This nice goat was taken with a .40-50 Sharps Bottleneck chambered Shilo Farmingdale.
For loading skills and knowledge, I was a greenie past anything .45-70 where lead and black go. This gun taught me what dramatic changes can happen in load development, by seemingly small changes in components or procedure.
Eventually, a 400g Snover style bullet, supplied by Buffalo Arms was the darling: Very streamlined, it rocketed out of the .40-50 muzzle at a blistering 1186 fps. Where accuracy was considered, this gun was horrid when bad. This bullet made it full of grace, and is now in my category of "boring rifles".
This was done at 110 yards, nearly broadside. the bullet entered perfectly behind the left shoulder, and exited through the right shoulder. (You may notice a slightly "blemished" section of hair just under the forearm of the gun: yes, Virginia, you can eat right up to that hole.) Honestly, I fully expected the pointy space-ship shaped nose of that bullet to be a problem on game. I think soft alloy mitigated that.
Ate some tonight. Best meat on the planet ('cept for Dall's Sheep).
