Pee Wee #15785 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 https://gunsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/G0359.pdf Page 23. The Big Sharps: KING OF THE BUFFALO KILLERS by: ELMER KEITH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Keep’em coming PeeWee! I’m saving them! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Dutchman, SASS #41480 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Me to Thanks Lefty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 I love shooting my C. Sharps .50-140 650. Elmer Keith visited our ranch now 7 generations of my mother's family, Trudes. I m no longer involved but still use our custom Parker 8 gauge 4" double. Unlike my family, I have mostly used revolvers for hunting everything from muskrats to moose and semi automatics for NRA competition and as my T/O in the Marine Corps. However, I find great joy in shooting my .50 Sharps at my home range in Farthest North Idaho on the Canadian border. Because I love the smoke, flames and booms of black powder shooting, I use it for SASS, BPCR and just plain fun. Elmer Keith got me into .44s. After the Corps, I switched to .44 Magnums and I still hunt with one of the original S&Ws. The .50-140 or ..50-170 has been disparaged by some of the younger shooting writers but some of us love them. I don't win matches with mine but, as an El Rey, I do what I can with my blurry eyesight and elderly shakes. I hope to be shooting until I no longer exist. Thank you for the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Hey Mud, when are You coming to shoot with us again ? Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Never had access (or desire) to shoot anything over .50-70. If I did, I probably get me a skateboard to stand on, and a coil spring from a railroad freight car truck, and back up to a tree or somesuch. That way when I fired, the recoil would send me on the skateboard back until it compressed the spring, which would then send me back into battery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Great post. Thanks. Love the prices, in the ads. Also I noticed that no zip codes were in existence. Brings back a lot of memories, and there was a lot to read and consider, unlike today's magazines, which just lightly skim over the subjects. Some, not all, but some things were better, back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Loose Moose Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 The Rifleman who stunned the world and the owl decoy articles are fantastic too!! Thanks and keep em coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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