I am thinking about buying one of these rifle from buffalo arms. The one I'm wanting is the .50-95 with a 28 inch barrel. What is the quality of uberti. Does anyone own one of these rifle? What do you think of it?
I also am waiting for the right time to purchase that same rifle and caliber , have $900.00 at present , will get mine from Cabela's Hamburg pa .Buffalo arms has bullets and Brass for them ! Cimarron arms have them, you can contact them about quality and their openion of that rifle , If you get yours before I do please let me know what you think of them .
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Posts: 578 | Location: PA | Registered: 21 March 2007
Anybody got one of these yet? I have also entertained the idea of the 50-95 version. Would seem the 50-95 would be a fun plinker and relatively cheap to shoot with components for loading available. Rodney.
Posts: 1049 | Location: Cut-n-Shoot, Texas USA | Registered: 15 January 2006
I also want a 50-95. I've held one last year at a local shop, but didn't purchase. It was a Cimarron, and very nicely put together. Fit and finish were excellent, as was wood to metal fit. I want one to compliment my 50 sharps.
I must admit if you were looking for a "cheap to shoot" version, you'd be better off with the 45-60 version. You can use 45-70 brass cut down and sized in a 45-60 sizer die, and use the MUCH more commonly available 458 diameter bullets. Really the only "expensive" component would be the sizer die.
With the 50-95 stuff, EVERYTHING is more expensive or harder to find, brass, dies, bullets...
If I didn't already have a nice86/71 clone in 50-110 I would already have bought one of these. What a hammer for dangerous game in Africa. Winchester records show that they sold a ton of these in India for tiger hunting.
What would be a factory equivalent load for the 50-95 Win.? My oldest load book dates back to 1950 and does'nt show this chambering but does have the 50-110 Win with a long since discontinued powder pushing a 300 grain bullet at 2,200 fps. Maybe the 50-95 could possibly reach 1,800 fps with same 300 grain bullet? Rodney.
Posts: 1049 | Location: Cut-n-Shoot, Texas USA | Registered: 15 January 2006
What would be a factory equivalent load for the 50-95 Win.?
I got the newest Lyman reloading book. In chapter 11, Brian Pearce tested same 1876 replicas and handloads, from .40-60, over .45-60 to .45-75. He wrote the .50-95 wasn´t available, so he haven´t tested datas. For me, the 1876 is a very interesting rifle, with a great history. From Roosevelt to the Canadian Mounties. When it will be easier to buy a repeating rifle in Germany and I will have enought money, a .45-75 will be one of the next rifles. The only handloading datas for the .50-95 I have, is from the Handloaders Manual of cartridges conversion. 23grs IMR-4198 behind a 350grs Lead bullet and ~1350fps.
When I can get around to it, I'll get over to a friend of mine who has some of the current loading software and see what I can make out of this old cartridge. The 45-75Win is an interesting fat little cart also, I've got an original Winchester cartridge in my collection but not the 50-95. Maybe I was a little optimistic about 300 grain bullet at 1,800 fps velocity, but it is all the more reason to run the numbers and see what this grand old chambering would be capable of within original pressure limits. Rodney.
Posts: 1049 | Location: Cut-n-Shoot, Texas USA | Registered: 15 January 2006
the M1876 is just a stretched version of the M1873. This is not a really strong action. If you want a hammer lever rifle, talk to Doug Turnbull about doing a new 1886 in 50-110 like I had done.
