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New (old) kid on the block here...

Geez, I wish my orig 1859 Sharps .45-100 looked as nice as your rifles. They're beautiful.

It is fun to ponder the history of these rifles. Mine started life as a carbine and used the tape primers and paper wads. I can't recall which Northern Unit it went to but it raises the question, at what point was it converted centerfire. I think the current Old Reliable barrel may have been put on around 1876 or so. It's from the Bridgeport Conn Factory.

It raises the questions...It was in the Civil War, Was it ever used in the Indian Wars? Sharps supposedly built and converted lots of old rifles to .45-90 and .45-100 and sold lots of them. Did it make out to the Plains as a Market Gun? If only it could talk to us what great stories it might tell.

As you see my Sharps is getting a patina on it.


I shoot it all the time. I just shot a 200 yd silhouette match last Sunday and I gotta say my eyes just ain't what they used to be. I dropped two, ended up in a tie and lost on the second tie of the shoot off. I had let so many people shoot it that I ran out of ammo. LOL! It seems all the Cowboy Shooters in the area want to be able to say they shot an original Sharps which means I have to bring at least an extra 10-15 rounds with me overtime I shoot. I just can't see why I'd deny them that.

Bob (aka Lp)