The wood used on this rifle is very nicely grained with pretty figure. 218 Mashburn Bee Martini action rifle can be found for sale on Cabela’s if you click here.įor those interested in the history of the small BSA Martini action there is a good page on Bob Adams website. That being said I had my own custom Martini fitted with a cross bolt safety on the trigger for added peace of mind, something a competent gunsmith could add to this rifle if desired. The Martini action can be carried open with a cartridge in the breech and silently closed when ready to make the shot, so safety is obvious and effective. The single shot ensures the shooter will make certain that first shot counts.

Recoil and report are both mild so this rifle would be a very good rifle for a beginning shooter. The Mashburn Bee is sufficiently powerful for varmint’s and was popular up until it was superceded by the. 218 Mashburn Bee which is based on the old 25/20 rifle cartridge, and for which cases can be made from common 32/20 cases. They are excellent if you are looking for a very lightweight varmint rifle. Rifles built on the small BSA Martini action tend become small, light, lively handling little rifles. It is pleasing to see that the right side of the action has not been lowered to make reloading easier when using a low mounted rifle-scope. It isn’t necessary in my experience to do this and I’m pleased to observe that the action of this rifle has not been altered in this way. Some custom gunsmiths, when they modify a Martini action for a sporting rifle lower the receiver side on the right hand side to make loading the rifle easier when it is fitted with a low mounted rifle-scope. Minor pitting is common on the top of the Martini falling block. The rifle we are featuring that is on offer from Cabela’s shows a little evidence of this on the top of the loading block, as my own rifle did, but the pitting has been well re-polished. 310 Cadet ammunition was corrosive so the Martini actions can be prone to some corrosion damage. 310 Greener) the rifles would commonly be used for kangaroo control by farmers in Australia. In Australia and New Zealand there were tens of thousands of Martini Cadet rifles made and used for cadet training and for hunting and vermin control. The small BSA Martini action was perhaps the main British rifle action for target shooting competition and for cadet training.

The rifle is built on a nicely re-finished BSA Martini action. Mine was fitted with a medium weight 26″ Shilen barrel and with it I had many happy years fox whistling. I had a custom rifle very similar to this one in. Pretty wood, nicely finished metalwork and stock adds up into a very nice small game rifle. 218 Mashburn Bee looks to be one of the prettiest fox and varmint rifles I’ve seen. Built on the British BSA small martini action this custom single shot rifle for sale on Cabela’s chambered for the.

Bsa martini cadet model