
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 Become a Hunting Guide: A Step-by-Step Guide
How To Load Bb Gun?
What Ammunition Is Used With an Atlatl?
Is Alek Still With Classic Firearms?
What is a Greener Shotgun and Why Should You Care?
I Tested And Ranked The Best Ruger Ec9 Concealed Holster: And Here’s What I Found
How to Attach a Scope to a Mosin Nagant in Escape from Tarkov
What Gun Is the Iso Hemlock Based On?
I Tested And Ranked The Best Dog Vest With Gun Holster: And Here’s What I Found
I Tested And Ranked The Best Electric Gun Safe Dehumidifier: And Here’s What I Found
Can Felons Own Airsoft Guns?
Why Don’t They Use Guns in Dune? (The Science Behind It)
I Tested And Ranked The Best Holster For Rossi 357 Snub Nose: And Here’s What I Found
How To Carry A Shotgun In Your Car?
Can You Put a Pistol Brace on a Shockwave?
How Far Can A 270 Rifle Shoot?
I Tested And Ranked The Best Green Gas Bb Guns: And Here’s What I Found
When Is Deer Hunting Season in Utah?
When Does Deer Hunting Season Open in Minnesota?
I Tested And Ranked The Best Lincoln Spool Gun For 180: And Here’s What I Found
How to Zero a Scope Without Firing (Guide and Tips)
I Tested And Ranked The Best Gun Safe With Clock: And Here’s What I Found
What City is Gun Lake Michigan in?
I Tested And Ranked The Best Nerf Strike Elite Guns: And Here’s What I Found
I Tested And Ranked The Best Hard Gun Case For Ar 15: And Here’s What I Found
I Tested And Ranked The Best Stun Gun Charger Cord: And Here’s What I Found
What Type of Firearm Sight is Simplest to Use?
Can You Write Off A Gun For Business?
I Tested And Ranked The Best Spray Gun For Polyurethane: And Here’s What I Found
I Tested And Ranked The Best Plastic Welding Heat Gun: And Here’s What I Found