Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.
GUN CALIBER DICTIONARY
Rifle
50-95 Winchester
The .50-95 Winchester (.50-95 Winchester Express)was among several powerful new blackpowder cartridges introduced in 1876 in the Winchester Model 1876 Centennial lever action. The largest cartridge developed for the '76 Winchester, the .50-95 is essentially an updated version of the .50-70 cartridge, using a 1.913-inch case sized to fit the 1876 action. Using a .513-inch bullet diameter, the .50-95 used a light-for-caliber 300-grain bullet at 1557 fps. It was thus a very powerful cartridge, but was not as popular as the .45-60 or .45-75. It was also chambered in Colt's Lightning slide-action. Rarely seen today, it has been chambered to some reproduction rifles, but never achieved the legendary renown of the big Sharps cartridges. — Craig Boddington