My want list I would love own a sharps rifle probably a 45/70 their built in Montana and will interchange with original parts . I went to their website start building my rilfe time I was done I was over $6000 dollars yes it end up being pretty fancy but hell you only live once do I have that kind of monies in my pocket no guess I will have to start saving . Or sell off some of my rifles and I hate to do that yes and probably never will. We shall see . Do anyone of you guys own one of these rifles?
Sharps rifle
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HonkinDonky
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I own a reproduction version of the Quigley Sharps movie rifle, it is one of my favorite guns.
I’m going to get one just got to figure out how I’m going to buy it . The wife already thinks I’m nuts !!!!
My dad has 3 of the Shiloh rifles built in Montana. A 45-100 and a couple of 40-65's. They are absolute works of art and incredibly fun to shoot. I remember going to the factory when I was younger and they had Quigley's rifle hanging on the wall. They let us handle it.
The 45-70 is probably a good choice. I know my dad spends a lot of time making his reloads with the oddball calibers. I believe he uses duplex loads to cut down on fouling but he likes the smell and smoke of real black powder. He also casts his own bullets.
The 45-70 is probably a good choice. I know my dad spends a lot of time making his reloads with the oddball calibers. I believe he uses duplex loads to cut down on fouling but he likes the smell and smoke of real black powder. He also casts his own bullets.
Really cool thing your dad was doing ya there’s something very special about black powder. And smell is great.
RCE1
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I've had a Shiloh No.1 sporter in .45/70 for almost 30 years.
It was rebarreled under warranty once because slugging the barrel revealed that the rollmark stamping was applied too heavily and created a tight spot beneath it. Shiloh replaced the barrel cheerfully and even brought the rifle to Raton and delivered it to me there.
Dan Phariss installed one of his pewter forend caps, James Tucker did his beautiful mullered border checkering and I made a leather covered buttpad myself. It wears a Steve Baldwin Soule long range rear sight, MVA windage adjustable front sight and the chamber was lengthened to .45/90. I don't shoot it that often any more, but the quality is 100%. The very first time I shot this rifle at long range, I placed second in the state long range buffalo gong shoot. It was prior to the .45/90 chambering, but worked great with 7 grains of Reloader 7 under a full case of 2F Goex. Duplex loads were allowed at this particular match.
Instead of custom ordering a very embellished gun from the factory, I found one on a dealer's shelf and added the features I wanted as I went along. I'll admit, sawing off the back of the stock with a bandsaw took a bit of intestinal fortitude, but the leather buttpad really worked out great. A Pachmeyr Decelerator covered with goatskin.
It was rebarreled under warranty once because slugging the barrel revealed that the rollmark stamping was applied too heavily and created a tight spot beneath it. Shiloh replaced the barrel cheerfully and even brought the rifle to Raton and delivered it to me there.
Dan Phariss installed one of his pewter forend caps, James Tucker did his beautiful mullered border checkering and I made a leather covered buttpad myself. It wears a Steve Baldwin Soule long range rear sight, MVA windage adjustable front sight and the chamber was lengthened to .45/90. I don't shoot it that often any more, but the quality is 100%. The very first time I shot this rifle at long range, I placed second in the state long range buffalo gong shoot. It was prior to the .45/90 chambering, but worked great with 7 grains of Reloader 7 under a full case of 2F Goex. Duplex loads were allowed at this particular match.
Instead of custom ordering a very embellished gun from the factory, I found one on a dealer's shelf and added the features I wanted as I went along. I'll admit, sawing off the back of the stock with a bandsaw took a bit of intestinal fortitude, but the leather buttpad really worked out great. A Pachmeyr Decelerator covered with goatskin.
Kittitas George
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Check out "Guns International" site, under 'Sharps Replicas'. Shiloh Sharps and C. Sharps plus some others are listed. You may be able to do as RC1 did. I would have to stick with the Shiloh or C. Sharps, I've heard of problems with the imports.
Good Luck
I have wanted one for a long time after many years ago watching a guy at the club shoot his off a wooded cross stick in a sitting position and shooting some nice groups at 200 yards. His was a 45 70.
I just watched one of my favorite videos last night, "The Tracker" starring Kris Kristofferson. His rifle of choice was a Sharps. Some great scenes of him subduing bad guys with his Sharp's. If you've never seen that movie and you are a westerns fan, it is a must watch, 5-star movie.
But I've waited too long to get one now, too old but if you really want one, go for it. Life is short.
I just watched one of my favorite videos last night, "The Tracker" starring Kris Kristofferson. His rifle of choice was a Sharps. Some great scenes of him subduing bad guys with his Sharp's. If you've never seen that movie and you are a westerns fan, it is a must watch, 5-star movie.
But I've waited too long to get one now, too old but if you really want one, go for it. Life is short.
My old local range used to have a club that shot those prone at silhouettes out to 500 yds (ram about 24in x24in I think). I went to one to observe and was fascinated by all aspects. After the match was over one of the organizers invited me to try one of his rifles. It was a high quality Italian made version. Tang peep sights and a 2 stage trigger down to the ounce. I was amazed at how many rams I nailed once I got used to the trigger. That crowd shot different cartridges. I nearly got hooked after one shoot but I knew I was moving so did not follow through. I could get off on shooting 1000 yds with one!
Go for it! One word of advice is shop used outside of Montana. I bet the actual sales value drops by half once been shot. Let the wealthy yuppie Montana transplants pay the premium prices for new.
Go for it! One word of advice is shop used outside of Montana. I bet the actual sales value drops by half once been shot. Let the wealthy yuppie Montana transplants pay the premium prices for new.
All good information thanks guys will look in to that movie also love good westerns
One more question I was thinking about the 45/70 you think that’s the best route to take sense it’s probably most common?
RCE1
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.45/70 is an excellent choice for your first rifle of this type. A lot of guys are attracted to the really long cartridges like .45/100, 110 and 120, but brass is hard to find and recoil approaches a religious experience. Especially if you end up with a crescent buttplate. .45/90 brass, on the other hand, was frequently made by stretching .45/70 and is often quite good.
.40/65 is also great, but your chances of finding factory ammunition would be greatly reduced. Now, if you are comfortable with casting your own bullets and handloading ammunition to fit your gun, the .40/65 brass can be easily die formed from .45/70.
When I was shooting competitively, my best results were obtained with the .40/65 in a Meacham High Wall replica I built myself with the help of my machinist father in law.
nmkid
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I attended the first ever(maybe only, I don't know) gun show put on by Shotgun News. It was in Reno, NV., and the Sharps (Big Timber) guy was there. The top price for his kinda fancy model was a hair over $1K. He would do a layaway with $100 down. Big mistake on my part but, who had $100 to spare then?
A few years back before everything went crazy, Shiloh used to periodically have a few rifles in inventory. That’s when I bought mine with no wait time. Plus I have enough 45-70 brass to last the rest of my life.
If I were to order one I’d go with a 38-55 or possibly a 40-65. Either would really require casting my own bullets but the reduction in recoil would also mean I could cut the weight down a bit. I’d go with a half round or tapered barrel to make it around 10.5 lbs in order to make it more comfortable to shoot offhand.
If I were to order one I’d go with a 38-55 or possibly a 40-65. Either would really require casting my own bullets but the reduction in recoil would also mean I could cut the weight down a bit. I’d go with a half round or tapered barrel to make it around 10.5 lbs in order to make it more comfortable to shoot offhand.
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