Re: MtMan-List: 50-110

["J.R. Foster" <pcf99@infowest.com>]

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> From: mark <markr@soltec.net>
> To: grieves@southwest.com.au
> Cc: hist_text@xmission.com
> Subject: Re: MtMan-List: 50-110
> Date: Sunday, March 30, 1997 6:26 AM
> 
> At 05:13 PM 3/29/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Howdy folks.  
> >    I received the post below and really wasn't feeling qualified to
give
> >this guy a useable responce.  Figured there was surly someone on the
list
> >here that could help him out.  If so, please respond to "Ghost" at:
> >grieves@southwest.com.au
> >    Thanks.
> >
> >                                 Lodge
> >
> ><<Subj:	some inf if you can
> >    Date:	97-03-29 07:35:33 EST
> >    From:	grieves@southwest.com.au (ghost)
> >    To:	lodgepole@aol.com
> >
> >   im would like to know if you can help me find some info on an old
rife
> >calaber ie the  50-110>>
> 
> Ghost,
> 
> This sounds an awful lot like a Sharps rifles. 50-110 is best understood
> this way 50=the calibre, and 110 is the grains or load of powder for that
> cartridge.  You can write the: Shilo Rifle Manufaturing Co; Po Box 279 
Big
> Timber, Montana  59011  or call them at 406-932-4454
> 
> The Quigley rifle featured in the movie "Quigley Down Under" is a 45-100
> cal. The catalog Shilo puts out is very descriptive and if you desire to
own
> one of these, there is a 4 yr waiting list
> 
> Hope I have been of service
> 
> Mark 
> Urbana, Illinois

The Quigley Rifle was a 45-110,