I'm just not finding much help with load data for my new 1875 Sharps. I know the .50 Alaskan is not optimized to a 30" barrel, but I figured 26" would be a good compromise. Most loads I see are fast...
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Type: Posts; User: Ol' One Shot
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm just not finding much help with load data for my new 1875 Sharps. I know the .50 Alaskan is not optimized to a 30" barrel, but I figured 26" would be a good compromise. Most loads I see are fast...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Yup. Love 'em.
Also, I wonder how many of the people in this thread are even still alive.
Looks like I've got a whole bunch of back-reading to do.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
LOVE that rifle! I nabbed one a few months ago and was pleasantly surprised at how mild a shooter it is, despite sitting ballistically dead center between a .35 Whelen and a .375 H&H. It has fast...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Maybe I'm just silly... But it seems like the 9.3x74 would be a GREAT place to burn up my last few jugs of milsurp powder. Anybody got load suggestions?
| BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
| BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
| BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
| C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
| HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
| PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
| LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
| GC | Gas Check |