The Colt Sharps was only superficially like a Borchardt.
Bruce
Quite true. The 1971
Gun Digest #25 has a five-page story written by Bob Hagel about the modern Sharps Borchardt. He noted the great external similarity to the originals, and the major internal differences. He hunted with a couple of rifles made in Salt Lake City before Colt bought the company that made them.
Les Bowman wrote the history of the Colt efforts for the 1984
Gun Digest #38. The story is fascinating and discouraging. According to Bowman, about 450 rifles were made by Colt.
A photo of a modern "near replica" of a Sharps-Borchardt action is on page 23 of the 1980
Gun Digest #34. The actions were being made by Artistic Arms of Hoagland, Indiana.
--Bob
