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December 9, 2002
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I chose to post this in the ‘What’s New”, section, and feel free to move it if so desired.
This box for sale with provenance, I found very interesting on member Joe Salters site.
Tony
November 19, 2006
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Tony –
Very interesting. Thanks for posting. Must have been one of those 15 M1886 .50 calibers ordered as a smoothbore. I know one of those .50 caliber 1886 smoothbore 86’s was the one made in .50-100-450 
December 9, 2002
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Yeah Steve,
I also found it interesting, as I assumed it was that also. I never heard of this guy in my readings.
Tony
November 7, 2015
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Anthony said
Yeah Steve,
I also found it interesting, as I assumed it was that also. I never heard of this guy in my readings.
Tony
I understand there were many more exhibition shooters than most of us read about these days, just as there were several wild west shows. I wonder how many cases of ammo this shooter went thru. The asking price is mind boggling here, definitely a case of buying the story.
Mike
November 19, 2006
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TXGunNut said
Anthony said
Yeah Steve,
I also found it interesting, as I assumed it was that also. I never heard of this guy in my readings.
Tony
I understand there were many more exhibition shooters than most of us read about these days, just as there were several wild west shows. I wonder how many cases of ammo this shooter went thru. The asking price is mind boggling here, definitely a case of buying the story.
Mike
I suppose that’s who most of those 15 .50 caliber M1886 smoothbores went to – as opposed to upland bird hunters.
November 7, 2015
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I suppose that’s who most of those 15 .50 caliber M1886 smoothbores went to – as opposed to upland bird hunters.-Steve
Maybe so, I wasn’t aware they were using this model. I thought maybe they were using something a bit quicker and lighter like the 1873. I suppose some of us need to launch more pellets than others! I think the 50-110 would be close to the 28ga.
Mike
November 19, 2006
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TXGunNut said
I suppose that’s who most of those 15 .50 caliber M1886 smoothbores went to – as opposed to upland bird hunters.-Steve
Maybe so, I wasn’t aware they were using this model. I thought maybe they were using something a bit quicker and lighter like the 1873. I suppose some of us need to launch more pellets than others! I think the 50-110 would be close to the 28ga.
Mike
Mike –
I’ve researched this a bit. Recall my Standard Arms Camp .50 will chamber a .50-110 case. The Camp .50 will not come close to chambering a 28 gauge but a 32 gauge shell will.
November 7, 2015
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steve004 said
TXGunNut said
I suppose that’s who most of those 15 .50 caliber M1886 smoothbores went to – as opposed to upland bird hunters.-Steve
Maybe so, I wasn’t aware they were using this model. I thought maybe they were using something a bit quicker and lighter like the 1873. I suppose some of us need to launch more pellets than others! I think the 50-110 would be close to the 28ga.
Mike
Mike –
I’ve researched this a bit. Recall my Standard Arms Camp .50 will chamber a .50-110 case. The Camp .50 will not come close to chambering a 28 gauge but a 32 gauge shell will.
I was just comparing the relative sizes, hadn’t considered actually firing a shotgun shell in a rifle but that would have simplified things a bit. I recall hearing about the 32 ga but still haven’t seen one. I think I’d rather run across a nice Camp 50. Interesting gun.
Mike
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