40-65's BIG brother

[semtav]

Since its raining and probably going to turn to snow by morning, I doubt there will be any shooting or flying tomorrow, so I'm sitting here half bored.

Looking at a 40-65 case sitting beside a 50-90 cartridge and got to wondering if any one ever modified a 50-90 to accept a 45 bullet much like was done to the 45-70 to accept a 40 cal bullet ala the 40-65.
I know if I can think of it, somebody else has already tried it. Just wondering who did and what it was called.



Brian

[Don McDowell]

Winchester called it the 45-75 and chambered it in the centennial rifle. Remington squezzed it down a litte further and called it the 43 Egyptian.

[semtav]

Don
I've got some 45-75 cartridges. Kinda what got me to thinking about it.
Except they are shortened quite a bit. (and a bottleneck)
What I was thinking of was a full length tapered 50-90 cartridge 2.50 length.

45-100 Remington would be closer to what I was thinking of, except its a bottleneck also.

I just sized one down, drop tubed some black powder in it and seated a Bernie Rowles 565 grain bullet on top of it. Came up with 98 grains of Goex FFG black powder uncompressed.

Brian

[semtav]

http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae53/S2D/012.jpg?t=1266087949




L to R: 45-90, 45-98 Thurlow (OK I made that up), 50-90 and 40-65.

[EDG]

Looks like a 45-85 Reformado ;))

[martinibelgian]

If you want the really big rounds, look at the British express cartridges - they even make the 50-90 look puny... And there's some real loudenboomers there! 100+ grains of powder behind a .45 bullet - in any case configuration you want.