Anybody here converted an 1886 Browning to 50-110?
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Anybody here converted an 1886 Browning to 50-110?
I was considering this project, but I was wondering if anyone here has gone that route and how did it turn out for you. Also what possessed you to have the conversion done in the first place.
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I did it and LOVE it! Always thought a 50 caliber lever would be neat to have especially since there are not that many around. Mine is also on the Browning 1886 and sports a half round/half octagon barrel with half magazine. I sold the stock with cresent buttplate and replaced it with one that has a nice rubber pad. The idea of shooting a 50-110 with a steel cresent buttplate seemed like an insane thing to do.
Hmmm that sound really kewl but my 1886 wont feed a 45-70 with 535 gr round nose into the magazine. How do I correct that problem (which must be able to be corrected) if you can feed a 50-110 with a 500 grain pill - that must be longer. The round chambers fine but doesnt seem to make the "bend" while loading.
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Howdy,
Converted my Browning M71 to 50-110. Put a recoil pad on it, full mag tube, full octagonal barrel. I like it! Just wanted something different. Maximum cartridge length is 2.8". I can feed a 547gr bullet but the heavier the bullet is the less powder room I have.
rjohns check the COAL on your 45-70 to see if that is the problem. The feeding ramp was reworked to feed the 50-110, maybe yours needs some tinkering to feed the 535gr in your 45-70.
Hope that helps
Jonh
Converted my Browning M71 to 50-110. Put a recoil pad on it, full mag tube, full octagonal barrel. I like it! Just wanted something different. Maximum cartridge length is 2.8". I can feed a 547gr bullet but the heavier the bullet is the less powder room I have.
rjohns check the COAL on your 45-70 to see if that is the problem. The feeding ramp was reworked to feed the 50-110, maybe yours needs some tinkering to feed the 535gr in your 45-70.
Hope that helps
Jonh
I agree with Bronco. Plus when you have the feed ramp reworked and seat those bullets as deep as you can, you should have no trouble. Make sure to work the lever hard and brisk!!! Pussying it will be a sure jam session. Also, COAL is critical with these long dudes to even get them in the loading gate. Too long, and the bullets "belly out" against the mag tube. Dave Scovill wrote extensively about these issues in various issues of "RIFLE MAGAZINE". Research is your best friend(besides us here!). Good luck.
Some of you migrated to different stocks during the conversion. Is reinforcement of the butt stock desirable -- that is, using laminated (Serengeti) wood, or perhaps, some sort of butt stock through bolt assembly?
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