All that time casting.....
12-31-2015, 06:47 PM
#41
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
Pete,
Maybe those who were so dirt poor that they couldn't afford the surplus .50-70s that the Army was blowing out, which were being replaced by the .45-70s. This is why the Sharps was called the "Big Fifty", as it was bigger than a .50-70.
Hey, a lot of nice pictures, and a darned pretty rifle! I'm not going to get into a long response....Edited by Champlain Islander...
May the New Year be even better than this one has been!
OldBob
Maybe those who were so dirt poor that they couldn't afford the surplus .50-70s that the Army was blowing out, which were being replaced by the .45-70s. This is why the Sharps was called the "Big Fifty", as it was bigger than a .50-70.
Hey, a lot of nice pictures, and a darned pretty rifle! I'm not going to get into a long response....Edited by Champlain Islander...
May the New Year be even better than this one has been!
OldBob
The mountain men of those days resisted using a caplock long after it was available.
Don't change what's working is a motto to live by.
12-31-2015, 07:14 PM
#42
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Paradise
Posts: 23,428
I closed this thread for the night and will open again in the morning. I am doing this to eliminate any further continuance of the flame war that has developed over a choice of projectiles. .....CI
The thread is back...please play nice.
The thread is back...please play nice.
Last edited by Champlain Islander; 01-01-2016 at 02:58 AM.
01-11-2016, 10:14 AM
#43
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hayes, Va.
Posts: 2,332
MD54,
Such a deal I have for you. You know I'm never going to use the round ball mold. Plus I have a .50 RB TC mold. Give me an address and I'll send them to you. My son doesn't cast, so this stuff would probably get tossed when I die. I'm on the fence about the .54 Maxi. Are they any good?
OldBob
Such a deal I have for you. You know I'm never going to use the round ball mold. Plus I have a .50 RB TC mold. Give me an address and I'll send them to you. My son doesn't cast, so this stuff would probably get tossed when I die. I'm on the fence about the .54 Maxi. Are they any good?
OldBob
