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Big .50 on order! - pacecars - 02-12-2020
The lure of the “Big 50” was too much to bare! I just ordered a Shiloh Hartford Model with a 32” heavy octagon barrel, polished with buckhorn sights, steel shotgun butt, semi fancy wood and fire blued screws. Ordered it through Bill Goodman so it should be here in June!
RE: Big .50 on order! - Don McDowell - 02-12-2020
Sounds like fun. Might want to stock up on 1f powder
RE: Big .50 on order! - pacecars - 02-12-2020
Any particular brand you would suggest? No place around me sells it so I will have to order it from Powderinc. I do plan on getting the 1F but was wondering how 3F would work since I have a crap load of Kik in that granulation? Too much fouling?
RE: Big .50 on order! - Fogman01 - 02-13-2020
"No place around me sells it"
Me neither. I order powder from Buffalo Arms and have found they are the cheapest for me even with paying the shipping. I use 1.5 Swiss in mine but I haven't been able to experiment with different powders in it yet.
RE: Big .50 on order! - Don McDowell - 02-13-2020
That 3f KIK will probably work pretty well, if you have any of the 2f it works real well. But the limited experience I have with the 50-90 the long defunct Goex Cartridge worked really well burned very clean and gave real good accuracy.
RE: Big .50 on order! - coolhand - 02-13-2020
Hey Pacecars,
I just ordered almost the exact rifle from Bill myself. Hope we get them in the June timeframe.
RE: Big .50 on order! - Gunner500 - 02-13-2020
LOL, you guys are in for a real treat pacecars and coolhand, ENJOY!
RE: Big .50 on order! - Michael Johnson - 05-18-2020
(02-13-2020, 11:11 AM)Gunner500 Wrote: LOL, you guys are in for a real treat pacecars and coolhand, ENJOY!
Swiss 1Fg works real well in my 50-90 Roller built by Dave Higginbotham. I shoot 550 grain flatnose bullets out of a 1/24 twist Green Mountain barrel. I use 90 grains of 1Fg powder with a 0.060 LPDE wad under the bullet.I use this rifle for hunting taking deer, elk, and bison with it. Most recently I have bought this powder from Buffalo Arms (last March).
RE: Big .50 on order! - Caprock - 05-20-2020
Powderinc and Grafs are good places to get BP.
RE: Big .50 on order! - Michael Johnson - 06-27-2020
I use Swiss 1Fg powder in my Lonestar 50-90 Roller. My most recent powder order was from Buffalo Arms.