As ever the intro vignette was hilarious. I trust the Martini-Henry has recovered from it's pre-shooting work-out.

The red band is a nice touch. The Americans produced the .45-55 cartridge for cavalry carbines during this period, but it looked identical to the .45-70. The chief difficulty seems to have been that, when on the range, people would sneak a few cartridges out of their friends belts and replace them with the full power load, causing a round with a surprising amount of recoil. Because soldiers.

Great stuff. You are carrying out my wish list for Victorian era firearms. It was interesting that in the flawed but still very watchable 1979 film 'Zulu Dawn' that versions of this weapon was very well represented. Even shown as arming units of the 24th Regiment but you can sympathize with film makers in the difficulty of securing period accurate weapons.

If the United States and England did a collaboration to form the best breach loading black powder cartridge firearm of the time, then I think a Martini-Henry chambered for 45-70 government would be it. I love the action of a Martini-Henry, but I have a 1884 trapdoor Springfield that shoots (with no blow tubing) group sizes smaller than the figure of merits you get with your Martinis. I think the ammunition has a lot to do with this. 45-70 comes in a lot smaller package, therefore, the powder has to be compressed. With the bullet firmly seated on a compressed charge of 65 to 70 grains of black powder, there is no need for any filler or wads. The three large grease grooves in the bullet holds enough antifouling to keep fouling mitigated for several shots. Maybe the South Carolina humidity helps with this also. I've learned so much from your videos over the years. Keep up the good content.

Interesting that your carbine comes from South Australia. One of the old forts built during the Russian Scare (Fort Glanville) has been preserved and once a month an open day is held, during which they (volunteer re-enactors) live fire various artillery pieces. As artillery, their side arm is the Martini-Henry carbine, usually topped by a massive sword style bayonet. The re-enactment troop are a feature of the Anzac Day dawn service at Semaphore where they fire three volleys from the carbines.

Thank you. Brilliant work as always.

This reminds me of what I went through in boot camp. If you screwed up your back goes up against the wall and slide down to a position that looked like you were sitting in a 🪑. Then you hold your M1 Garand straight out in front of you. Then the fun wait. lol

Pokey drill. Flash backs. I am now re-traumatised. 😬

Love seeing your method for working up the load. Going to be doing the same with my 1888 Springfield Trapdoor

Always learn something new.

First! Starting off a rifle work-up with a vigorous pre-smoking session... damn fine soldiering!

LOL loved that intro. Got to train hard to maintain standards.

I actually nodded when you asked to come along, lol! So excited for another great video!!

Your understated humour is a hallmark of your presentations. Your hands-on experimentations to verify your extensive document research is astounding.

Martini Henry overdose with this after all the C&Rsenal videos about it.

Looks like I'm not the only one that got motivated by Papa Swolio. "Go to the gym!" Okay...I guess... The ICI might double as a pretty good Indian Club, haha

Thanks for being so methodical and taking into account historical accuracy. Top notch

Always glad to see a new video pop up

Outstanding Sir, amazing attention to detail as usual. Looking forward to the series.

Fascinating as always!

I do love this channel lol. Thank you for making all these great history/shooting videos.

Super interesting video; thank you, Rob!

Thanks a lot for the splendid and informative presentation. Looking forward for more.

Another brilliant program and love the screen shots 😊

Your thoroughness and attention to detail is much appreciated.

Rob is possibly the only man in the world who can make a video on load development, and keep the viewers awake through the entire video.

Very fun and informative. Good job.

Congrats on the new Martini Henry. Can't wait to see more videos on it. thanks for the advice on the foam backer rod as a filler

Entertaining, informative, and presented in fine form. Just what I'd expect. Thank you!

That is truly a beautiful carbine in excellent condition. So glad you were able to find it. I really enjoyed this video. I actually have data on my table for reloading my Snider Carbine for a future Summer range day. Thanks for the inspirational video.

Legend - coincides with me working up loads for my Artillery carbine. What luck! Really enjoyed the volley fire section in several screens. Thank you again.

A very neatly done demonstration and video, thank you.

Greatly appreciate the video! It is amazing to see the rich history and classic elegance of such a fine firearm.......thank you every so.

The British cavalry were absolutely metal. Considering the carbine was lighter weight than the American Trapdoor carbine, but used a powder charge and bullet weight that were slightly heavier than the 45-70-405 (and later the 45-70-500) which was used in rifles while the 45-55-405 was used in the carbines.

Beautiful Carbine, that is a chonky round heheh, very nice bud-- cheers!!

9:58 great video work. I liked that shot.

great vid ...... always entertaining and informative keep up the brilliant efforts 🙂🙂🙂

Never saw a martini in action. Thank you!

well done!!

Your Videos are just great. They always make my day better

Was that McKenzie working out? Always fun that one

I realized when editing my own video the other day I hadn’t seen any of your content in my feed in awhile! I’m glad to see you’re still making content!

Brilliant! What a nifty firearm that is.

I do love paper patched but sadly my rifle dont. But where's the horse? 😅

Love your case rammer Rob, noticed it right off. Don’t know how many times I’ve scraped and cleaned one.

A great video Rob, and well up to your usual excellent standard! I was interested to see you using foam backing rod. This is something I have recently switched to using in my MH MkII. I found that on a hot day, cotton wool formed a really hard fouling in the barrel which affected the shooting badly. Foam backing road has been successful for me so far, though other range users are always amused to see it in flight, following the bullet! Thanks again for such an interesting video. Best wishes, Jason

Smashing! I'm not going to be truly happy until you ride up, fire five rounds, remount and retire in good order whilst dressed in full Frontier Light Horse kit lol. Excellent Rob, as always.

That is a beautiful little thumper!

Nice presentation mick

Pvt Makenzie better watch out 😂

ooh, good call out for the ARMAX journal re-print

Hello once more from the sunny south Okanagan, thanks for another excellent presentation sir. While I believe I've seen a Martini Cavalry Carbine at the Cody museum and possibly at the annual Penticton gun show, I know I've never handled one. It is a cute little arm for sure! Look forward to seeing it in future videos. Stay well.

I enjoyed watching the video.its beautiful cavalry carbine rifle

Grease cookie, eh? Does it taste good? Don't lie, Rob, I know you've tried it

Beautiful carbine Rob and I love the cute pink patched boolits. 😁👍👍👏👏👏👏👏 I tried that foam rod, in my 577-500 No2 Martini, and it certainly does a good job of filling the space in the case, but I didn't like polluting the environment with the stuff. I have stuck with using raw wool as a packing and it smells of lanolin when fired and works exceptionally well. I have a friend who is a sheep farmer and it wasn't hard to get a rejected fleece from him and one fleece will help fill thousands of cased at a few grams each.

The multi frms volly was cool!

Now there's an idea of how to combine working out with a shooting hobby.

I may have mentioned this before in a comment over the years - as a long time viewer - but you are living out a very specific type of fantasy of mine that frankly my wife would never understand, as an Englishman. I look forward to each of your posts, and am eternally grateful that I get to both live in an age where I can view this stuff, but also have lived in an age where the thought of this kind of content was mere fantasy; emphasising my enjoyment that much more now that I get to enjoy it.

Where is @garandthumb when you need him. Well done. Excellent quality production.

That's a sweet little gun.

Excellent!

On your part Rob, this must have been a very time consuming video, which I greatly enjoyed.

Pretty elegant looking firearm from the British empire I always had a fascination with the martini Henry because of battlefield 1 and Zulu

Beautiful ammo!!!!!!

That thump... I'm in love

Recently saw 2.of these at a Gun Show. One in .577/450 Martini Henry and the other in .303 British. Unfortunately the prices on each were way outside what I could afford.

Awesome video as always, Rob! I loved the looks of the carbine. Too bad Davide Pedersoli hasn’t seen fit to make a Martini Henry replica. I suppose there isn’t a large enough potential market, but I can dream. Looking forward to more content with your new carbine.

It was interesting to see the difference between the foam and the cotton wool.

That is a nice looking carbine

Outstanding video 2 thumbs up from a history nut

The graphs are great but I really liked the load where the pattern was a circle. The 65gr second grouping I think.

Excellent work as always. Being British i have access to sheep fleece that I can gather from barb wire fences to use as packing in my MH cartridges. It tends not to burn and packs the case well. I can recommend not using dog hair gathered from a pet groomers, as the smell is most unpleasant 😂

Rifle PT, actually a thing in the Canadian Army. I did it with the FN C1 and with the C7, and is not as easy as one would think.

Like the SMLE and K98 its just one of those guns that stands out for its film roles let alone battle honours

Open the video, sees rifle PT, "Oh, Atkins screwed up again..."

Great Vid! Just subscribed! Hey what jacket is that your wearing?

Hello Rob, thanks for another great video. Nice to see a carbine put through its paces with some different loads. I know you are huge fan of the figure of merit but have you considered say shooting 12 and taking the best 10 to help iron out any shooters "twitch" effecting the results and focusing more on the rifle/ammunition/load result ? Cheers Chris

No matter how you cut it, the older we get, the rounder we get.

Thank you for this very interesting video (thank a lot for the à la Village People intro). I take advantage of this dull comment to ask what's the difference between "Model" and "Pattern" in a military regulation context.

Is it possible mirage might be hosing your sight picture near the tail end of the string......curious. You ARE a better shot than I am.

Ditch the foam backer. The lazy or easy route isn't always the best. Have you tried scrunched up cigarette papers, King Size, as a filler. It works and its biodegradable too. :-)

Sarco has martini henry bandoliers for sale for only 45$ US at least they were anyways. for anyone thats interested.

Hello I have a question could you do a shooting video of the baker rifle with bayonet attached to see if there is a difference in accuracy? Love your videos keep up the good work 👍

If you don't set fire to BC, I'd love to see any further data you work up. Great video.

Very interesting. I have such a carbine from my dad. I bought reloading dies befor a few weeks. But brass isn't available.... Your videos are always the best about this theme.

ohhh me wants - i have a Martini-Enfield Carbine - but one of these..... oh yeah almost as cute as the Host! lol.....

I think you just invented a new pipe tune. "The 72.5 grain". It could be a bit like the finale to the 1812 overture.

I am surprised the foam backer rod did not burn. Since I got a piece to burn by accident when sobering some copper pluming.

it must take a while to get a tray full of rounds/the blew tube is ingenious/ at least the ninth round wasn't a squib/ can the carbine adjusted for windage?

Whoever ends up saw milling that tree is not gonna be happy. Pick a different back stop please. Great video.

I am curious about where you shoot. It looks like you have the whole of the vast Canadian forest for a range.

You should film yourself doing a feu de joie!

Hello Again I was curious to the size of your paper patch? I am about to load my first batch, carbine and the patch seems too wide. I cut about a 1/4 inch off and seems that is about right but wanted to see what you did as well. Thanks for your help and Great videos.

How would the cavalry carry their carbines? (Enfield/martini etc) would they be loaded or empty and loaded on first contact?

In the documentary from 'History Hit' 'Forgotten Revolutionary War Battlefield Skeletons Discovered | Battle of Camden' They show a piece of flint at least 4 times bigger than the one I use in my Brown Bess. (min 12.47) What flintlock musket would use such a huge flint?

It may seem a stupid question but how does barrel length effect range and distance accuracy. Ian macollum (forgotten weapons)? was firing a carbine Martini and it had a respectable kick . This seemed to be the result of too great a powder charge.

Those are big slugs!! 😎😎

Be nice if you could adjust the windage.

You know you could get a Morris tube for that to shoot regular modern .45 colt or .45acp ammo.. it's quite nice and not loud

Are there no ticks in Canada? Wearing shorts in tall grass here means weeks of itching from tick bites. And that’s after finding all the odd places they crawl into. The red paper is a nice touch.