| DarylS |
| (.700 member) |
| 26/03/24 04:15 AM |
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Re: A modern custom Howdah pistol
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Have you considered the 50-70? Sourcing brass can be an issue (but how much would you need?). 348 Winchester brass can be blown out and made to work, rim diameter is a little smaller.
Good suggestion, as-is the .50 Alaskan. I had a rolling block chambered for .50 Alaskan (McGowan bl.) and it used 84gr. 2F and a 550gr. bullet. Buffalo arms has both .50 Alaskan and .50/70 brass afaik.
Brother Taylor has a Shiloh Sharps chambered for the .50 Alaskan(McGowan bl.) and with his 600 paper patched bullets, he gets 91gr. Swiss 1 1/2F into the cases due to the bore sized (after patching) bullets.
My .50/70 (1859 bl.lined & chambered by Sharps in 1867) for the 1868 Sharps shot best with 10gr. of 3031 and 60gr. 1F GOEX with the 450gr. bullet.