
If you like the look, feel, hefty boom and recoil of single shot center fire cartridge rifles designed before the 20th century, that’s what this site is all about. This encompasses a myriad of rifle designs that includes the Sharps, Browning High Wall, Remington Rolling Block, 1885 Winchester, Springfield “Trap Door”, and many others. These are either actual vintage cartridge rifles used in the mid to end of the 19th century, but more typically modern replicas and facsimiles. The calibers usually range from .40 through .50, using lead bullets with grease grooves or paper patching, and powered by either real black powder, black powder substitute, or smokeless powder. Sight systems are typically iron, in either long range vernier tang peep or barrel buckhorn. However, era-correct Malcolm type scopes are sometimes also used.
For more information about 19th century single shot rifles, particularly for folks starting out on a very limited budget and want to get in on large bore single shot rifle fun, and for youths and adults who may be recoil sensitive, please click on this PDF file link ~ 19th Century Single Shot Cartridge Rifles.
These are the types of rifles that were used by the buffalo hunters of days long gone to decimate the plains bison to near extinction. That act cut deep into the livelihood and culture of Native Americans, when buffaloes that originally tallied in excess of 40 million were slaughtered in great numbers from about 1850 to 1884. American conservation began with the establishment of Yellowstone Park in 1872. There, a small buffalo herd was preserved (of the remaining 1,200 to 2,000 bison), but still what few that were left outside of the park were being killed on Federal land. So, in 1894, the Lacey Act was signed into law, prohibiting the killing of any wildlife in federal preserves. The buffalo were saved from extinction and today it is estimated that there are over 150,000 bison on public preserves and in private hands.
Today, in the 21st century, we shoot these rifles for the sheer fun of it, for score at the target range, and for the ethical hunting of game for table fare.

Friends of the Gun
If YOU value YOUR American Constitutional right to bear arms, YOU have a responsibility to yourself, your family, your friends, and your country to defend YOUR rights by joining the NRA and GOA. There is NO BETTER way to lobby for YOUR interests in Washington. At the very least, visit the GOA website, sign on for the GOA alerts, and send YOUR message to the Washington politicos that are sponsoring anti-constitutional gun control.
Joel Persinger and GOA’s Erich Pratt
Popular Posts
How To Get Guns For Free?
What Are The Gun Laws In Arkansas 2023?
I Tested And Ranked The Best Flyby Massage Gun Charger In 2024: And Here’s What I Found
What Potion Causes Whoever Breathes It To Choke And Suffocate?
Can You Go To The Gun Range With A Felony?
Do You Need to Renew Your California Firearm Safety Certificate?
Can You Carry A Gun In Commercial Vehicle?
Do Sniper Scopes Glint In Real Life?
I Tested And Ranked The Best Apache 3800 Gun Case In 2024: And Here’s What I Found
I Tested And Ranked The Best Burgundy Iphone 14 Pro Max Case In 2024: And Here’s What I Found
Can You Hunt With A Pistol?
What Is Constructive Possession of a Firearm?
Where Are Rossi Firearms Made? (A Complete Guide)
I Tested And Ranked The Best Taurus Judge Public Defender Holster In 2024: And Here’s What I Found
How To Make A Fireproof Gun Room?
How to Start a Gun Manufacturing Business: A Guide for Entrepreneurs
How To Do A Gun Raffle Fundraiser?
What Makes A Glock California Compliant?
How Do You Register A Gun In Your Name?
Can I Leave My Gun In My Car Overnight?
I Tested And Ranked The Best Leather Wrap For Lever Action Rifle In 2024: And Here’s What I Found
What Is The Best Shotgun Round For Home Defense?
How To Holster Weapon Fallout 4?
What Metals Are Guns Made Of? (The Ultimate Guide)
How to Pronounce Sig Sauer: A Guide for Beginners
What’s the Best Gun in Call of Duty Mobile? (2023 Edition)
I Tested And Ranked The Best P320 X Five Legion Holster In 2024: And Here’s What I Found
I Tested And Ranked The Best Sta-Bil Gun Clp In 2024: And Here’s What I Found
I Tested And Ranked The Best Taurus Pt 111 Holster In 2024: And Here’s What I Found
How To Get Gun Registered In Your Name?