Military training rifles

[smle-man]

Three small bore training rifles from different eras:



Australian #2mkIV .22lr version of the .303#1mkIII. These were also made in the UK and India. Converted from a .303 rifle.




Martini Cadet made by BSA pre 1900 in .310-120. I shoot .32SW long rounds in it with good success. This one was issued to the Cadet Military Force of New South Wales Australia


French MAS 45 .22lr, a continuation of the WW2 German KKW training rifle. The French carted off the tooling for the KKW after WW2 and produced it for their own use.

[Peter in CA]

smle-man,
Very nice. That MAS is quite good looking. How does it shoot? I would like to get one of that rifle some day.

Peter in CA

[westcoast362]

That SMLE is really nice. It must be strange shooting a .22 out of a heavy rifle like that.
I also have a MAS 45, and it is a very good shooter.

[beerman]

outstanding trio you got there,nice, nice,nice. These are a tough thing to find/collect,especially in that kind of shape. Whats mext,german,american?

[smle-man]

Whateve opportunities present themselves...

[mievil]

I really like the #2 MkIV. Very, very cool.