OK, so moving on from my thread about chambering a Highwall in .50-70:
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...bered-in-50-70
I think I'm moving away from that. I know I'm kind of alll over the place here.
What I am wanting to do (the point of all this) is to have a .50-70 rifle with a modern dimension barrel (0.510 in the grooves) vs an original rifle with barrel of .515 - .516 - .51?". It would be a general fun shooting and hog rifle, exclusively for the government 450-grain bullet. Which would mean a fairly slow twist right?
I am thinking a Rolling Block would be neat if I could find one with a good stock and action that is not scratched and pitted, and replace the barrel. But where would you get the barrel, with a slower twist for the old 450-grain government bullet. I like the old Swede rollers if I can find somebody to do the barrel work. I would guess that you could not sleeve one of those 12.7 mm barrels in .50-70?
The other option would be be to order a Shiloh Sharps. I was looking at C. Sharps but they have already told me that I can’t get a .50-70 from them in anything but 1-24”. That's all they can get from Green Mountain. I would prefer maybe a 1-36”, I think Shiloh could do that but it may take two years before they tool up to do the barrel.
I think I would rather have a weathered-looking old Roller with the new barrel, IF I can get it done.
What do you say? Any advice/experiences/recommendations appreciated.