.45-90

[AlPackin]

My boss shoots black powder and has a .45-90 round on his desk as a paperweight. That is one big MoFo!

[lcarreau]

He must have some really big papers.

[Sky Pilot]

Mine's only a .45-70 and it speaks with plenty authority!

[Mogollon]

I have a Quigley Sharps in 45-90, heavy gun, but still thumps with 500 grain bullets and a case load of 777:yikes:
I shoot the 45-70 a bunch more.

[GLOCKENNBOOMER]

I have a Quigley Sharps in 45-90, heavy gun, but still thumps with 500 grain bullets and a case load of 777:yikes:
I shoot the 45-70 a bunch more.
I'll give you a 100 bucks for that Quigley.....I want a Sharps so bad I can't stand it.

[ISUSteve]

I'll give you a 100 bucks for that Quigley.....I want a Sharps so bad I can't stand it.

101 Bob

[Mogollon]

I couldn't part with it, as it is partially my daughters as well. She and I were "bucking the tiger" at a casino night event at a major cowboy action shooting event several years ago, and pooled our coupon"earnings" into the lottery pot for the Sharps- and we won!
I also have a Shiloh Sharps in 30-40 that I use for deer hunting. Kinda like shooting a big .22, with hardcast 200 grain bullets. I love the western era firearms as much as my more modern stuff.:cheers2:

[VN350X10]

I've got a box of 20 brass for a .50-140 x 3 1/4" Sharps, largest of the Sharps ctgs. I keep threatening the wife that I'm going to get a Sharps to match the brass !

This round wasn't really chambered by Sharps;It came about just as Sharps was going out of business.
It uses a 700 gr, bullet.
Now that is a big mofo !

uncle albert.

I'm also on the trail of the original Sharps that belonged to my grandfather. It's a 30" "Business Rifle" in .44-77 bottleneck. I keep hunting , but no luck yet. It was known to be in existance in 1962, so the game is still afoot !

[Seafarer12]

Have fun loading those big capacity BP rounds. 45-90 would be as big as I would go.

[Frostback]

A friend of mine has (or had anyway) a 45-120. Jebus big that one.

Frosty

[xtimberman]

Can you name the U.S. President who owned a .45-90 and handloaded it?

I read this in one of R.L. Wilson's books last night:

In Sept. 1887, Winchester shipped Theodore Roosevelt a .45-90 Deluxe Model 1886. He initially shot factory ammo in it but was unsatisfied and switched to his handloads - a hybrid 330gr. hollow point slug backed up by 85 gr. Orange Lightning Smokeless Powder.

This was his regular big game rifle from 1887-1894 and he took over 100 big game animals - from antelope to grizzly - with it.

xtm

[Brass Nazi]

Mog,

You are now my hero. Not only do you work for Dillon but you hunt with a Shiloh Sharps 30-40:patriot: