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Can anyone recommend a gunsmith to bush the breech face on a Martini Cadet action to reduce the size of the firing pin hole? I have one in a .22 centerfire that wasn't bushed and the primers are backing into the firing pin hole, even with relatively low pressure loads.
Thanks.
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I am sure there are several here who could help you.But I have always been happy with the workmanship of JD Steele on this site.And among others he loves his Martini's. Whitey
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some times its a weak spring on the stricker.
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On the ones I've done, I cut a dovetail across the face and fitted a piece of heat treated spring stock to it. A hole is drilled & tapped for a screw to lock the two pieces together, and the firing pin hole is re-drilled to match a small diameter tip.
David
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David Kaiser
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What David said. I've also used an end mill to make a plunge cut into the breech face and then pressed-&-epoxied a bushing into the hole. Have made a small threaded insert for the Cadet's receiver threads that allows me to mark the new striker tip location from the front, concentric with the rifle's chamber.
A new replacement Cadet striker spring can be made from the spring from a 1903; actually 2 can be made from 1 1903 spring, it's long enough. I've found that the ends of replacement springs are usually slightly larger in dia than the remainder of the spring, and must usually be ground down very slightly to clear the inside of the Cadet breechblock.
Please be advised that although the Cadet striker springs are often weak and in need of replacement, a new spring even if much stronger is often not the complete answer to cratering primers. I've found that the Cadets almost always need a smaller bushed striker tip even more than they need a stronger spring, especially if using a cartridge with SR primers vs LR ones.
Regards, Joe
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Hey, Joe, thanks for reminding me of the pressed-in bushing method. I've got a military breechblock that I have to do that's a bit cratered around the pin hole. Think I'll use Loctite stud & bearing rather than epoxy, though.
David
Montezuma, IA
David Kaiser
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