Thinking on a new rifle

[Kurt]

Mustang.

Out all of the rifles I have the .50-2.5 has been my go to rifle. It is the best shooting most reliable rifle I have.
But at age 75 I'm starting to look for something more gentle on my busted up frame. Shooting that 720 gr bullet behind 110 grains of 2F is starting to get my attention when I shoot over 400 rounds in 4-5 days at some of the gong matches. My rifle weighs 13-2# but I still reach for it.
The .44-75 ballard I just finished I load with 81.5 grains of 3F OE powder with a 500 gr bullet and it is a very what I think mild round to shoot. I'm really getting attached to that round because it has great potential for accuracy even shooting it in my previous screwed up barrel is showed it wanted to shoot despite the bad vertical during a string of fire that is why I had a second build in this caliber. My .44-100 Rem st. is a 25# Sharps with a 35" round straight barrel and it is capable of putting 5 shots at 200 just a little larger then a quarter, It has done it several times and the recoil feels like a .40-65. They all can be made to shoot well if you can control them and if it has a good barrel put on right.
A fellow I shot with at Lodi Wis. used a .40-65 and shot a 99 on the 800 using it. The rdnck that posts here once in a while mainly shoots a .45-70 with great results and his wife has a lot of gold metals under glass shooting the Nationals with her .40-65.
Picking a rifle or caliber is a personal choice. They can all do the job.

Kurt