Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Single Shots Marini Cadet, redux

I recently acquired a customized Martini Cadet - .357 magnum, 26" octagon barrel, color case hardened receiver, Parker-Hale target sights, 6 pounds even. The gun came with a cheek piece on the "wrong" side so I rasped it off, and then refinished both pieces of wood with 10 coats glossy spar varnish rubbed out and waxed. Not enchanted with the lever treatment so that may (or may not) get re-curved for a closer fit to the wrist and the hook replaced with a ball.

Original intent was to re-chamber to .357 Maximum but doggonit it shoots darned nicely as-is, and the 26" barrel yields velocities that equal or surpass .357 Max velocities out of short barrels, so I think I'll leave it alone.