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I don’t know if this is off topic or not but I just obtained a box of Dominion 22HP cartridges and on it there is a blurb about for Savage and BSA rifles. Did a quick Google search and came up bupkis. What rifle or rifles did BSA chamber for this cartridge. Thank you for your time.

I don't know the answer but can venture a guess. They made a lot of rifles on the Martini action, the 22HP (5.6x52R) would have been a good fit in the Martini and was a very popular cartridge in Europe.

A couple years ago I passed on a nice BSA/Martini target 22. I would have snagged it but I had my sights set on something else. As said above, a BSA/Martini in a factory offering would not be unreasonable.

BSA also made many rifles on the Lee-Enfield action, and I suspect that a Lee could have also been modified to feed the .22HP. But I've never actually seen either a BSA Martini or Lee chambered for the .22HP.

It's possible that they are all hiding in Northern Canada (some at the bottom of muskegs by now....).

I've actually held a couple of Martini's that were in 25-35(6.5x52R), I was on the hunt for a 25-35 after I sold my 1899B in 25-35. I can't say whether they were factory BSA rifles though. I ended up with a BRNO combo gun in 22 HP, pictures are in another thread here.

I have a couple Cadet Martinis awaiting the chopping block. How did you read my mind how one will be configured?!

I've had Greener Martini "Cadet" (the Australian version, like a BSA small action) with a .25-35 bbl. for a couple of decades. Frank de Haas thought it would be a good ctg. for a single shot and he was right.