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Re: 50-90 Sharps 1F or 2F & Advice ?
Jul 13th, 2022 at 10:25am
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I am shooting a 512 grain Accurate Moulds  bullet with a large meplat in my 50-70 and that is about all I want.  I would not think anything heavier shot in a 50-90 would be fun to shoot!  Also I have found 16:1 alloy the best as especially 30:1 with smokeless loads leads bad!  Tom
  
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Re: 50-90 Sharps 1F or 2F & Advice ?
Reply #1 - Jul 14th, 2022 at 5:34am
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My 50/90 shoots an accurate  mold ,670 grain Paper patch with smokeless, my 50/70 shoots an accurate  mold 470 grains with 66 grains of 1f. 50/90is 26 twist,50/70 
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Re: 50-90 Sharps 1F or 2F & Advice ?
Reply #2 - Jul 14th, 2022 at 6:13am
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I, too, have heard bad things about using necessarily small charges of smokeless in large BP cases.  Any truth in that at all?  Are there precautions that should be followed?

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Re: 50-90 Sharps 1F or 2F & Advice ?
Reply #3 - Jul 14th, 2022 at 9:27am
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MrTipUp wrote on Jul 14th, 2022 at 6:13am:
I, too, have heard bad things about using necessarily small charges of smokeless in large BP cases.  Any truth in that at all?  Are there precautions that should be followed?

Bill Lawrence

I have a #1 in 416 Rigby that I shoot 24g of Unique with various cast bullets (no filler) i have had no issues.Also 16g in a 375 H&H.
and in the 45-70 I've used 12g Unique  for well over 30 years .
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Re: 50-90 Sharps 1F or 2F & Advice ?
Reply #4 - Jul 14th, 2022 at 12:39pm
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I had a 50-90 Sharps that Bill Bagwell built for me many years ago. He said just fill it up with 1F & top it off with that flat nose RCBS bullet. We had a lot of fun with that rifle & rang a lot of steel plates.
Once I lost a deer that I'd shot due to the smoke. Considered going to smokeless but never did.
  
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Re: 50-90 Sharps 1F or 2F & Advice ?
Reply #5 - Jul 14th, 2022 at 12:41pm
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The bullet I am using in my 50/70 is Accurate 51-504L.  It was designed to fit my rolling block as I have no freebore to speak of.  The beauty of Accurate moulds is that you can change any of the designs to fit your rifle and needs.  I have a 0.512/0.502 barrel with 24 twist and wanted a large meplat for hunting.  Hard alloys will not expand but with the  large meplat they do not need to.  As for powder, I use Accurate #5744 powder or Shooter's World Buffalo powder in many of my old large capacity cases.  Near as I can tell the powders are essentially the same and if you can find it, Buffalo Powder is cheaper.  Tom
  
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Re: 50-90 Sharps 1F or 2F & Advice ?
Reply #6 - Jul 14th, 2022 at 8:04pm
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Another good one is a RCBS 50-515  that casts at .513 and 540 grains with Buffalo Rifle  powder at 30 grains. It a a very good load and you can use 5744 data  with BR Powder.
  
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Reply #7 - Jul 14th, 2022 at 9:44pm
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Seems like people are getting off track here. 50-90 2F would do well.
  
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Reply #8 - Jul 15th, 2022 at 6:26am
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From lyman cast bullet handbook #3
4759-500 grain bullet-20.5 to 27.5,50/90
  
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Re: 50-90 Sharps 1F or 2F & Advice ?
Reply #9 - Jul 15th, 2022 at 7:06am
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Not a 50-90 but in my 50-70 Gov. and 50-95 wcf the ffg Swiss has worked great . I started using  Old Eynsford Goex  1.5 F and the two rifles seem to like it also . Having used them both , I would try the 1.5 F  first . Your rifle will show what it likes best . Good luck enjoy the ride .
  
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Re: 50-90 Sharps 1F or 2F & Advice ?
Reply #10 - Jul 15th, 2022 at 9:14pm
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My C Sharp's 50.90 shot well with 638 Tom Ballard 20.1, SPG, , Goex Cartridge 90 grains, Bell cases, Federal LR Match, it shot Master class scores in Silhouette with Tye River behind wheel. moodyholler
  
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