Originally Posted by gunner500
Originally Posted by shrapnel
Originally Posted by gunner500
A 40-65 is on my hit list Schrap, either a '74 Sharps or '86 Winchester, nice piece there.


I have another 40-65 marked W.F. Sheard Livingston, Montana. They are great to shoot and don't beat you up. The 40-65 will still completely penetrate a deer...

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What would be the description meaning of Mr. Sheard, Shrapnel, was he a Gunsmith or Dealer of the day?


Sheard was a gun dealer and outfitter in Livingston, Montana until 1892 when he moved to Tacoma, Washington. He was somewhat like his contemporary in Bozeman, Walter Cooper who was another frontier entrepreneur, selling guns and sporting equipment in the 1870's and 1880's...

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