577/450 Martin Henry to 45 Colt Caliber Adapter
577/450 Martin Henry to 45 Colt Caliber Adapter
577/450 Martin Henry to 45 Colt Caliber Adapter.
This adapter allows your Martini Henry breech load rifle to shoot 45 COLT ammunition (Will not work with 45ACP). This adapter is precision machined from high quality stainless steel to the OD specifications of a 577/450 cartridge. It will easily fit into your breech load Martini Henry barrel and accept any 45 COLT ammunition. After firing simply remove the adapter and tip upside down to remove the spent shell. This adapter has a smooth bore to allow the 45COLT bullet a clean path to exit the adapter and enter the barrel’s rifling. The cartridge side is precision CNC machined to the exact chamber dimensions to accept any 45 COLT ammunition (SAAMI chamber specifications).
Adapter orientation is not important and the adapter will work in any position.
Adapter is precision machined to fit Martini Henry 577/450 caliber rifles.
No more need to purchase expensive 577-450 ammunition or to reload your own.
No modification to the firearm is required, the adapter easily drops in and ejects like a normally fired shell.
These adapters have been tested for fit and function in an 1875 Martin Henry MKII and they worked perfectly! Please realize the the Martini Henry rifles were made a long time ago and there may be slight variations in chamber sizes. These adapters are made to current specs but have successfully been tested in the 1875 MKII we have access to.
Any ammunition pictured is for representation purposes only and is not included with this purchase.
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577/450 Martin Henry to 45 Colt Caliber Adapter
The vast majority of Mark IV Martini-Henry Rifles started life as Enfield-Martini .402 calibre rifles. The British came to the realization in the mid 1880s that a higher velocity, smaller calibre projectile had many advantages over a slow moving, but massive .450" bullet. The ROF Enfield developed a cartridge with a .402" bullet, and the engineers and armorers at RSAF Enfield designed a new Martini to fire this new cartridge. These rifles were known as the Enfield-Martini Mark I.
Unfortunately, at about the time production of the new Enfield-Martini .402 Rifle peaked, the vastly superior .303 caliber Magazine Lee-Metford Rifle was coming onto the scene. The British had already instituted a logistics nightmare by introducing in the .402 E-M yet another calibre of ammunition which must be supplied to troops In view of the forthcoming widespread acceptance of the new MLM Rifle, a decision was made to convert all .402" arms back to .450 Martini-Henry for issuance to non frontline troops,
The 64,634 .402" arms manufactured up to that point were then converted to Martini-Henry Mark IVs.
The converted E-M Mark Is are referred to as "A" and "B" pattern Martini-Henry Mark IVs. The "C" pattern Mark IV was made from mostly new parts, and some interchangeable parts from the Enfield-Martini .402. When converted to "A" and "B" pattern Mark IVs, the short lever was removed, the operating lever retaining cup hole was plugged with wood, and a long lever was installed. Thus, "A" and "B" pattern Mark IVs are easily identifiable by a wood plug on the underside of the buttstock (assuming the stock is original to the weapon).
Also, "A" and "B" patterns will typically have the "V" character stamped off centre, to the right of the "I" character on the Sovereign's Cypher (as E-M Mark I's, they bore a single "I" designating the Mark. When converted to Mark IV, the "V" was added to the existing "I").
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