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Old 05-22-2011, 02:53 PM
Dean2 Dean2 is offline
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I LOVE hornets, and because of that I have, and have had, quite a lot of them in pretty much every conceivable configuration. The Martini is more correctly a rolling block action, whereas the ruger is a true falling block. I currently have a Uberti Rolling block in 22 Hornet, and a Ruger #3 in 22 hornet. I have done extensive work to the Ruger, pressure screw in hanger, floated and glassed the forearm and had the trigger worked over and tuned to a light pull. It shoots well under a MOA but my CZ, Anschutz or Browning bolt guns will outshoot it quite easily.

That said, both the Ruger nad the Uberti have accounted for a ton of gophers and shooting vermin and game is what a Hornet really is made for. I would go for it on the Martinin Hornet. That is one version of the Hornet I have never owned and am still looking for a BSA Martini. They are quite a bit harder to come by in Canada.



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