Big 50

[Distant Thunder]

Thank you.

It's a 30" Badger barrel with a 1-26 twist. It has a .350" long x .5105" diameter freebore. This has worked out very well with bullets patched to .510" diameter. I've tried ppb from 600 grains to this latest one at 490 grains. I like this new one best so far. The heavier bullets were just an attempt to see how far this little cartridge could be stretched. I don't see any advantage in the longer, heavier bullets with my eyes and the sights on my rifle. It has a Beech combination front sight, a semi-buckhorn barrel sight and a reproduction Sharps sporting tang sight. I haven't filed the blade yet which is why I was asking about how yours are configured. Right now it's higher than the pinhead on the flipside.

It's hard for me to believe it but I've had this rifle for 24 years! It has always been a great shooting rifle. It really shines with groove diameter paper patch bullets from 490 grains to about 520 grains.