![]() Over the 40 years in which I’ve been enamored with black powder cartridge single-shot rifles, I’ve owned several Remington No. 50s had rifling twist rates of 1:36 to 1:42. Sources vary, but it is reasonably safe to say most. It had 450-grain bullets and a 70-grain powder charge. 50-70 ammunition seemed to have been floating about in those days. Sharps Rifle Company had one load with a 425-grain paper-patched bullet and another with a 450-grain “grooved” bullet. ![]() Of course, ammunition buyers could use factory loads from other companies. Both had 70 grains of black powder with 400- and 450-grain bullets. According to an 1878 Remington catalog, it only offered two factory loads for that case length. 50 with a 1.75-inch case length, otherwise known as the. Mike’s handloads include a (3) Lyman 515141 bullet and a (4) RCBS 50-450-FN bullet. ![]()
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