Thread: Which calibre for a Martini Henry project?

Originally Posted by Sideshow

What are you hunting?
Do you load your own?
If you can get the barrels try 8x57r used one on boar in France

Haven't made up my mind, part of me wants a short, light barrel in .30-30 or 7x57R for bush hunting, another wants a long, heavy, maybe octagonal barrel like a poor man's Sharps, you know, so I can shoot "a mite further"