Capanball on youtube has a video on the Whitworths.
I think I read the originals shipped from England in special wood crates with accoutrements and one thousand rounds each.
There were some rifleman with serious capability during the war. I think their rifles were usually more common than the very expensive Whitworths.
The Rebs had another .451 sniper system called the Kerr, though those weren't exactly common either.
Ours hasn't been shot at distance, but accuracy isn't shabby - - as I recall about 2-3 MOA. We replicated the side-mount Davis scope with a shorter Malcolm. Pretty weird - you shim it for windage and elevation is accomplished with a pivoting dovetail at the rear and what might as well be a wing nut locking down a pointer on a scale. The regulation charge generates enough recoil to keep that from really holding properly for more than a couple shots - - so pay attention.
Haven't cast for it in a long time. Probably should. It was the gun that got us into casting in the first place, and we started with one of the hardest designs to cast a good bullet for. Technique has improved considerably since then.
Many of my Bolt Action Repeaters chambered first High BC cartridges like .260 Rem / 6.5-284 Win / 7mm RM / 7mm RUM / .300 RUM, have been turned into single shots because I seat the bullets to chamber length and this results in cartridges that won’t fit in the guns magazine. When that happens, I replace the magazine follower with a single shot follower. Hasn’t stopped them from being effective on game.
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
I guess this counts. Its a 38special that I made from scratch. All designed in my head. I STILL never got around to cutting dovetails for sights. Yes its ugly but it works.
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Forgot to add, Shipped to L. M. Burney in Lamesa, TX Sounds like an individual, not a business. The good ol days when you could buy a gun and have it shipped to you.
There is also at least one Colt Python factory chambered for the .256 Winchester Mag...lat time I checked, the gun was valued somewhere between 14 and 22 K $....For a time it was offered but don't think it was ever produced en masse
Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
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Ours hasn't been shot at distance, but accuracy isn't shabby - - as I recall about 2-3 MOA. We replicated the side-mount Davis scope with a shorter Malcolm. Pretty weird - you shim it for windage and elevation is accomplished with a pivoting dovetail at the rear and what might as well be a wing nut locking down a pointer on a scale. The regulation charge generates enough recoil to keep that from really holding properly for more than a couple shots - - so pay attention.
Haven't cast for it in a long time. Probably should. It was the gun that got us into casting in the first place, and we started with one of the hardest designs to cast a good bullet for. Technique has improved considerably since then.
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"The Un-Tactical"
Pachmayer Dominator in .35 Remington
"The Un-Tactical"
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"The Un-Tactical"
"The Un-Tactical"
M-H Cavalry Carbine, .303
Pedersoli Trapdoor Carbine.
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Wow! It just came to me why my house isn't paid off. I guess I could back off the gun buying but where is the fun in that?
http://www.m1carbinesinc.com/carbine_Universal256.html
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.357 Mag
Is that with the cast iron or steel frame?