For a trouble free single shot, build on a Ruger #1 action.īuddies. Then, polish the chamber to a mirror finish. Yes, a 22 Hornet! My suggestion for anyone wanting to build on a Cadet, is to be sure the reamer is NOT a Minimum dimension reamer. I own a 22 Hornet on a German Martini action and a Bill Sukalle barrel that also has extraction issues. The larger chamber helped, but still requires a bump on the lever to kick out the cases. My reamer cut a tight chamber and, with any loads at greater than 308/30-06 velocities, the cases stuck. I built a 30 Super (300 H&H rimmed) for a customer on a high wall action that has had extraction problems. I wish I knew where to get an action and who to have do the work? The same configuration (or perhaps a 16 or 18 inch barrel!) chambered in 357 Maximum is also attractive. A 7-30 Waters Cadet with 20-inch barrel and Stutzen stock has great appeal to me. Since you've brought it up, I'd like to also hear discussion on the 30-30 derivatives in the Cadet action. 222 Rimmed seems like a good starting point! 25/35 have a pronounced case taper, just wondering how tapered a. I know some of the old timer cartridges like the. 25/35 in my mind always looks a bit out of scale with that action (much better in a Martini Enfield), and I don't want to fiddle around with changing the block ramp angle or radius.Ĭase taper seems to be the issue with the Cadet's fairly marginal extraction. 30/30's in a Cadet and other variations on that case.Įven the. 357 Mag has the largest case head size I'd be comfortable rechambering a Cadet action to. 222 Rimmed fit the action very well, leaving a fairly safe chamber wall to barrel tenon thickness ratio. 222 Rimmed Cadets and I've no intention of going into the field with a cleaning rod to clear the chamber every third shot! I know first hand problems with sticky cases in the. sort of a rimmed 250 Myra or 25 Copperhead. 222 Rimmed and a bit more punch in 25 cal. Quality brass (ie not Bertram) is much cheaper and easier to find than. 256 Win Mag Improved using the increased case capacity. 357 Max as the basis for a whole range of Cadet wildcats, and am keen on the idea of a.
Interested in people's thoughts on case taper and ease of extraction in the Martini Cadet based conversions? ***ĭouble Rifles, Single Shots & CombinationsĬase taper, extraction.