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If you don't have time or an inclination to watch a six minute YouTube video you might want to pass on this historical information. Otherwise, I found this interesting and informative. Enjoy.
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Pictures of old cartridges' I took a 300 Remington ultra brass and cut off at the shoulder and the dimensions are not far off from the 50-90 sharps. I saw a thread a couple years ago about swagging a rim unto rimless brass and it was clever and easy.
First was the .50-95 in the Model 1876. It used 300-gr. bullets and Winchester rated it at 1,493 fps. In one original loaner I shot, velocity hit 1,501 fps with 85 grains of black powder and a 314-gr. bullet. More recently a Cimarron/Uberti ’76 .50-95 gave 1,434 fps with 75 grains of powder and a 350-gr. bullet. https://gunsmagazine.com/rifles/heavy-leverage/
For me it gave some choices. It is not too hard do what I did if using a computer. Great link and I drool with envy to see such guns. Such history and they were made in america. I still can not figure out why the round was called a 50-95.Yep, that's it. Is the link I posted wrong? Thanks for pointing that out.
No one seems to be putting 95 grains of bp in it.Isn't 50 the caliber and 95 grains the black powder load?
The '76 is toggle link lockup. It is supposed be weaker than the '86Wondering what pressure levels you can load this up to ??
My 45-90Express can be loaded to 45K psi AND BEYOND in Ruger #1,Mauser,NEF,etc,actions.
Mine will produce about 5,000fpe with the right bullet /load. ---- SAWMAN
Isn't 50 the caliber and 95 grains the black powder load?
There can still be some confusion as for example, not all 45-70's were loaded with 70 grains of black powder.American BP cartridges used two or three numbers to designate the caliber. 95 (the second figure) is the designed max grain load for the cartridge. More info below on that, including the full three figure caliber designation.
A Sharps, or Remington falling block, in 50-110 would be a hoot to load and shoot for!
https://www.chuckhawks.com/cartridge_names.htm