Blackwater
07-04-2006, 11:21 PM
Is anyone shooting the .50/110? I just traded off my #3 Ruger I'd sorta' remodeled. Just wasn't going to redo the rifle as it was after the remodelling, and don't need 3 .45/70's. I've toyed with the idea of rebarreling the #3 to .50/110 using a Green Mountain .50 cal. Sharps style octagonal barrel in the Sharps (tuliped rear end) style. I think I'd like a fairly slender schnabblized forend with a buttstock that has a long, ball end pistol grip, sometimes referred to as a "semi-pistol grip."
I think I'd want a BPCR type chamber with a tight throat so I can use either black or that other newfangled powder, and cast bullets exclusively. The tight throat should allow more different bullet styles to be loaded to better effect, I think.
Anyone done this, or anything similar? I've just never got my round tuit on this, but the idea just won't go away, and now that I'm doing gunsmithing, I can do it cheaper and just the way I want it done. Just curious.
The .50/110 isn't legal for BPCR shoots, is it? I know the #3 action isn't anyway, but I'd like this for a hunter, and just another great lil' ol' toy.
I think I'd want a BPCR type chamber with a tight throat so I can use either black or that other newfangled powder, and cast bullets exclusively. The tight throat should allow more different bullet styles to be loaded to better effect, I think.
Anyone done this, or anything similar? I've just never got my round tuit on this, but the idea just won't go away, and now that I'm doing gunsmithing, I can do it cheaper and just the way I want it done. Just curious.
The .50/110 isn't legal for BPCR shoots, is it? I know the #3 action isn't anyway, but I'd like this for a hunter, and just another great lil' ol' toy.