Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West

Introduction................................................................................... 11
2) What Constitutes a Buffalo Rifle?................................................ 18
3) Understanding Buffalo Rifle Cartridges........................................ 22
PART I: THE RIFLES
4) Trapdoor Springfields ................................................................ 27
5) Sharps....................................................................................... 34
6) Remingtons............................................................................... 48
7) Ballards..................................................................................... 56
8) Winchester Single Shot............................................................... 60
9) The Rifle Reproductions.............................................................. 63
PART II: BASIC RELOADING FOR BUFFALO RIFLES
10) Introduction to Buffalo Cartridge Reloading............................... 70
11) Basic Reloading for Buffalo Rifles.............................................. 77
12) A Paper Patch Bullet Demonstration........................................ 100
Author’s Note....................................................................... 114
13) .40-70 Bottleneck (2 1/4”)..................................................... 116
14) .40-70 Straight (2 1/2”)......................................................... 120
15) .40-90 Bottleneck (2 5/8”)..................................................... 125
16) .44-77 (2 1/4”)..................................................................... 128
17) .44-90 (2 5/8”)..................................................................... 137
18) .45-70 Government (2 1/10”)................................................ 141
19) .45-90 (2 4/10”)................................................................... 148
20) .45-100 (2 6/10”).................................................................. 152
21) .45-110 (2 7/8”)................................................................... 155
22) .50-70 Government (1 3/4”).................................................. 160
23) .50-90 (2 1/2”)..................................................................... 164
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SHOOTING BUFFALO RIFLES of the OLD WEST
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PART III
24) Modern Competitions for Buffalo Rifles................................... 168
25) Reloading Match-Grade Ammunition...................................... 179
PART IV: MISCELLANEOUS
26) Sights.................................................................................... 202
27) “The Buffalo Hunters”............................................................ 213
28) “The Legend of Billy Dixon”.................................................... 223
29) Modern Hunting with Buffalo Rifles......................................... 236
30) Modern Bison Hunting........................................................... 246
31) The Buffalo Rifle in Combat.................................................... 257
32) Cleaning Chores.................................................................... 265
33) Favorites............................................................................... 271