Shooting the Sharps 50-90 .50 cal

[LPtheDESTROYER]

That rifles the beauty and the beast rolled into one

[20alphabet]

Hey, if you also wear a camouflage hat people won't be able to see what you're thinking !

[sheepsfoot2]

not bad shooting....considering all that wind & such a light barreled rifle ,shooting a massive round 50/90....how did your shoulder look the next morning...hahaha.

you can see why the buffalo hunters,used a 16+ pound rifle..the barrel looking more like a axle,on there horse drawn, supply wagon................

its a shame your not into black powder rifle shooting....i been shooting for 40years ....i reckon your a natural...i see a lot of potential.

[65LB]

Wait til it gets REAL windy!

[490Dodesheide]

hey if you want to see some prices on those big bore calibers, go to mashburnssafarimilitarygoods (dotcom) /rifleammo50700.aspx

there you can find lots of factory loaded calibers up to 700 nitro express (which cost 400 dollars for 5 rounds!!!)

have fun ;)

[Hobbes0331]

Were do you get those rounds? You probably load your own right?

[HairyMark13]

@Hobbes0331 That's my cousins rifle.He loaded the rounds.Vern went to Gunsmithing school somewhere in Colorado.

[fullstrutn]

hairymark oooh 3'' slugs are nothing to joke about ,I used to shoot a 45 70 Shiloh sharps but hand loaded 450 grain cast pure lead bulletsand used3f powder for higher velocity and cleaner burn with a measured 85 grains ,didn't kick bad at all ,ONLY because I added about 2 or 3 lbs. of lead into buttstock

[craveman85]

@fullstrutn 85 grains in a 45-70? you would be pouring powder out on the floor.

[fullstrutn]

with that much the bullet would drift 4 or 5 inches and it's not a sharps its a high wall

[HairyMark13]

@fullstrutn I'm not really into old firearms.I think the 50-90 refers to the round,the rifle is custom.It was VERY windy and a little over 200 yards.I can shoot 3" slugs all day and that 50-90 was kickin' My ass.

[theotherbush]

@HairyMark13 the 50 stands for bullet diameter and the 90 stands for 90 grains of blackpowder

[yeti042]

@fullstrutn Sharps created the .50-90 in the late 1800's to specifically hunt Buffalo. It also came in .50-100 and .50-110. The round is considered "obsolete" now a days.

But, to reference your comment, all 3 were created by the Sharps Maunfacturing Company in or around the 1870's I believe.

[fullstrutn]

with that much the bullet would drift 4 or 5 inches

[karlaschultz1]

how much do those rounds cost

[HairyMark13]

@karlaschultz1 I don't know . I'll have to call Vern and ask.I think He loads his own.

[msborst]

haha" we dont want to shoot no puss loads"

[HairyMark13]

My cousin Vern built that rifle.

[Weedus2]

I forgot to say,i want to buy a Sharps too.Till now i own a small-caliber .36 Rifle,a cal.45 Cavalery Carbine,a heavy cal.45 Plains-Pistol and a collection of Derringers.But none can match with the 50-90 Bison Rifle.But its too expensive for me atm.But in future i will buy one.

[Weedus2]

I realy love the Sharps Rifle.Since i first saw it in the Movie "Quigly,the Australian" i loved it.

Look the Size of the Cartridges and the loading Mechanism.

Billy Ray Dixon,a famous Wild-West Guy,killed an Red-Indian on a distance of 1400 Meters.He shoot him of the Horse,this lead to the escape of the other Indians in a Battle.

[deusimperator]

@Weedus2

It is definitely not a Sharps; it looks like an Winchester 1885 High Wall. Also it is called a Buffalo Rifle. However the last herd of plains bison was shot in 1884 so the high wall came too late.

[blork5]

That's no Sharps.

That's a 1885 High Wall rifle.

[blork5]

Look at 1:46 you can see the exposed hammer of the 1885 high wall.

The Sharps 1874 had a side hammer

The Sharps 1875 had a side hammer

The Sharps 1878 had a striker

[MegaZsolti]

lol sry

[blork5]

The cartridge it fires is a .50-90 Sharps.