heeled .320" bullet. Some rechamber to the .32 Winchester Special but the .321" 170 gr. bullet is not a good fit for the barrel twist at slow speeds and at full power the tiny gun would kick like a mule. So the "cult" of Cadet Martini shooting has blossomed, it's not for every swinging Johnson. If you can get one hole performance from a discovered combination you are a true Mack Daddy! I wondered why they don;t just rechamber to .32-40 and shoot 120 gr. .321's? I'll research that. First off no one makes a 120/.321 and also the case is a bit long for the action to swallow that long brass, it might have to be modified, the top cover.

If it were easy why do it? Where is the fun in that?

.32-20s FOR WB - JT, 2020-12-11, 11:14
- COLT DA .32-20s - JT, 2020-12-11, 20:59
  - That last, the .41 frame is bigger than the K S&W, hummm (nm) - WB, 2020-12-11, 21:27
- I did buy a .32-20 today! More of a Huey gun though..lol - WB, 2020-12-11, 14:55
  - I just sold a 32-20 hand ejector from the '30s. - ChrisG, 2020-12-11, 17:17
    - I like them, just can't see the sights! - WB, 2020-12-11, 17:38
  - 32-20 - Rex, 2020-12-11, 15:55
    - Super strong falling block actions! - WB, 2020-12-11, 16:31
  - Oh My, that's just awesome. I wanna shoot it!!! (nm) - Huey, 2020-12-11, 14:56
    - The story goes; as the Brits were licking their wounds - WB, 2020-12-11, 15:16
- Eye candy for all of us! Very nice!! (nm) - Larryh, 2020-12-11, 13:52
  - 32 20 - Mike horn, 2020-12-11, 16:03
  - Yes, Thank You John - steve todd, 2020-12-11, 14:38
    - Thank goodness he's mostly a S&W DA guy - WB, 2020-12-11, 15:35
      - The Dan Wesson too! - steve todd, 2020-12-11, 17:19
        We had one on a later model, I've sure considered that. - WB, 2020-12-11, 19:08