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Does this count? It's chambered in 50-90 Sharps.

Please add me to the list! I have very much enjoyed your comments on AH and appreciate the sharing of your expertise. What a life you've had.

Seating depth definitely has implications on pressure. I mentioned somewhere here that pressure goes up as freespace is reduced so if you seat the bullet deeper pressure increases. Conversely the shallower you seat pressure is reduced. Of course there are limits to that because of coming in...

User your Ruger No 1.

There is truth to this. The discrepancy is about 10% on the conservative side; that is published in the QL manual somewhere. QL tends to be conservative for most, not all, cartridges but following good hand-loading practices should keep you out of trouble. Never assume that there is a...

There's some good comments here and you will be able to find some good published data. The 500 NE, like many of these large straight case cartridges, has it's roots in the black powder era. Obviously it has a very large case capacity so you will need to remain cognoscente of your load density...

Yeah, there's a 20ga version also, just don't understand the mechanics. Not my problem though.

Yeah, my 500 Sharps barely makes it.

The rim diameter on that cartridge could be a problem.

Beautiful wood!

This is what started me down this path. It's a 50-90 tipped with a 570gr Peregrine Bushmaster seated just off the lands. The best I was able to get out of it was 2018fps, about 140fps short of my. minimum goal. That's certainly enough UMPH but goals are goals.

25" barrel, 1:20 twist.

Well there is that; mostly that. As I understand the history, the 50-140 Sharps was a bit of an advertising gimmic as you say. Even though Sharps Rifle Company had just gone out of business, or on the cusp of doing so, Winchester recognized that the Sharps name carried the credentials. The...

Yeah, that's my only real option. Darn stuff is really expensive but as someone pointed out I don't need all that many to last a long time. I have to get a hold of some and find the dimensions to compare with the 50-90. They should be the same since the are supposed to use the same base and...

I showed you mine, your turn.

I'm afraid that wouldn't help. The 50-110 is actually a bit smaller in dimensions and of course capacity. I have measured the volume of the 50-90 Sharps carefully, several times, and with Starline brass it is 116gr H2O. That is more than what I've seen published. Although I've never measured the...

Actually he and I have had some very good PM conversations on and around this subject. It turned out that he has played around with the 50-90 but has not focused on it, perhaps that will change. He always has a lot of irons in the fire. The thing is, and this is a guess, even if I were to go to...

This is the proposed reamer diagram.

This is the current version of the chamber diagram. I think it's pretty close. I measured the critical dimensions from a dummy 2.5" cartridge that I had. The throat has gone through several iterations before coming to what you see here; it may still change (shrug).

For the past several months I’ve been investigating rechambering my Ruger No 1, 50-90 Sharps to increase the chamber length by a bit. As far as I know the 50-90 was the largest cartridge that the Sharps Rifle Company ever commercially produced; the 50-140 Sharps was actually created by...

Not 2 crossbolts, just one ahead of the magazine. I had the other installed for the on-rushing tanks.

Great!

I too would like to have new one-piece bottom metal made. If you know of someone that can do it, or better yet has done it, please let me know. Morris at Alaska Arms has CNC code for a belly floorplate but that just replaces to existing Ruger floorplate. I'm also considering modifying the...

Not a stupid question. The RSM has an under barrel rib, part of the reason it's so frick'n heavy. The front screw goes directly into that rib and ties the barrel to the stock; the barrel is not floated. The real interesting thing is the other screw, that goes to the recoil lug that floats...

The last of the work is now done and I'm very pleased with the result. The last of the work was rust bluing and that came in at $360, a little below the estimate. Now the fun starts.

I've taken buffalo with traditional bullets up to this point, Woodliegh and Hornady, but I decided to switch to Peregrines for an October trip. My impression was that the Weldcore over expanded but retained weight and the DGX lost a lot of weight. All I've shot so far is paper with Peregrines...

I've waited to respond 'til the dust settled. First I would like to say that I'm reasonably sure that this incident is weighing heavy on your mind as I know it would with me. There are many endeavors that people engage in that can end up badly for those that choose to follow that path. I too...

Don, another AH member, and I took, KLM to Dar in 2022 via Amsterdam. We ended up at baggage claim and watched as everyone else claimed their luggage and left. We actually had retrieved everything 'cept our rifles. I don't recall how long we waited well past when everything was shut down. That...

I should have mentioned that the video of my buffalo hunt was entirely on an iPhone and put together later with some video editing to clean things up and add some background music. May not be "professional" but it came out pretty darn good; plus it was a big surprise when I heard that it was...

Bruce did the bolt work on my RSM; checkering, jeweling and rust blue, absolutely wonderful workmanship.

My PH put a 31-min video of my buffalo hunt.

Eh, your original post said 1600-1700fps, now your up to 1800-2200fps. That of course is a big difference and makes a big difference. Given proper bullet construction those new velocities are, as you say, adequate. I'm still wondering about the rifle that this is intended for. You can ask...

I don't know what rifle your working with, sounds interesting; care to share some rifle info? As an option you could try Hawk bullets ( https://hawkbullets.com ). Hawks are cup & core like Woodleigh Weldcore but the jackets are soft copper and would be easier on historical firearms. They also...

probably not. At 1700fps that's only 2824ft/lbs of energy. You didn't mention the particular Woodleigh so I'll take a guess at their Weldcore (Catalog #8). Weldcores are good traditional bullet but this one needs 1700-2000fps according to their own website.

Yes. https://bertrambrass.com/

Actually, I'm not looking specifically for Bertram Brass, I'm looking for a particular case that I've only found with Bertram. I've heard some not too complimentary things about Bertram brass but really don't have much choice. Midway and Graff's do not have what I need. I would like Starline but...

I've been looking for some hard-to-find brass and discovered what II need advertised on the Bertram USA site. I'm concerned about placing an order because their only contact information is an email address; no address or phone number that I could find. I did make an inquiry using the email...

Has anyone tried GunSport Pro (GSP15) by etymotic? They talk a good game but ya never know. https://www.etymotic.com/product/gun-sport-pro/

Not really into the cult of personality. The only people I want to hunt Africa with are my PH and trackers.

TSX does not have a plastic tip, TTSX does and it would be a long bullet. A 300gr TSX is 1.492" long, the 250gr TTSX is 1.438' long.

Ah yes, I forgot about the color scheme, I took was warned about blue colors being like a neon sign for a tsetse buffet.

The following from my hunt report .... "The quintessential Tsetse fly is an irritating presence. These things are about four times the size of a house fly and the bite is incredible. They are also tough little suckers; you can’t simply swat them; they have to be crushed. They attack in swarms...

Not yet, I'll let you know if I find out anything.

Well this may start a rehash of what's already been rehashed several times over. In any case I surely do hope that you are correct because I purchased a VX6HD 1x6x24 Firedot just a few months ago for my 375 H&H. I too believe that it will be perfect for buffalo and any other African critter.

Are there trustworthy companies that can ship firearms between the US and Africa (RSA?). I had read an article in the SCI magazine about this, I think it was by Boddington, unfortunately that is long gone now. If at all possible at times it may be advantageous to ship. For instance, if you...

even though this topic has been broached on occasion I wanted to thank for brining it up. I have a project that touches a similar question but with a different cartridge, one that does not exist as yet. I'm working on the reamer diagrams now in the area of the throat so any additional info I can...

Yes, send it back and have them address the issue(s). You spent good money on it, have them make it right.

I know nothing about Fierce so I did "The Google" on it. It appears that they are into light weight rifles. If this rifle is the 6lbs I see it will likely kick like a mule. A 10lb 375 H&H has about 40lbs of free recoil. Granted it's not a big bore but ....? Anyway, you have what you have. Get...

Ditch the picatinny rail and get a decent mounting system. That thing is going to interfere with reloading in a pinch. Doesn't fit the rifle anyway.

Hmmmmm, I see a "Hotline Monoliths" dropdown off The Discrete Ballistics home page. Hotline is the webstore that David told me he was going to set up with Peregrine. I'm interested in Bushmaster so got in there and do not see any VRG-2 at all or .375's but I do see my .510 VRG-3. Hotline is...