Gday all, I have only just joined up today although I have been reading this and other mostly American forums for years, I’ve been shooting on and off for over 25 years and have a reasonable amount of knowledge, but I want to pick the brains of anybody who knows about martini cadets. I inherited a beautifully put together bsa martini with a custom stock and medium heavy barrel at 600mm or 24”. It’s a .222 rimmed but has .222 k rimmed stamped on the barrel. I have brass some which has been fire formed (look like akley improved) and others some old river brand and super, about 150 all up. I also have a custom sako .222 rem mag that was built for my late father by Bill Marden and now has a Tobler 26” barrel that I put on it about 20 years ago and would be lucky to have had 400 rounds through it. Would any of you blokes be able to give me an approximate load for the .222 rimmed with BM 8208?
I have a kg of this powder and it is the grouse in my .222 mag. I’m using 50g v max or z max as I want to utilise the same powder and bullet for both. I am curious as to what the K is on the barrel as in shoulder angle so I could get a fls die made up
or is this a waste of time and money? Also if anyone has any .222 rimmed brass they don’t want I would be interested as I reckon with a good scope and tuned loads this would be a beaut spotlighting rifle for foxes out to reasonable ranges.
Any help would be appreciated.