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corbon.com 800.626.7266NEW PRICES!See more online atcorbon.com/bestforlessWhen it’s time to pull the trigger, be ready with the bone-breakingpower of COR®BON’S DPX ® Hunter. Perfect for large toughskinned, heavy-boned game. You’ve got one shot. Make it count.SURPLUS LOCKERThe 120-grain bullet dropped from the RCBSmold (left) works well. Norma’s swaged bullet(right) leaded badly.manufactured by Norma sometime inthe distant past as well as .310 brassby Bertram. Off went a check toHuntington. I thought my problemswere over. They weren’t. The Normabullets were as pretty as a picturebut proved to be dead-soft lead andgraphite coated. Loaded in fireformed.32-20 cases, they leaded thebore so badly it looked like the insideof a brick chimney within five shots. Ilaid the Martini aside.It took one of my hunting partners,Bud Bristow, who also owned alovely Martini Cadet in the original.310 chambering which he used forpursuing javelina, to remind me yearslater that RCBS had introduced amould for the heeled .310 Greenerbullet (mold 310-120-RN). Bristowhad also verified the accuracy of ahandload developed by Ross Seyfriedconsisting of 4.2 grains of HodgdonUniversal Clays powder. The RCBSbullet cast fairly hard lubricated withLee Liquid Alox and seated over a softwax wad. So far, it is the load for eitherthe .310 Greener or the .32-20/.310Greener and generates a velocity of1,200 to 1,220 fps. At 50 yards, it willcut 1-1/4" to 1-1/2" for four or fiveshots if the cast bullets are uniform..310 MARTINI CADETMAKER: BirminghamSmall arms Co. and W.W. GreenerPIVOTING BLOCK:Single shotCALIBER:.310 GreenerCAPACITY:1BARREL LENGTH:25"BARREL TWIST:1:20"OVERALL LENGTH:40-1/4"WEIGHT:5 pounds, 12 ouncesFINISH:BluedSIGHTS:Precision vernier rear, post frontSTOCK:WalnutPRICE:$400+ (original, unaltered condition)32WWW.GUNSMAGAZINE.COM • NOVEMBER 2011