Date | Original Topic |
20th April 2005 | My New Martini Henry Website By Neil Aspinshaw The start of my new website dedicated to the martini Henry rifle is now up for anyone who likes thier Martinis, fired... not stirred!.
www.martinihenry.co.uk.
I would appreciate any comments, I hope to include an AZW page and a for sale section.
regards
Neil |
Date | Replies |
20th April 2005 | Chris Tapster Excellent!
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20th April 2005 | Glenn Wade I'll second that. Cracking job Neil!
Good Luck and well done
Glenn |
20th April 2005 | Dewi Evans Great site, well done Neil.
Dewi. |
21st April 2005 | Barry Iacoppi N.Z. Nice one Neil. Keep up the good work.
Barry |
21st April 2005 | Steve Moore Hi Neil, great site,( the Mk2 MH looks good on the sad room wall! )
Cheers Steve |
21st April 2005 | Tim Cane Hi neil i love your website i think it is very amusing and i think it great you have realised a website about the passion so many of us have... the martini.
Tim |
21st April 2005 | Tim Cane Hi neil i love your website i think it is very amusing and i think it great you have realised a website about the passion so many of us have... the martini.
Tim |
21st April 2005 | Tim Cane Hi neil i love your website i think it is very amusing and i think it great you have realised a website about the passion so many of us have... the martini.
Tim |
21st April 2005 | Samantha Loving the website babe. How can i get ,more involved in the Martini Henry Rifle. Love it well done. Whats your number. |
21st April 2005 | Charlie Salmon I love mr sorley |
22nd April 2005 | Andy Lee Top site Neil, good work, you have certainly scored a hit with Samantha.
Andy |
22nd April 2005 | Carl Daeche Neil,
Congratulations great site and good close up photos. Looking forward to seeing more. If I can help further let me know?
Well done.
Carl |
22nd April 2005 | Miguel Great site!
Just a small suggestion: you use the same word twice in adjacent sentences. Maybe you would like to replace one of them?:
'The Martini Henry was EXTREMELY popular with the British soldier. It was EXTREMELY robust (...)'
Other than that, as I said, great site!
Miguel |
22nd April 2005 | Miguel
Out of curiosity:
In the winchesters we see in westerns, the lever is actuated with the anverse of the four fingers of the right, gripping hand.
The lever in a MH doesn't have the same form, so what part of the hand does the firer use to actuate the lever?
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22nd April 2005 | Barry Iacoppi N.Z The thumb.
Barry |
24th April 2005 | AMB Very good..
AMB |
12th May 2005 | Michael Boyle Barry,
Is that part of the drill? I found myself placing my thumb on the cross hatched indentation and activating the lever with my ring and little fingers.( Perhaps just an artifact from shooting Winchesters.)
Neil,
Great start! Perhaps you could include illustrations from the original drill manuals?(Wouldn't they be public domain by now?)
Best
Michael |
13th May 2005 | Barry Iacoppi N.Z. Michael. I never gave it much thought. I have done most of my Martini shooting with a MKIV. The lever “loop” on that would make it difficult to reach your way. As one who has to fire from the left shoulder I can’t use the thumb indent as intended. However I like a solid grip on my lever so as I can give a positive push and pull to the lever. Not sure I could do that with two fingers. I just assumed the thumb in the loop was the logical way to go. I have no idea if this is the norm or military practice. I am starting to doubt it.
Barry |