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I remember when both Shilo and C. Sharps Arms were still chambering the two 3 1/4" cases, the .45-120 and .50-140. Pretty impressive, intimidating rounds. One of the competitors at our local matches made the mistake of ordering one in .45-120. Shooting prone, it would lift both elbows off the ground. Way too punishing for a match rifle, so he had the barrel set back and rechambered to .45-90.
While there are some original Sharps rifles in these calibers, they did not leave the factory that way. Sharps never made a rifle with a 3 1/4" chamber. See Frank Seller's book for the lowdown on this. Many were rechambered to these calibers, however. The real "Big Fifty" was actually the .50-90 or .50-100, with the 2 1/2" case.
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Jeff
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"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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