45-110 Quigley 1874 Buffalo Rifle - Tom Selleck - Down Under
Based on an article on Wikipedia olease see the rest at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quigley_Down_Under
“Quigley Sharps rifle Tom Selleck plays Matthew Quigley,…
Quigley's weapon of choice is an 1874 Sharps Buffalo Rifle.
It’s a lever-action, breech loader. Usual barrel length’s thirty inches. This one has an extra four. It’s converted to use a special forty-five caliber, hundred and ten grain metal cartridge, with a five-hundred and forty grain paper-patched bullet. It’s fitted with double set triggers, and a Vernier sight. It’s marked up to twelve-hundred yards. This one shoots a mite further.
—Matthew Quigley – Tom Selleck
Three fully functional .45-110 rifles—matching the above description—were built for the film in 1989 by the Shiloh Rifle Co. of Big Timber, Montana. They also had a 15 1⁄4 inch length of pull to fit Sellek's tall frame, a full octagon heavy barrel with a blue finish, and weighed 13 1⁄2 pounds. Due to the weight, one of the rifles was sent back to Shiloh to be refitted with an aluminum barrel so it could be swung faster (as a club) in fight scenes. After the filming concluded, Selleck kept all three rifles, and had two of them reconditioned by Shiloh Rifle Co.[7]
There is an annual Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match in Forsyth, Montana (180 miles from Big Timber) on Father's Day weekend. The shoot is the largest of its kind in America, attended by around 600 shooters, with targets out to 800 yards.[11]
7. ^ Venturino, Mike (November, 2005). "The Quigley rifle: now, for the rest of the story". Guns Magazine. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_11_51/ai_n15402263/.
11. ^ "Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match". Montana Office of Tourism. 2010. http://www.visitmt.com/categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordID=11203&siteid=1.
This was originally going to be a post on the below thread but I could not find it:
Plus as mentioned you might be able to have a gunsmith make a 45-70 into a 45-110. But not the other way around unless you wanted to send a bullet a long ways before it hit rifling - 45-70 in a 45 -110 - or if you may be able to find a safe powder to make a safe reduced load – reducing loads are not always safe ask Hodgdon about Trail Boss powder - if that would even be safe with your gun.
Based on an article on Wikipedia olease see the rest at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quigley_Down_Under
“Quigley Sharps rifle Tom Selleck plays Matthew Quigley,…
Quigley's weapon of choice is an 1874 Sharps Buffalo Rifle.
It’s a lever-action, breech loader. Usual barrel length’s thirty inches. This one has an extra four. It’s converted to use a special forty-five caliber, hundred and ten grain metal cartridge, with a five-hundred and forty grain paper-patched bullet. It’s fitted with double set triggers, and a Vernier sight. It’s marked up to twelve-hundred yards. This one shoots a mite further.
—Matthew Quigley – Tom Selleck
Three fully functional .45-110 rifles—matching the above description—were built for the film in 1989 by the Shiloh Rifle Co. of Big Timber, Montana. They also had a 15 1⁄4 inch length of pull to fit Sellek's tall frame, a full octagon heavy barrel with a blue finish, and weighed 13 1⁄2 pounds. Due to the weight, one of the rifles was sent back to Shiloh to be refitted with an aluminum barrel so it could be swung faster (as a club) in fight scenes. After the filming concluded, Selleck kept all three rifles, and had two of them reconditioned by Shiloh Rifle Co.[7]
There is an annual Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match in Forsyth, Montana (180 miles from Big Timber) on Father's Day weekend. The shoot is the largest of its kind in America, attended by around 600 shooters, with targets out to 800 yards.[11]
7. ^ Venturino, Mike (November, 2005). "The Quigley rifle: now, for the rest of the story". Guns Magazine. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_11_51/ai_n15402263/.
11. ^ "Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match". Montana Office of Tourism. 2010. http://www.visitmt.com/categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordID=11203&siteid=1.
This was originally going to be a post on the below thread but I could not find it:
45-110 or a 45-120? If it is just to have a piece of the old west in a powerful package I would suggest the 45 -110. It was used on buffalo far more as the 45 -120 was used. The 45 -120 was only produced at the tail end of the great buffalo herds, say around 1885 (is this right ChrisL? Vs 1870’s). But if it is to be a hunting gun and target gun – I might go with the 45 -70 due to of less recoil and good functioning at most hunting ranges. Plus there is a lot of the reloading data and ammo available. But my choice would still be the 45-110 due to the Down Under movie and the extra power - smiles.
Plus as mentioned you might be able to have a gunsmith make a 45-70 into a 45-110. But not the other way around unless you wanted to send a bullet a long ways before it hit rifling - 45-70 in a 45 -110 - or if you may be able to find a safe powder to make a safe reduced load – reducing loads are not always safe ask Hodgdon about Trail Boss powder - if that would even be safe with your gun.