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 wasn't finished with the stock, hence no bolt, and if you could nee, no action screws. I just put the action in the stock and snapped a pick.
7mm IHMSA, 15" Shilen Barrel, back when they made GOOD barrels (Actually was assembled by Shilen too) It's wearing a Burris 2-7x32mm pistol scope. I know Ernie and Zee like putting rifle scopes on their SPs, but that's not my "thang" Some of my SPs will HURT ME if I tried that (14" 45-70 Contender for one)
And here I am, ~20 years ago with the 2 Axis does I killed with one shot with it.
Closest one was a head shot, jacket severed the spine on the second one. Unplanned, but it worked out. Range was ~50 yard
edited to add: scope details
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates, Rule #37: There is no “overkill”. There is only “open fire” and “I need to reload”.
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.
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.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
"The Un-Tactical"
Pachmayer Dominator in .35 Remington
"The Un-Tactical"
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
I wasn't finished with the stock, hence no bolt, and if you could nee, no action screws. I just put the action in the stock and snapped a pick.
7mm IHMSA, 15" Shilen Barrel, back when they made GOOD barrels (Actually was assembled by Shilen too) It's wearing a Burris 2-7x32mm pistol scope. I know Ernie and Zee like putting rifle scopes on their SPs, but that's not my "thang" Some of my SPs will HURT ME if I tried that (14" 45-70 Contender for one)
And here I am, ~20 years ago with the 2 Axis does I killed with one shot with it.
Closest one was a head shot, jacket severed the spine on the second one. Unplanned, but it worked out. Range was ~50 yard
edited to add: scope details
"The Un-Tactical"
"The Un-Tactical"
M-H Cavalry Carbine, .303
Pedersoli Trapdoor Carbine.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
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
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
.357 Mag
Is that with the cast iron or steel frame?