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My rifle came in this past weekend. Between Gunner and Magnum Bob they are getting me squared away.

Awesome wood, very nice. Congratulations sir!

Congrats as that's a wonderful specimen!

HS 58

Very nice. A little fancier than my .50-90 Business Rifle. It is on the left below. That is sunlight in the middle of the stock

You know the thing about really nice wood is you absolutely never get tired of it. Hold it at a different angle and it's different view. Scott that dog will hunt with class. Mb

Details on the build?

It's a #1 Sporter
30" octagon barrel
Extra fancy walnut
Accent line
AA finish
Brass escutcheons
Pack harden case colors
Polish barrel
Polish screws
Schnabble on pistol grip
Checkering
Pewter forend tip
Steel butt plate


50 2 1/2" Sharps

Thank you fellas! I’m assembling bits and pieces but I’ll have it up and running soon!

Nice build!

I've thought a lot about ordering one of those, to go with my .45-90 Shiloh

I once had a Farmingdale Sharps 50-90.
It was an elk thumper for sure!!

The kiss by the sun is the proper christening of a beautiful rifle.
I have a .50-2.5 that I spent better than a quarter century behind sending over 25,000 600 plus grain bullets down range and I have failed on the misses and not Calamity. It shows usage marks, not safe marks.
Treat it well and it will return a smile brighter than the sun kiss on that wood.

Kurt

Nice! I think one would have to go to Europe to obtain comparable wood to metal fit.

Stopped by the factory on a Friday a couple weeks back and no one was in that day. Bummer, as it's a bit of run for me that I don't do very often.

Very nice.

Stunned that your stock is “extra fancy”!
Would’ve sworn that was “exhibition”

Thank you for all of the comments. I have been assembling some bits and pieces and am pretty close to getting it out. Rain has been near constant for me, but I have most everything I need to put some loads together soon. Magnum Bob and Gunner have been a huge help in making it a solid project.

It is truly about like learning to reload all over again with this one.

Beautiful rifle in my favorite caliber! Congratulations.

Regards,

Manny

Well, I think I finally got the sights regulated where they are supposed to be in order to get the ladder to regulate. Basic gist is about 5" high at 100 yards, so you 6 O'Clock hold it on targets. Well, today was overcast with some snow flurries.



I used Montana Bullet Works 700 grain Gov't bullet, 110 grains of Swiss 1.5F in Starline brass with CCI200's.



1st three went left quite a bit. I got out the hammer and punch and drifted the front sight to the left.







Shot the next 3...







Well, I felt good about the windage, so I fired another 3 just to make sure..







Well, now I was wondering what was going on, cause I should have been higher on elevation.. I cranked off another 3 rounds and had them all at the bottom of the plate.



So I got out the file started filing..



When I think I had enough, I fired three. Didn't clean between, just long enough to eject the empty and hammer another in the chamber.







I shot this, packed my bags and called it good enough for today.







Some perspective. 35 Whelen and 308 on the flank...

Cool,

Beretzs,

That's the same bullet I settled on in my 50. I used 120 grns of Goex Express FG, so its 50-120-700. I've taken animals up to around 700 pounds with it, and only recovered 1 bullet, that from a blue wildebeest at 217 yards. The bullet broke and shattered bone for around 9 inches (shoulder and vertebrae ) and came to rest under the off side hide.

Have fun!

Regards,
Manny

Thanks for the heads up Manny. It seems like a darned good commercial bullet and it is certainly accurate.

Any pictures of the recovered bullet?

I am using Swiss 1.5F in my loads, so we probably aren't too far away from one another.

Beretzs,

This is the one I found right now, I may have better ones somewhere, Ill keep looking. This obviously has other bullets in the pic too, sorry. The bullet we are talking about is on the far left.

My load chronos 1255 fps.

Regards,
Manny

Thank you Manny. Great picture as well. Looks like it'll work just fine for what I am doing if I can get the shot in the right spot! Very cool stuff. Thank you!

Beretzs,
Your welcome.

This is a ribcage shot (looking rear to front) from a midsized mule deer buck, using the same bullet. I cant remember the range exactly but it was within 150 yds. The bullet entered on the right right of the picture and exited opposite side. Was a pass through.

Keep me posted on your load and rifle!





Regards,
Manny

Heck yeah Manny! That is what I was hoping to see cause I am using it to shoot scrawny little whitetails this year, so it's good to see those big roundnoses punch a decent sized hole.

All your pictures are getting me revved up.