Old designs and modern materials
Uberti offers their 1873 Carbine replica in .44 mag. That represents a way-overloaded 44-40, but apparently the design, when made of the right stuff, can handle it.
When the 1876 was new, Winchester took one in .45-75 and succeeded in working up to a load which finally put the gun out of commission, ruining the bolt and blowing the sideplates off via a case-head separation. But it took 204 grains of powder with a half-dozen .450 Martini bullets lodged in the throat, to do that.
It all makes me wonder what one of the modern-made .50-95's with solid-head brass and smokeless powder, could do. Where's Elmer, when you need him [:D]?
When the 1876 was new, Winchester took one in .45-75 and succeeded in working up to a load which finally put the gun out of commission, ruining the bolt and blowing the sideplates off via a case-head separation. But it took 204 grains of powder with a half-dozen .450 Martini bullets lodged in the throat, to do that.
It all makes me wonder what one of the modern-made .50-95's with solid-head brass and smokeless powder, could do. Where's Elmer, when you need him [:D]?
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really be neat to do s repro of the colt root rifle with centerfire ammo 0
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