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Bluing salts, and two sticks of fine hand rubbed oiled English await?

Plus the color case.

You should have sent that roller to Crossfire. I don't think what you've got going there is gonna buff out. Ever heard of a Rough and Ready Remington sight?

A little along the lines of the roller Crossfire built up.

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We'll see. Greg builds a nice rifle. I believe my Bro in law has one of his rifles.

I do believe 'Da Cross'....know what he be a doin!!

I hear this, I cant see the barrel sights and I have also said it my self. But for hunting there is nothing better then the barrel sights on a rifle. My 3/4 century old lamps are plagued with heavy floaters and cataracts that are getting heavier and I had my hunting rifle tapped for scope blocks last year thinking a scope might just be the ticket. I never hunted with a scope and I just this weekend used a scope for a silhouette match. not because I cant see the sights but because I could not see the iron critters blended in the dark berm on a over cast day.
If one can still read your favorite comic book you can see the sights. One just has to use the barrel sights to learn how to shoot with them. A aperture sight is good for target but leave it home on a hunting trip like some have said here.
Last fall I took a Bison with my Sharps with the scope on it and I had no problem hitting him at 158 yards, good shot through the lung but he took off like a bronc rider put a burr under the saddle and I needed a follow up shot. Well the Thor's hammer the Sharps has with the scope over it and a right handed shooter I cussed it under my breath loading a shell for a quick follow up.
That scope came off when the Buff was on the ground and It will never go back on my hunting rifle again.
I shoot the Lawrence ladder sight and I shoot it just as well as I do the tang. Heck I even shot a 1585 yard full sized iron buff with out a problem.
Below is my hunting rifle. It is everything most don't even want to pull the trigger on. Barely a 10# rifle but that .44-77 shoots. The target was shot at a close range of 130 yards getting ready for the hunt. The blocks are in the box now.

Kurt,

Is that a Shiloh? How do you like the single trigger vs. the double set triggers?

Obviously, you shoot it very well with the single.

Ed

Don't let any body kid you. Kurt can shoot.

Ed,

Yes it's a Shiloh Hartford .44-77. I ordered it as a hunting rifle with a single trigger and the light weight 30" barrel standard wood with a crescent butplate.
The trigger is just under 3# and I have no problem with that what so ever. Clean crisp break.
I don't like a set trigger for hunting in cold weather when I have gloves on.
A friend build me the original Hartford front sight with the bronze blade and the rear is the Lawrence Military ladder sight. A good all around combination.
The .44-77 is a great caliber. I use a 485 gr bullet for the hunt. It is a copy of what the original profile was and it is good.
The only thing that is wrong with this rifle is, I ordered it with a polished barrel.

Thank you Sharps-G I have good days as well as bad days like every one else.

Here is the last Buff I took. It was a 18 month young bull and you can see that I was struggling loading a follow up shot. That scope will never be on this rifle for a hunt again. I made the mistake patching the bullet a little to tight for hunting. That shot was good just 2" above the heart through the lung and the follow up shot was right next to it.
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