Hey brother in case you ain’t heard I got the results from the PET Scan yesterday when I went to take another treatment and as of right now I’m cancer free Thank the LORD JESUS CHRIST AMEN 🙏. HE gets the glory for my healing Amen 🙏. I still got to take the treatments to be sure of it. Thank you for praying for me brother I appreciate it more than you’ll ever know Amen 🙏
Great Video! In my opinion, the 1874 Sharps Rifle is the best looking rifle ever made. Shiloh, or C. Sharps Arms, both make really nice rifles. Mine is a C. Sharps and "Tiny" compared to that! 45-70 with a 520 grain bullet. It kicks plenty. 50-140 looks brutal! Smokeless I think is too much for that cartridge, but black powder will still kick hard with that amount. THERE WE GO! BLACK POWDER! LOVE THAT SMOKE! I'm surprised you said the smokeless has less kick. I wouldn't have thought that. The 1886 might be heavier? Running backwards because you are afraid of getting wet....not because of recoil! HA! Hardly!
Roughly thirty years ago I had the pleasure of owning a double barrel percussion Kodiak rifle in .54 caliber. I never got to hunt anything with it, but I can attest to it having the most brutal recoil of any shoulder fired bullet launcher I've ever pulled the trigger(s) on to date! I had to lean into it to hit anything with it on my old homemade range and it still stood me up straight and sometimes (depending on powder charge and bullet weight) pushed me back a step or so. I can only imagine what you were experiencing firing that big old .50-140! I would love to own one, but age and Uncle Arthur would probably lead to a hospital stay and shoulder surgery if I shot it more than a few times! Take care and keep the great big bore videos coming! Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year to you and yours from The Lovely Bride and me!
If it was me, I would pass on buying that rifle. The difficult extraction, and the off center primer strikes tells me that the barrel is not installed in the frame correctly. The barrel threads must have been machined either off center or crooked into the frame, and so the chamber is not centered, thereby causing the extraction and primer issues. It is too bad such a beautiful rifle is flawed this way.
Hard extraction is a known problem with both the .45-120 and the .50-140 they are both very straight walled and the case has a lot of surface drag in that long chamber. Your drag issue is probably the large rim diameter dragging on the groove in the action tail right behind the breech block. If this groove isn't deep enough it will drag. There is no excuse for offset primer strikes, either the lever isn't raising the block high enough or the hole was drilled slightly off center. Either way poor quality. I take it it is an Italian copy and NOT a Shiloh Sharps out of Big Timber Montana.
I can’t believe how you can handle the recoil if I am not careful not even shooting what I would not consider a hard kicking rifle anymore and being on blood thinners after having a heart attack I get all black and blue last time my hole should and arm down to my elbow was black and blue
Even though that’s one of my dream rifles, because of the extraction not working and the primer striking off center, I think the barrel might need to be re-bedded, cause something is out of whack. Unless you can get a great deal on it because of barrel issues and you know a good smith or can do it yourself. Great video!
you deserve a lot more subscribers than what I'm seeing here. you really have some awesome firearms, that I'd never known of until I found this channel. my father gave me my first rifle when I was 8, I'm not exactly a stranger to firearms. would be polite if you introduced yourself sometimes, first name will do. I tend to be a bit formal and feel silly saying the levergun50 guy when I mention the content to my acquaintances. the whoteewho guy the same thing. I did know his name but forgot what it was. since he never introduces himself, I'm not inclined to mention the channel because the name makes me feel silly. weren't you going to sell that rifle or send it back because of that sticky shell issue? I believe I remember you saying something to that effect.
Except Sharps never made a rifle chambered in .50-140. Or, for that matter, .45-120. Both are 3 1/4" cases. Sharps never chambered anything with a 3 1/4" case. The famous "Big Fifty" was actually a 2.5" case, the longest they ever chambered in .50 caliber. The longest case used in .45 caliber was 2 7/8". There were, however, Sharps rifles rechambered to 3 1/4" in both .45 and .50 caliber some time after the Sharps rifle company went belly up. Pretty much the beginning of "wildcatting", really, which is cool in and of itself. So, while Sharps never made one, early "wildcatters" did, so it's still very "historically correct".
Hey brother in case you ain’t heard I got the results from the PET Scan yesterday when I went to take another treatment and as of right now I’m cancer free Thank the LORD JESUS CHRIST AMEN 🙏. HE gets the glory for my healing Amen 🙏. I still got to take the treatments to be sure of it. Thank you for praying for me brother I appreciate it more than you’ll ever know Amen 🙏
Praise God! He is awesome!
Thank You, Lord.
You and Kentucky Ballistics need to get together. I think yall would have some fun with those big bores.
I only know of this round because of your channel. I NEVER get tired of seeing this!
Great Video! In my opinion, the 1874 Sharps Rifle is the best looking rifle ever made. Shiloh, or C. Sharps Arms, both make really nice rifles.
Mine is a C. Sharps and "Tiny" compared to that! 45-70 with a 520 grain bullet. It kicks plenty.
50-140 looks brutal! Smokeless I think is too much for that cartridge, but black powder will still kick hard with that amount. THERE WE GO! BLACK POWDER! LOVE THAT SMOKE!
I'm surprised you said the smokeless has less kick. I wouldn't have thought that. The 1886 might be heavier? Running backwards because you are afraid of getting wet....not because of recoil! HA! Hardly!
Thank you 👍
what a kicker, you took it well and survived . Good video
Thank you
Roughly thirty years ago I had the pleasure of owning a double barrel percussion Kodiak rifle in .54 caliber. I never got to hunt anything with it, but I can attest to it having the most brutal recoil of any shoulder fired bullet launcher I've ever pulled the trigger(s) on to date! I had to lean into it to hit anything with it on my old homemade range and it still stood me up straight and sometimes (depending on powder charge and bullet weight) pushed me back a step or so. I can only imagine what you were experiencing firing that big old .50-140! I would love to own one, but age and Uncle Arthur would probably lead to a hospital stay and shoulder surgery if I shot it more than a few times! Take care and keep the great big bore videos coming! Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year to you and yours from The Lovely Bride and me!
Wow===what a beast. Very impressive. Glad I'm not the one shooting it.
If it was me, I would pass on buying that rifle. The difficult extraction, and the off center primer strikes tells me that the barrel is not installed in the frame correctly. The barrel threads must have been machined either off center or crooked into the frame, and so the chamber is not centered, thereby causing the extraction and primer issues. It is too bad such a beautiful rifle is flawed this way.
That’s my thoughts exactly
Hard extraction is a known problem with both the .45-120 and the .50-140 they are both very straight walled and the case has a lot of surface drag in that long chamber. Your drag issue is probably the large rim diameter dragging on the groove in the action tail right behind the breech block. If this groove isn't deep enough it will drag. There is no excuse for offset primer strikes, either the lever isn't raising the block high enough or the hole was drilled slightly off center. Either way poor quality. I take it it is an Italian copy and NOT a Shiloh Sharps out of Big Timber Montana.
I can’t believe how you can handle the recoil if I am not careful not even shooting what I would not consider a hard kicking rifle anymore and being on blood thinners after having a heart attack I get all black and blue last time my hole should and arm down to my elbow was black and blue
Wonderful Video today that sucker kicks hehe Thanks My Friend! 👍 225 Enjoyed. Have a Great Weekend! 👾 🎮 👋😎
Thank you
That is amazing sir and you can tell the difference between the two
Thank you
What a man, and what a caliber!
Thank you
If you can afford it, buy it! It’s good viewing for all your subscribers! I love the cartridge & rifle history! Also the 70/150 & 50/110.
Yes 👍
When you bent down to line up the jugs I thought for sure it was going to knock you down. 80 foot pounds of recoil, holy crap!
Thank you
Have you ever considered giving away some of the fired lead projectiles? I'd love having one of those MONSTERS!!
Whoa Buddy!!❤❤❤
Awesome video 👍
It's a beautiful rifle. I'd try get ahold of it if I was you. It sure has some power though
Man, that is some sauce!
Muy bueno tu video saludos desde argentina
Even though that’s one of my dream rifles, because of the extraction not working and the primer striking off center, I think the barrel might need to be re-bedded, cause something is out of whack. Unless you can get a great deal on it because of barrel issues and you know a good smith or can do it yourself. Great video!
Thank you that’s my thoughts exactly
you deserve a lot more subscribers than what I'm seeing here. you really have some awesome firearms, that I'd never known of until I found this channel. my father gave me my first rifle when I was 8, I'm not exactly a stranger to firearms. would be polite if you introduced yourself sometimes, first name will do. I tend to be a bit formal and feel silly saying the levergun50 guy when I mention the content to my acquaintances. the whoteewho guy the same thing. I did know his name but forgot what it was. since he never introduces himself, I'm not inclined to mention the channel because the name makes me feel silly. weren't you going to sell that rifle or send it back because of that sticky shell issue? I believe I remember you saying something to that effect.
is this the same as a 500 nitro express? but in smokeless powder?
The cartridges are a little different, but it can produce the same power
I knew a guy that had a C-Sharps in 45-120. Had the Hawken style fore-end. Beautiful rifle, but he sold it due to the recoil.
Those hot black powder loads near the end knocked you back a couple steps!
Yes
How far can this cartridge accurately reach out?
Check your chamber. I had a 45x120 and used smokeless and it bulged the barrel. Taylor sent me a 45x70 barrel for free.
It’s all good
That’s an energy dump big time now wow.
2:10 is where I’m at I’ll be back in a bit.
Buy it! BUY IT! If u don't I'd be interested.
It belongs to Frank Walker you should be able to comment on one of his comments and get in touch with him, i’m gonna have to pass on it
If you can afford it, he'll yeah buy it.J.Au-en
Well do you think you will aquire it??
From a friend of the channel
@@Leverguns50 I was asking if you had decided to purchase it
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It depends on how much he is asking.
Good Lord have mercy!!!
shame you dont have a bufflo to plug with that !
Yea
It's a "cartridge", not a "bullet"...
Except Sharps never made a rifle chambered in .50-140. Or, for that matter, .45-120. Both are 3 1/4" cases. Sharps never chambered anything with a 3 1/4" case. The famous "Big Fifty" was actually a 2.5" case, the longest they ever chambered in .50 caliber. The longest case used in .45 caliber was 2 7/8". There were, however, Sharps rifles rechambered to 3 1/4" in both .45 and .50 caliber some time after the Sharps rifle company went belly up. Pretty much the beginning of "wildcatting", really, which is cool in and of itself. So, while Sharps never made one, early "wildcatters" did, so it's still very "historically correct".
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That barrel is to low in the receiver my sharps 1874 has lots of clearance
I have to give it to you I wouldn’t want anything to do with that gun
Thank you
They.......they called the police on me. Donn and Kendra. How.....Nan ta toh.
Thank you
I think this rifle is not very well made. Empties should not stick like that, and off-center firing pin looks sloppy.
I felt the same way so I sent it back
Thank you. I won't buy one of those!
Understandable