The American Sharps Shooters, 2013-6

[Bob McDowell]

Courtesy of C. Sharps Arms, attached is an edition of The American Sharps Shooters, 2013-6.

Table of Contents:
SHOOTING THE BIG .50 by Mike Nesbitt
Outstanding Products
AN OLD RANCHER MEETS AN “OLD FARMER” by Dangerous Don McDowell

[Lumpy Grits]

Bob and Don, THANK YOU BOTH for this
Gary

[Mike]

Some doin's! And we need to give thanks to C. Sharps Arms too.

[bruce moulds]

most interesting reading.
only one comment.
it would be lovely to see the test rifles wrung out for more accuracy.
I believe they are capable of much more than shown in the reviews, and would be disappointed to buy one that could only group like some of the photos.
possibly the market only has certain expectations, and this being a marketing exercise it would not do to make brains hurt?
keep safe,
bruce.

[Don McDowell]

Oh I don't know Bruce, if you read that article closely, that was the first 5 rounds out of the gun, with no real experience loading the cartridge... These aren't test rifles, they are rifle bought and paid for by the writers, mostly with hunting and general enjoyment in mind, match shooting and iddy biddy groups secondary..

[bruce moulds]

don,
it's still good reading.
keep safe,
bruce.

[Don McDowell]

Thanks Bruce , keep us filled in on how things are going on your side of the ocean.

[Kurt]

Mike.
Keep working with the Big .50. the group you shot for your review will do the same at 200 or beyond.

Here is what mine has done at 200 yards with 12 shots with a sight correction, but I must say, my .50 is a different beast. Calamity has a 1/22 ROT and it is just a couple oz. short of 14# and I use a 720 grain bullet with 110 grains of 2F powder.
I haven't shot this rifle since Goex discontinued the Express powder but I will start load development again using 1 to 3Fg Olde Eynsford powder maybe yet this summer. The .50 has always been my go to rifle for long range shooting when the conditions where rough. It will hold it's own against any caliber, but you must be able to tolerate the recoil and it will serve you well.

Kurt

[Gunlaker]

Kurt you've obviously got recoil management figured out! That's some excellent shooting. If I were to go the Big 50 route in a Sharps I'd want a 25lb Tollofson gun :-)

Chris.

[Kurt]

yup