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Re: Zulu the film, 50 years old.
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:35 pm
by froggy
Thanks for the explaination . So if you are lucky enough to have 11 like 450 Martini, you must chose the one that you will shoot, put it on you FAC & have if locked in the safe at all times and the 10 other ones can' t be shot but be "decorating" you mantel piece ? Is that correct ?
Re: Zulu the film, 50 years old.
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:38 pm
by tackb
froggy wrote:Thanks for the explaination . So if you are lucky enough to have 11 like 450 Martini, you must chose the one that you will shoot, put it on you FAC & have if locked in the safe at all times and the 10 other ones can' t be shot but be "decorating" you mantel piece ? Is that correct ?
er , yes !
I know it sounds crazy but then I can have a 300 Remington ultra mag rifle but not a browning buckmark 22lr pistol , go figure?
Re: Zulu the film, 50 years old.
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:03 pm
by 450 Martini
Yes thats how our flawed system works!
i have 3 on ticket at the moment. the rest are part of my antique collection.
i currently have:
Brendalin arms MK1 (commercial pattern)
1875 BSA MK I/II
1885 BSA MK II
1879 ENFIELD MKIII
1885 BSA MKIII
1886 ENFIELD MK IV B TYPE
1887 ENFIELD MK IV C TYPE
1885 IC1 CAVALRY CARBINE
1875 ARTILLERY CARBINE MK2
1874/1899 MARTINI-ENFLELD MK2 303
Nepalese "gahendra"
and a cased Armourers gauge action.
Shooting any Martini-Henry is a experiance not soon forgotten!
Re: Zulu the film, 50 years old.
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:44 pm
by Charlie Muggins
There is a story floating round from a reliable source that a reenactor chap wanted a martini, for shooting ball at the range, for shooting blank at events and to hang on the wall. He was advise by his FEO to buy three.
Re: Zulu the film, 50 years old.
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 7:32 pm
by Ares590
450 Martini wrote:
Shooting any Martini-Henry is a experiance not soon forgotten!
Now that I have to agree with, Didn't kick as much as I thought it would, that said I don't even think I was on paper....
Re: Zulu the film, 50 years old.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:04 am
by froggy
450 Martini decided to go to the flicks in London with his mates...
Odeon cinema it was...
but after arriving at Leicester Square, they clearly did not agree with the outrageously high tickets price and tried to muscle in ...
Eventually Prince Harry, who also wanted to see the film, came over to calm things down...
the randy sod even try to park our mate 450 Martini's date
Re: Zulu the film, 50 years old.
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 5:37 pm
by 450 Martini
Sadly i was not at the Premier (although i know quite a few of the blokes in the picture), the reenactment group that did it are quite "select" and you have to be invited to join.
Re: Zulu the film, 50 years old.
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:42 pm
by dodgyrog
Apparently Prince Harry loves it too. You're in good company it seems.
Re: Zulu the film, 50 years old.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:15 pm
by ukrifleman
I am the proud owner of a Mk2 1872 Martini Enfield rifle, that was converted to .303 in 1899.
What blew me away was the pristine bore and the fact that it is proofed to 4150 bar at the Birmingham Proof House.
I would also like to share this anecdote, allegedly attributed to Stanley Baker.
When the cast of Zulu arrived in South Africa back in 1964(I think) to film the movie, they were told by an Apartheid Government Official, that anyone convicted of having sex with a "Native" would be flogged.
Allegedly Stanley Baker replied, `would it be possible to have both at the same time`!
ukrifleman.