Nice video. I’ve been shooting and reloading 45-70 for a long time and love it but the only 50 caliber lever action I’ve ever messed with was a friends 50 Alaskan. In single shot rifles I’ve only tried 45-120 never the 50 cal rounds. Awesome video it was very fascinating.
WoW...... what a fantastic shooting range demonstration video. Absolutely love your rifles here. The Sharps is definitely on my bucket list. The closest thing I have to either one of these is a Marlin Trapper 45-70. Thanks for making this great video, and Howdy 👋🤠 from Tom in 🇨🇱 Texas 🇨🇱
One of tho most impressive eye opening comparisons you could have done was placing that.22 Long Rifle in the center of that expanded .50 caliber bullet! It is awesome what those big buffalo guns were really capable, but not many people know about this or see it so thanks to you for showing!
It is great to see a video of two of my favorite rifles, although my rifles are both in 45-70. I know there are more expensive, and more powerful rifles out there, but few carry the history and charm that these two beauties carry. Life is good! Thank you!
I wish more utubers would narrate like you do, makes it so much easier for us grey beards than having hearing problems. Do you have any idea what the bore diameters are that might explain the difference in velocity? I wonder if Shiloh would give you a data sheet on the strength of the rifle? If it's equal to a #1 Ruger, yikes. Maybe you can sell those big 50 fired bullets as ash trays or hub caps, I'd buy one to go with my copper plate you sent me. Might not do your shoulder any good. Loved the comparison, thanks?
I'm from Scotland, we aren't allowed guns like that. What a superb pass time, sitting blasting hell out of ballistic gelatin on a beautiful day. I didn't know what ballistic gelatin was until two days ago. Superb video!
Brother every time you have one or both of them rifles in your video I get absolutely amazed. Be safe out there brother and GOD BLESS you and your family brother Amen 🙏
That ammo seems extremely powerful! I never heard about it before now. Seeing it tear through that gel was so cool! Just imagine how badly it would mess up flesh! Ain't nothing gonna live through that! ☠️
Putting smokeless powder in these classic BP cartridges is defying the purpose of the large cartridge and a comparison is useless. With smokeless the question is not how much powder I can get in the cartridge , it is , how much pressure can the gun take. A modern Sharps can take about 30k CUP ( some maker claim they can go up to 50k) the Winchester can take a bit more ( but also not more than 50k for sure) . If you would use originals both had to drop to about 20k for the Sharps and maybe a bit more for the Winchester but I would not trust the metallurgy of the 100+ year old guns. With BP the whole story why they went for longer and longer cartridges was to get more powder out of the gun. It had limits. A 50-110 out of a short barrel Winchester or sharps would not gain significantly more power. Barrel length has also some impact.And at the extreme length the gains become marginal . But in this case the Sharps would have measurable more power . How effective this added power was is another story . I would say it would only benefit very long distance shooting. So bottom line , I love to see these two guns and calibers in action but doing it with smokeless is simply without merit . It is more a comparison of the system Winchester vs Sharps and the limitation of the pressures they can hold.
I've been impressed with 50-110 ever since I read about it. On paper, it functions better using black powder over smokeless loads, which makes sense with the burn rates and heavy projectile, but it's has great knock down power. When you can scoff at a 45-70, that means something. It sits just under a 404 Jeffrey. 500gr@2000ft/sec vs 300gr@2600ft/sec Now, put the 50-140 in an 1886, name it the Quigly repeater, and that will forever end the best firearm of yesteryear. And, boy howdy, don't that 30 extra grains turn out results! 5800ft/lbs is quite a bit over the 4500 or so of the 50-110. What's that, 2.5 shots equals a 50bmg
Did you mention using smokeless powder, in the 50-140 Sharps?? I have both a 50-70 and 45-110 Shiloh Sharps. I've been able to find published smokeless loads for (that work very well) for the 50-70 but nothing published for the 45-110. Any info you could provide would be appreciated. I want to try loads where I don't have to wipe and dry between shots, like I have to do when shooting charcoal.
Dang...those rifles kill from both ends...how many pounds of recoil do they generate, my 30-06 pump makes about 28 or so pounds, thank you for the video, i enjoyed it.
Maybe try new ballistic gel block with each shot. Once you have a wound channel, you have damage to the gel which means if there is any overlap, you'll have bullets traveling off centre.
Wow...now that's a spicy MUSHROOM! Anytime you can lay a 22 LR in one...😳 Love them both and very impressive 💥 That is the worst of the best gel shot's I've ever seen 👌
Wow. When I went to Zimbabwe to hunt Cape Buffalo I used a 550gr Woodleigh Weldcore at 2,170 fps muzzle velocity. Your loads in the 1886 were just a mite more powerful!! Amazing stuff!
You can buy one like this from buffalo arms, they’re not made by Lyman they’re made by a tool company I can’t remember the name but you can find it over at Buffalo arms I believe they’re in exact copy and they’re really well made
Both are outstanding and I enjoy shooting both. Personally I prefer the model 71 due to handling ergonomics. I've had those 1886 rifles with cresent steel butt plates and they are unkind to my thick shoulders. The shotgun style butt is more agreeable on my Sharp's and Winchester 71 rifles.
That is true, but so only a marginal amount of difference, after all, with all the videos I did shooting them into a box of gelatin. You can see it still consistent with the virgin blocks., the overall difference may be slightly different, but the comparison is not really compromised
Sharps never made the 50-140. Some were chambered aftermarket by gunsmiths in that caliber, but in reality the 45-110 was all that was needed for buffalo or grizzly bear.
I’ve heard a lot of people say that sharps never did but then I’ve also had a lot of viewers say that they have documents that sharps did make them, so I have no idea I have read document stating Winchester sold loaded ammo for them as far back as the late 1870s
Love the videos. Been watch for a while now. I have a question and believe you would be the only one to trust. I have brand new never fired 45-110 starline brass. Is there anything I need to do to them before loading and shooting them? I seen something about annealing them first but I would appreciate your opinion before I do anything because for the price of them I really don't want to ruin any of them. Thank you in advance.
I usually just load my Starline brass, they are usually just perfect when you get them from the factory, after I’ve shot them a while I will anneal them just to make sure they don’t get work hardened
I do love the 1886 Winchester, you couldn’t possibly go wrong with either one, unless you had heard of mastodons running you down then you definitely would want the repeater
If I come up with a hotter load for the #also do the hottest load for the 1886 again in the meantime here’s the link to the video where we got over 6000 foot pounds of energy this is the hottest load we ever tried th-cam.com/video/JQ6bEK1Lkos/w-d-xo.html
Take care when hunting with either of these cartridges, that two of the pursued animals are not aligned with one behind the other. I discovered this personally with a .45-90 Sharps and two mule deer does. Fortunately, my hunting partner was with me. Nuff said.
Respectfully, I appreciate our history of weapons, just how far ahead of the curve that guns was, for its time period. If I shot that same ballistic gel, it would explode with my semi barret .50 cal. The whole thing would be a wound channel, even the ground around it👍🏻
Here’s a video of 50 BMG hitting a clear ballistic block of gelatin, after you watch it let me know how it compares with what you see here. th-cam.com/video/5J9hCDr21mo/w-d-xo.html
All the comparison loads were smokeless powder, any smoke you seen was the lubrication on the lead bullets, The only black powder loads was at the end of the video just showing shooting it at 200 yards
That was awesome. I think I might have to pass on Both of those. I just might be too small. I only weigh about a buck fifty. They would knock me for a loop.
If you fire either of those rifles with the curved buttplate snugly in your shoulder, you will regret that decision immediately. The curved buttplate should go high onto the bicep which will give more in recoil, and reduce the pain
The .50-110 is more "efficient" than the .50-140? I vaguely remember reading something about better/more complete powder combustion in a shorter powder column depending on what kind of powder and it's burn rate? I don't pretend to know much of anything other than carrying .45 ACP semi-auto pistols as part of my "costume" for half my life and seeing human beings do some rather strange/interesting/funny/disturbing things.
i'm going to find me a 1886 one of these days. I'm thinkin the 45-70 or 45-90 would be plenty of power. My shoulder is hurtin just from watchin you shoot that 1874.
What explains the velocity difference? Even if the powder capacity didn’t matter that much, I would still expect them to be even or with the 50-140 at least a little ahead.
I am confused. You said the cartridges were loaded with smokeless powder, but they produce huge clouds. If these are nitro proof versions of both guns, then the smokeless powder giving muzzle energies of 5800 to 6400 ft-lbs are on a par with the .458 Lott and .505 Gibbs. Why wouldn't more hunters want to use them for dangerous game, at least the Browning for quick follow-up shots?
There’s several of you viewers that have built these guns up and taking them to Africa and taking elephants with the 50-110 he did a headshot on one in the Bullet pass completely through. He did a body shot on one that another Hunter shot that was getting away, broke its hind leg, and the Bullet exit out after breaking the other front leg killing it. using a Hydro stabilized Bullet.
@Leverguns50 thanks for the replies. By 'built these guns up' I'm not sure what you mean. Were 50-110 Browning 1886s made nitro proof before they were discontinued? Even if they were, finding one in good enough to shoot would be VERY expensive, no?
What is the big deal. Anything gets hit by one it really is not going to matter which one. If it walks , crawls , flies. or even even wormholes here from a distance galaxy it's going down when hit.
Something about blowing the gel block completely off the table end over end is impressive and hilarious at the same time.
🤣
Damn right..
Nothing within ten yards will ever escape this man. 👍
These beautiful works of art are relatively unknown today, love them, thank you
Glad you like them!
Oh man, I don’t know what it is about a beautiful falling block rifle, but they’re truly awesome works of art
Nice video. I’ve been shooting and reloading 45-70 for a long time and love it but the only 50 caliber lever action I’ve ever messed with was a friends 50 Alaskan. In single shot rifles I’ve only tried 45-120 never the 50 cal rounds. Awesome video it was very fascinating.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate the feedback and I’m glad you enjoyed it
Your editing and narrating is perfect. This was a great video!! I adore my 1886!!
WoW...... what a fantastic
shooting range demonstration video.
Absolutely love your rifles
here. The Sharps is definitely on my bucket list. The closest thing I have to either one of these is a Marlin Trapper
45-70.
Thanks for making this great video, and
Howdy 👋🤠
from Tom in 🇨🇱 Texas 🇨🇱
One of tho most impressive eye opening comparisons you could have done was placing that.22 Long Rifle in the center of that expanded .50 caliber bullet! It is awesome what those big buffalo guns were really capable, but not many people know about this or see it so thanks to you for showing!
You’re welcome I’m glad you enjoyed it
It is great to see a video of two of my favorite rifles, although my rifles are both in 45-70.
I know there are more expensive, and more powerful rifles out there, but few carry the history and charm that these two beauties carry. Life is good!
Thank you!
Those are both bad ass rifles! Either one would be awesome to own. I tend to favor the 1886 though. I want one in .45-70 one day.
You really couldn’t go wrong with either one of them, thank you for watching
Look for one in 45-90 you can shoot 45-70 rounds in it. That way you have a choice. !
It's possible, but not advisable. Per Shiloh, and they should know.
Nothing quite like a nice grassy meadow, a big blunt slug sounding like a thunderclap down range, and black powder haze.
Thank you
Regardless of which one you look at, anything on Earth is dead. What a shoot.
I wish more utubers would narrate like you do, makes it so much easier for us grey beards than having hearing problems. Do you have any idea what the bore diameters are that might explain the difference in velocity? I wonder if Shiloh would give you a data sheet on the strength of the rifle? If it's equal to a #1 Ruger, yikes. Maybe you can sell those big 50 fired bullets as ash trays or hub caps, I'd buy one to go with my copper plate you sent me. Might not do your shoulder any good. Loved the comparison, thanks?
The Shiloh is a very strong falling block. It can be loaded to 50k no problem, so long as the brass is sound.
The main difference is the sharps I’m keeping it at 28,000 psi and the Winchesters going to 45,000 psi
That was real cool how hard it flipped those blocks of gelatin, look like that bullet expanded out about an inch and a half
Thank you
4:27 great shot of the bullet traveling through.
Thank you
I have a Winchester Centennial model (1876 lever rifle) in 45/75 caliber. I’d enjoy seeing video’s on it.
Awesome power . Thanks for the video and God Bless You And Family Amen
You’re welcome and may God‘s richest blessings be upon you and your family
I agree with several of the comrades, your way of narrating is very good, you could make a documentary of firearms. Well done Brother 🇺🇸👊😊
Thank you
I'm from Scotland, we aren't allowed guns like that. What a superb pass time, sitting blasting hell out of ballistic gelatin on a beautiful day. I didn't know what ballistic gelatin was until two days ago. Superb video!
Thank you so much
Howdy 👋🤠 to 68blues
in Scotland..... where my
ancestors came from back in 1607.
From Tom in 🇨🇱 Texas 🇨🇱
A good fun video, thank you for your time and knowledge, greetings from Florida
Very impressive, thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome
50-140.... Holy Moses!.... Haha!.... That's awesome!.... Very Nice!.... Great Video!......
Thank you
Both of those are outstanding
awsome vidio sir love that gel test thanks
Thank you
That's impressive!! AF!!!!!
Love this channel
Thank you so much
Brother every time you have one or both of them rifles in your video I get absolutely amazed. Be safe out there brother and GOD BLESS you and your family brother Amen 🙏
Thank you so much brother and the same to you
That ammo seems extremely powerful! I never heard about it before now. Seeing it tear through that gel was so cool! Just imagine how badly it would mess up flesh! Ain't nothing gonna live through that! ☠️
What a great comparison. That 50-140 is a mule kicker!
Putting smokeless powder in these classic BP cartridges is defying the purpose of the large cartridge and a comparison is useless.
With smokeless the question is not how much powder I can get in the cartridge , it is , how much pressure can the gun take.
A modern Sharps can take about 30k CUP ( some maker claim they can go up to 50k) the Winchester can take a bit more ( but also not more than 50k for sure) . If you would use originals both had to drop to about 20k for the Sharps and maybe a bit more for the Winchester but I would not trust the metallurgy of the 100+ year old guns.
With BP the whole story why they went for longer and longer cartridges was to get more powder out of the gun. It had limits. A 50-110 out of a short barrel Winchester or sharps would not gain significantly more power. Barrel length has also some impact.And at the extreme length the gains become marginal .
But in this case the Sharps would have measurable more power . How effective this added power was is another story . I would say it would only benefit very long distance shooting.
So bottom line , I love to see these two guns and calibers in action but doing it with smokeless is simply without merit .
It is more a comparison of the system Winchester vs Sharps and the limitation of the pressures they can hold.
Those are beautiful rifles. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome. I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos.
I think a 4570 lever gun and a 45-120 for the sharps would work better for me. Those 50cals are impressive though 👏
Very interesting, especially the magnum primer in the 50-140, thank you.
Love sharps Rifles Great vid
Thank you
Both impressive! I think you need fresh blocks for each shot with something as big as these cartridges!
That's amazing!
Thank you
Awesome FUN 🤓👍☕
I’m glad you enjoyed it because I had a lot of fun making it
About time ya showcase the squirrel loads in your collection. 👍🐿👍
Yep these are for the sabertooth squirrels
I've been impressed with 50-110 ever since I read about it. On paper, it functions better using black powder over smokeless loads, which makes sense with the burn rates and heavy projectile, but it's has great knock down power. When you can scoff at a 45-70, that means something. It sits just under a 404 Jeffrey. 500gr@2000ft/sec vs 300gr@2600ft/sec
Now, put the 50-140 in an 1886, name it the Quigly repeater, and that will forever end the best firearm of yesteryear.
And, boy howdy, don't that 30 extra grains turn out results! 5800ft/lbs is quite a bit over the 4500 or so of the 50-110. What's that, 2.5 shots equals a 50bmg
I actually did 50-110 with a 530 grain Bullet produces 6445 foot pounds of energy
Did you mention using smokeless powder, in the 50-140 Sharps?? I have both a 50-70 and 45-110 Shiloh Sharps. I've been able to find published smokeless loads for (that work very well) for the 50-70 but nothing published for the 45-110.
Any info you could provide would be appreciated. I want to try loads where I don't have to wipe and dry between shots, like I have to do when shooting charcoal.
Dang...those rifles kill from both ends...how many pounds of recoil do they generate, my 30-06 pump makes about 28 or so pounds, thank you for the video, i enjoyed it.
6:22 looked violent!
Sometimes looks can be deceiving other times not so much lol 😂
Maybe try new ballistic gel block with each shot. Once you have a wound channel, you have damage to the gel which means if there is any overlap, you'll have bullets traveling off centre.
Wow...now that's a spicy MUSHROOM! Anytime you can lay a 22 LR in one...😳 Love them both and very impressive 💥 That is the worst of the best gel shot's I've ever seen 👌
I’m glad you enjoyed it
Impressive expansion! What is the alloy in those bullets?
About 50% linotype 50% pure lead
Wow.
When I went to Zimbabwe to hunt Cape Buffalo I used a 550gr Woodleigh Weldcore at 2,170 fps muzzle velocity.
Your loads in the 1886 were just a mite more powerful!!
Amazing stuff!
That’s interesting, pretty cool going on a cape buffalo hunt
Next time use a 22
👍😊 the gel block chuckers😳.
Ballistic gelatin blocks weigh about 17 pounds , pretty surprised how hard it knocked it The first time I shot one
Great video.🎉 where do you source your ammo?
From my reloading bench
What is the maximum effective range please?
I want one of "Climbing Lyman" sights on my Winchester, but they are really hard to find nowadays....
You can buy one like this from buffalo arms, they’re not made by Lyman they’re made by a tool company I can’t remember the name but you can find it over at Buffalo arms I believe they’re in exact copy and they’re really well made
Both are outstanding and I enjoy shooting both. Personally I prefer the model 71 due to handling ergonomics. I've had those 1886 rifles with cresent steel butt plates and they are unkind to my thick shoulders. The shotgun style butt is more agreeable on my Sharp's and Winchester 71 rifles.
The Crescent but pad is not good for prone shooting that’s for sure
To get a accurate reading you needed 4 different blocks because the gel gets compromised after first bullet .
That is true, but so only a marginal amount of difference, after all, with all the videos I did shooting them into a box of gelatin. You can see it still consistent with the virgin blocks., the overall difference may be slightly different, but the comparison is not really compromised
Sharps never made the 50-140. Some were chambered aftermarket by gunsmiths in that caliber, but in reality the 45-110 was all that was needed for buffalo or grizzly bear.
I’ve heard a lot of people say that sharps never did but then I’ve also had a lot of viewers say that they have documents that sharps did make them, so I have no idea I have read document stating Winchester sold loaded ammo for them as far back as the late 1870s
Love the videos. Been watch for a while now. I have a question and believe you would be the only one to trust. I have brand new never fired 45-110 starline brass. Is there anything I need to do to them before loading and shooting them? I seen something about annealing them first but I would appreciate your opinion before I do anything because for the price of them I really don't want to ruin any of them. Thank you in advance.
I usually just load my Starline brass, they are usually just perfect when you get them from the factory, after I’ve shot them a while I will anneal them just to make sure they don’t get work hardened
@@Leverguns50 great 👍
I greatly appreciate your help.
@@mconfluence i’ve never had any problems with their cartridges
I'm not sure if the narration is a " New" thing but I like it.. 😁 These two rounds are both monsters......
A lot of people seem to like the narration so I may keep use it as a new way to explain what’s really going on
Morning Man!! Beauties!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Good morning CW
What powder were you using? It would be fun to compare full loads of ffg.
With black powder I would bet that the sharps would win because of its much greater powder capacity, I was thinking that would be fun too
I would choose the Winchester even if the ballistics were flipped
I do love the 1886 Winchester, you couldn’t possibly go wrong with either one, unless you had heard of mastodons running you down then you definitely would want the repeater
I want to see you put a full power round out that 50110..if you done it already do it again. You have so many vids I'll never find it guy..please.
If I come up with a hotter load for the #also do the hottest load for the 1886 again in the meantime here’s the link to the video where we got over 6000 foot pounds of energy this is the hottest load we ever tried th-cam.com/video/JQ6bEK1Lkos/w-d-xo.html
Theres a reason why the army went with the sharps
To be more accurate on which is better. You should’ve used 2 separate blocks of gelatin . This was not an accurate test .
Good morning brother
Take care when hunting with either of these cartridges, that two of the pursued animals are not aligned with one behind the other. I discovered this personally with a .45-90 Sharps and two mule deer does. Fortunately, my hunting partner was with me. Nuff said.
Okay thank you
I wish jurassic park were a thing so me and this guy could go trex hunting
That would be cool wondering if they taste like pork
Respectfully, I appreciate our history of weapons, just how far ahead of the curve that guns was, for its time period. If I shot that same ballistic gel, it would explode with my semi barret .50 cal. The whole thing would be a wound channel, even the ground around it👍🏻
Here’s a video of 50 BMG hitting a clear ballistic block of gelatin, after you watch it let me know how it compares with what you see here. th-cam.com/video/5J9hCDr21mo/w-d-xo.html
I live in Kansas, U.S.A.. We have no elephants, rhinos or hippos here, so I'll just stick with the 1874 Shiloh Sharps 45/70.
What kind of black powder did you use . FFG or FFFG BLACKPOWDER . FFFG would be stronger .
All the comparison loads were smokeless powder, any smoke you seen was the lubrication on the lead bullets, The only black powder loads was at the end of the video just showing shooting it at 200 yards
Wow! That's almost 500 NE performance, what was the bullet weight for the 50-110?
Use the 550 grain bullet for both of them, same exact Bullet from the same bullet mold
🐓🐓🐓🐓haHAAAA THAT ROOSTER STOLE THE SHOW
That was awesome. I think I might have to pass on Both of those. I just might be too small. I only weigh about a buck fifty. They would knock me for a loop.
It might just kick you back a little bit
If you fire either of those rifles with the curved buttplate snugly in your shoulder, you will regret that decision immediately. The curved buttplate should go high onto the bicep which will give more in recoil, and reduce the pain
Wao🥰🥰🥰😍😍😋😍
Thank you
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Thank you
So the .50-140 Sharps was equivalent (or better) to a .458 Win Mag? I had no idea!
In order for this comparison to be fair you need new blocks for each shot !!!!!
The .50-110 is more "efficient" than the .50-140?
I vaguely remember reading something about better/more complete powder combustion
in a shorter powder column depending on what kind of powder and it's burn rate?
I don't pretend to know much of anything other than carrying .45 ACP semi-auto pistols
as part of my "costume" for half my life and seeing human beings do some rather strange/interesting/funny/disturbing things.
Thank you, they’re both pretty impressive
I want one
i'm going to find me a 1886 one of these days. I'm thinkin the 45-70 or 45-90 would be plenty of power. My shoulder is hurtin just from watchin you shoot that 1874.
Well you gotta work your way up to recoil, now I need a 600 nitro lol
What explains the velocity difference? Even if the powder capacity didn’t matter that much, I would still expect them to be even or with the 50-140 at least a little ahead.
He could load the Shiloh much warmer...not sure anyone would want to shoot it!
In the Shiloh sharps we are using a slow burning powder A 4350 and in the Winchester we are using a fairly fast burning rifle powder H335
@@Leverguns50 oh ok. I honestly thought that was black powder with all that smoke haha
No that was lubrication burning off the bullet
My favorite rifle is Ruger African 454 chambers to a460 weatherby!
My Money Is On The 1886 Winchester 50-110 😀❤️😀 My Favorite Perfect Repeater 😀😀😀😀👍🏼
Thank you so much
@@Leverguns50 always Brother 😀😀
182 👍
Thank you so much
Yeah no thanks, I wouldn't want to shoulder either one of those beasts
They really get in there and really massage your shoulder and the ripple of that really worked out the kinks 😂
Pair of thumpers right there
That’s for sure and for certain
Why are we seeing blue sky through your backstop? I appears that property downrange are in danger.
I think it’s impossible to see blue sky through dirt but there’s also nobody lives in that direction for 4 miles
Power to spare. No critter I know of could stand either
OK, now let's build a rifle chambered for the 20mm anti-tank round. This is getting ridiculous.
Well, these cartridges came out in the late 1800s back, then they wanted to make sure stuff was dead with the first shot
Several of those rifles exist. Look up anti-material rifle. 😂
I can smell the powder 😊
Thank you
🙂
Thank you
Would you get it any closer rifles made from firing why shoot it that close
Wonder how they’d compare to a 700 nitro?
Like little baby guns
That’s a big no huge energy dump now
It sure was
I am confused. You said the cartridges were loaded with smokeless powder, but they produce huge clouds. If these are nitro proof versions of both guns, then the smokeless powder giving muzzle energies of 5800 to 6400 ft-lbs are on a par with the .458 Lott and .505 Gibbs. Why wouldn't more hunters want to use them for dangerous game, at least the Browning for quick follow-up shots?
Lead bullets often produce smoke especially when the powder burns the lubrication and stuff
There’s several of you viewers that have built these guns up and taking them to Africa and taking elephants with the 50-110 he did a headshot on one in the Bullet pass completely through. He did a body shot on one that another Hunter shot that was getting away, broke its hind leg, and the Bullet exit out after breaking the other front leg killing it. using a Hydro stabilized Bullet.
@Leverguns50 thanks for the replies. By 'built these guns up' I'm not sure what you mean. Were 50-110 Browning 1886s made nitro proof before they were discontinued? Even if they were, finding one in good enough to shoot would be VERY expensive, no?
The 50 110 wins again
Yea thank you
My pedersoli is Able to handle. 29000 cup according. To pederesoli . But i stay with 1600 fps with 500 grain cast bullets
I would imagine those kind of velocities are a lot funner to shoot
I keep 4590 for heavy work
The 50/140 is a dang elephant gun!! And might be a little too much of a good thing!
Earned a sub!
Two powerhouses with about the same performance. To much for me lol. I’ll stick with the 30-30, 38-55 and 45-70😆
Can you get a 86 in 45-110 .
No, the longest you can get in 45 caliber is a 45-90
Brother that’s bigger than a 12 gauge slug. Course a rifled slug is holler based to
These videos are making it very hard not to order a 1886
Well you won’t be sorry, I would imagine you’ll really enjoy it
What is the big deal. Anything gets hit by one it really is not going to matter which one. If it walks , crawls , flies. or even even wormholes here from a distance galaxy it's going down when hit.