Thread: .50 Eley loading info

Originally Posted by Scout

Yes it is gone, I was shooting it in a few big bore shoots (with full loads & arms goes numb & fingers can hardly reload) & one of the shooters wanted it badly so I sold it, strangely with in that week I was offered a Winchester Model 1885 in .50 Eley I think these are normally in 3in case, if it had been in .50/110 -.50/100 I may have grabbed it but in hind sight I wish I had !

That was why I was thinking it would be a single shot !

I also nearly brought an 1885 50 eley years ago
But the guy I was looking to buy it off seemed very dodgy and I decided that it was not worth the aggravation or to find it was stolen or what ever