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Post by Bullshop on Dec 15, 2022 8:15:09 GMT -7
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Post by Bullshop on Dec 15, 2022 10:43:47 GMT -7
I asked the seller and it is a 58 caliber.
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Post by missionary on Dec 16, 2022 3:40:57 GMT -7
Good morning Dan
I tried the link but from here I get a notice it is an invalid link ? I like 58's. No doubt about that! What is it and I will give it a look. Mike
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Post by missionary on Dec 16, 2022 6:27:02 GMT -7
This is the Miller (patented) conversion of the 1861 Pattern 58 Musket.. Numerous were made (2000 ?) so is not real rare.
But seeing as I am set up for 58 Rimfire I am looking it over.
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Post by Bullshop on Dec 16, 2022 7:27:27 GMT -7
This is the Miller (patented) conversion of the 1861 Pattern 58 Musket.. Numerous were made (2000 ?) so is not real rare. But seeing as I am set up for 58 Rimfire I am looking it over. OK so you were able to find what I tried to link you to ? It was a trapdoor type conversion of sorts on the Springfield rifle but stayed with the 58 caliber. You had mentioned you have been looking for something like that so when I saw it I thought of you. I am out of the buying for awhile as I just yesterday took possession of an 1874 Sharps with all the trimmings in 40-90 BN. I would much prefer it was a 40-70 BN but it is what it is and as always I was motivated by its price tag. Now off to make many bullets to compensate, some of course being 40 caliber. |
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Post by Bullshop on Dec 16, 2022 7:42:49 GMT -7
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Post by missionary on Dec 16, 2022 10:19:12 GMT -7
Nor have I. Looks like it would be a shade more effort to load....
I would have gone with a 74 Sharps also. Those are fine old rifles. 40-90 is a dandy caliber for big critters...
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Post by Bullshop on Dec 16, 2022 13:18:12 GMT -7
From what I have been able to dig up on a 40-90 bn with the original 1/18" twist for best long range performance bullet length should not exceed 1.3" The guys shooting long range competition with the 40-90 are shooting bullets as long as 1.6" but they require a twist no slower than 1/13" which is an awfully tight twist for black powder fouling control.
Mine uses the original 1/18" twist so I have set my Tom Ballard adjustable mold to drop a 1.3" long bullet. Wouldn't ya know it though I am swamped with orders so cant get to the Sharps 40-90 bn right away. Our weather is not conducive to testing BP ammo right now anyway so I might as well stay warm by the stove and fill orders until I am seeing them in my sleep.
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Post by missionary on Jan 4, 2023 5:57:23 GMT -7
Well Dan so far I have passed on the several of those "experimental" 58 rim fire breech loaders I have watched. May yet buy one though. But 1st I need to make the brass and fire the Trapdoor which was a real US Military Rifle.
But all that may be on hold as we plan to pull roots and move to east Arizona. Outside some small town where an old shooter / hunter can have a nice desert range to launch lead and wander about looking at lizards, snakes and following tracks.
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Post by Bullshop on Jan 4, 2023 8:38:25 GMT -7
News of your move makes me smile. I am happy for you!
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