50-70 Shiloh Sharps Military Rifle

[J.B.]

I know the twist on Kurt's banger! Eric, J.B., and Mike.....what are the twists on your rifles?

..A little late but just so as you know.. my 50/70 ran a 1/36 twist and I had no regrets. Shot beautifully and I couldn't see any point in going to a bullet heavier than 480 grains in this cartridge anyway. The 1/36" is more than up to the task. Paper targets to 500 yds & gong shoots to 1000... it 'goterdun' .
I stayed with Shilohs now standard 1/22" for the 50 x 2 1/2 " as I wanted to play around with long range and the bigger 600+ grn bullets. Were I to stay around 450-550 in that cartridge I'd have opted for the 1/36" again. There's a lot of torque when you unleash a 650-700 grn bullet in that faster twist in the 50/90. Hth.

Gavin.