J.D./Remington, I also love Martinis and regret several that I've had and then sold when the money got tight or I got crazy about some other (usually not as good) gun. I remember when you could get a perfectly sound .310 Cadet for $16.95 thru the mail(You had to pay more for one that had been screwed up by rechambering to an inappropriate caliber). I've had them in .22 Hornet, .25-20 WCF, .218 Mashburn, and .22WRM. The only one I've kept is a Greener re-barreled to .25-35. It is plain-Jane with a stock by Fajen and me, but really shoots. With the new .25 cal bullets a .25-35 is a deer rifle for sure, even without raising the pressure above factory levels, especially in a single shot with a 24" barrel. Accurate and low recoil; quick to reload. My Martini seems OK with the .25-35 ctg's length, too--ejects all the way and easy to load. It may be the max that the action can handle for perfect functioning, tho.
Does anyone know of a Cadet action that has been successfully converted to .32-40 for Scheutzen service?
