Martini trap gun

Hunterbug · November 21, 2008, 10:49:07 AM

I was talking to a guy, Robert, yesterday and he was asking about my Martini trap gun. So here are some pictures so that he can see it.

gitano · November 21, 2008, 02:23:27 PM

I tried to talk HB out of this piece when I was down there, but I couldn't quite pull it off. :) It is a very nice firearm.

Paul

buckshot roberts · November 22, 2008, 08:19:08 AM

"bug' that is a nice one, first one i ever seen.......... Ron

LLANOJOHN (deceased) · November 22, 2008, 08:26:44 AM

Quote from: buckshot roberts;86141"bug' that is a nice one, first one i ever seen.......... Ron

Same for me, HB...that is one beautiful piece! One question for ya........is that "fiddleback" Maple or Myrtle??

Really gorgeous wood and excellent workmanship!!

Ol' John:Banghead:

Hunterbug · November 22, 2008, 08:43:03 PM

I've never even fired it but I need to do that here one of these days. I'm not sure what the wood is, I think maple. It was built when I got it so I didn't have any input or it would be a rifle, not a shotgun.

kombi1976 · November 23, 2008, 02:14:09 PM

That's a lovely piece, mate.
You should look around for someone who can convert it to a take-down/switch-bbl gun with a rifle bbl.

Paul Hoskins · November 23, 2008, 05:51:53 PM

Beautiful workmanship on the wood. The wood is striped/fiddleback maple with rosewood decorations. Myrtlewood and walnut are very similar in color. .........Paul H

Hunterbug · November 23, 2008, 06:47:17 PM

To turn it into a rifle I would like to find a way to keep the original fore end but I don't know if it would be possible. If not I don't know if I could find a matching piece of wood and if I did I'm sure that it wouldn't be cheap.

Paul Hoskins · November 23, 2008, 07:19:02 PM

Bug, thats no problem. It's pretty easy to match a new forearm to the buttstock. I have rosewood for a new decoration on the fore end piece. Striped maple to match is no problem. ...........Paul H

Daryl (deceased) · November 24, 2008, 04:20:30 AM

Hmm...trap gun, or...trap gun?

:D

Hunterbug · November 27, 2008, 12:20:15 AM

Quote from: kombi1976That's a lovely piece, mate.
You should look around for someone who can convert it to a take-down/switch-bbl gun with a rifle bbl.

The guy that built it also made a take down rifle with a Martini action. It had 3 1/2 octaginal barrels with it's own scope mounted to the barrel. One each in 22 Hornet, 357 Maximum, and 25-35. It had a beautiful wooden case too. His widow would not part with this one or I would have been all over it!

kombi1976 · November 27, 2008, 03:44:05 AM

It must've been a Cadet action, right?
Sounds like a lovely piece.
Enough gun to hunt most things at close to medium range.

LvrLover · December 01, 2008, 08:18:43 AM

What guage is that thing?