Is this rifle NCOWS legal,,is it a close copy of 'anything' ?

[Marshal Deadwood]

I wish you good luck out west Bill. That should be a wonderful hunt.

Just lost another huge private farm here that I'v hunted on all my life...   Seems that almost all of them have become 'off-limits' in my life time. Thank goodness southwest Va has a lot of public land,,or I'd bout be SOL on hunting.

I think the Sept shoot will be good. Some of the local boys are taking interest now,,,and we'll see how that aspect goes. I hope the boys and gals that live close enough to come do consider it. It'll be fun at least,,,and will give the foundation for starting the NCOWS posse.

Take care Bill.

[Rowdy Fulcher]

Marshall,

That question will be a tough one for me when I get there.

The 45-75 was the one and only for a number of year.  It is bottle necked and kind of expensive to load for now.

The 45-60 came out in the 80's (I think 84); the casing can be created from 45-70 brass and the dies are reasonable in price. The 45-60 came out in 1879 .

I have fired an original in 45-60.  I have an '86 in 45-70.  I am hard leaning toward the 45-75 but that overall expensive is something to consider after buying this rifle.

[Rowdy Fulcher]

The 45-60 came out in 1879

[French Jack]

A point to consider is performance with BP.  The 45-75 and other bottleneck cartridges are notorious for creating hard fouling in the bore and the case.  Sharps and others abandoned the bottleneck for this reason.  The only holdouts were the actions that limited the length of the case severely enough to need the case capacity of the bottleneck cases.  For the most part this is the case, the only exception to this is in the 38-56, which is a bottleneck formed from 45-70 brass.  It alone among the other cartridges does not exhibit this trait. 

Of, course, in hunting, with only a few rounds likely to be expended, this would not be a handicap.  Where it is a factor is in match or target shooting where more than 4 or 5 rounds will be used.

All things considered, I do believe that I would stay with either the 45-60 or the 40-60.  Just my two centavos worth.