Shooting the Cimarron .50-70 caliber McNelly Sharps carbine

[Bottom Dealin Mike]

Cimarron Firearms' McNelly Sharps carbine is a replica of the guns used by Capt Leander McNelly's Texas Ranger Special Force in 1875 to tame the bandits of the Nueces Strip in south Texas. The carbine, built by Armi Sport is a reproduction of the Sharps percussion modeo 1859 carbines that were converted to fire .50-70 Government cartridges in the late 1860s.

The only downside to shooting this little gem is that factory made ammo is wicked expensive.

[fourfingersofdeath]

$5.50 a shot,

Good video, but couldn't see the cavernous chamber, which is one of it's outstanding features! thanks.

[Cuts Crooked]

The only downside to shooting this little gem is that factory made ammo is wicked expensive.

Next..........BLACK POWDER RELOADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Blackpowder Burn]

I wish you were in this vicinity and I'd give you some BP ammo for it.

I have a friend with an original 1863 Sharps conversion to 50-70.  We drag it out on occasion to shoot - a real sense of history shooting a rifle that was likely involved in the Civil War.

[Seamus]

Hi Mike,

Another fine video.  Do you know how faithful the reproduction is to the original?  Are parts interchangeable? I have an original which has been altered a bit into a nice shooter with a front site which puts it right on at 50 yards.  At 100 the base ladder site setting (with the slide pushed up) is just low.  It really rings the steel at SASS ranges.

I urge buyers of the repo to get the .50/70.  Such an easy cartridge to reload and the look of that short fat cartridge is like no other this side of the .577 Snider (which really, really, makes the steel sing & bounce!).  Not many cartridges make the .45/70 look kinda wimpy in comparison.  .515 bullets are easy to find, I use 450g slugs available from Buffalo Arms & Dixie.  Like Rooster said "Too much gun!"

Gotta love real BP in 19th century single shot carbines!

Seamus 

[Bottom Dealin Mike]

I don't know how well the Chiappa parts interchange with originals...sorry I can't help.

BTW, I also like the .577 Snider. I have anoriginal  R.B. Rodda .577 sporting rifle.