45-75 SS

[Mike]

Mike.

I had no idea Sharps chambered a .45-75.
Sort of sounds like a .45-90. Have to google and look and see what I can find.

Kurt, It really wasn't a chambering, it was simply a different loading in the .45/70 case. Shoot sharp, Mike

[Mike]

I'd show a picture from the 1916 Winchester catalog of the .45-75 Sharps loading but it won't appear. Maybe later... Shoot sharp, Mike

[bobw]

45-75-420 was the original Sharps load with paper patched bullets. When you look in a reproduction Sharps catalog you'll find that is factory Sharps loads it made only a 405 gg and a 420 ppb in factory ammo. Yes Sharps had bigger 45 ppb's available as patched bullets but no factory heavy bullet loads for the 45-2.1. The Gov't bullet at 500 gr gg was known as the 1881 bullet for the year it was brought out. Saeco (1881)makes a good copy of it and it's what Lyman tried to emulate with the 457125 mold. The majority of the buffalo shot with the 2.1 were with 400+ gr bullets not 500's. I have been working with FFg and 70-71 grs and the Kaltool 45TGBS mold at .442" in my new Montana roughrider with a 7* leade results are very promising at 422 grs 1-60 alloy. Probably try some of the harder alloys as well and recoil is light in the 12.5# rifle seems like it might make a good offhand bucket load we will see. bobw

[powderburner]

Bob . can you reload and shoot multiple shots with that load ?

[bobw]

Yeah just blowing down the breach but still have to size the fringing cases. Bobw

[powderburner]

have you tried without blowing ?

[bobw]

I found 1 or 2 shots are all your gonna get that way. On cleaning the cases the 1.5 Old E had the least fouling. In my book std chambers leave more fouling than the orig style, that damn simple. bobw

[alfajim]

45-75-420 was the original Sharps load with paper patched bullets. When you look in a reproduction Sharps catalog you'll find that is factory Sharps loads it made only a 405 gg and a 420 ppb in factory ammo. Yes Sharps had bigger 45 ppb's available as patched bullets but no factory heavy bullet loads for the 45-2.1. The Gov't bullet at 500 gr gg was known as the 1881 bullet for the year it was brought out. Saeco (1881)makes a good copy of it and it's what Lyman tried to emulate with the 457125 mold. The majority of the buffalo shot with the 2.1 were with 400+ gr bullets not 500's. I have been working with FFg and 70-71 grs and the Kaltool 45TGBS mold at .442" in my new Montana roughrider with a 7* leade results are very promising at 422 grs 1-60 alloy. Probably try some of the harder alloys as well and recoil is light in the 12.5# rifle seems like it might make a good offhand bucket load we will see. bobw

I know I am coming to this late but as I am new I have an excuse. Springfield armory also used the 45-75-404 and 45-75-500 in their long range rifles for use in the creedmore they also used 45-80-500 in a 2.4 case according to some history I was reading. They also found there was not enough difference to keep using the 45-80 so they went back to just the 45-70 loaded to 45-75.