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So you DO live on a "Ranchette"...lol!!

At least you have some Sharps Catalog reprints you can read..

Good for you.

Oh your a funny little piece of [bleep]. But yeah I suppose to some this little 200 cow outfit would classify as a ranchette....
Sure do hope to get to meet you face to face soon...

200 momma cows..

Well, just one of those would take more than 18 acres to run on for a full year in Wyoming.

I guess anyone who has to take care of 200 head of momma cows in Wyoming in the winter gets a pass on being a bit "brittle" this time of year...

As to the Sharp Rifle Co being "defunct" in the 1870s, my argument still stands. They were no more "out of business" than Shiloh was in the early 1990s when they changed ownership. The money they put into developing and tooling up for the Brochardt and the Lee bolt rifles are what killed them by 1880 not the 74 rifles.

When the Bryants bought out Wofgang,stayed in the same building, kept the name the same, is a good bit different than "in 1875 worn out by expensenes and delays of these suits,(during the progress of which their production of arms had almost ceased,,,,
Never said what put them out of business, just that they did, and the fact that they closed their ceased production and closed their doors while the "hunt" was still on doesn't change.
Folks like Roberts and others thought the Borchardt to be their finest rifle.
Myself I'm partial to the 74's , the 75 is nice but not the rifle a highwall is. Rollers were the AK of the day, but the military contracts around the world and the civilian market kept Remington afloat long after Sharps closed their doors.

It takes closer to 40 acres for a cow, and the time of the year doesn't matter, never have much tolerance for jackasses.

Me neither, which is why I replied to you the way that I did.

Courtesy works both ways. You might try it sometime.

No matter how many head of cattle you claim to own.

Uhh sorry [bleep], you addressed me, I responded, and merely made the mistake of stumbling down to your worm hole level.... My mistake.

You're damn right it was a "mistake".

When you act like a crabby old man be it on a forum or in person you just might get your ass handed to you on a platter.

Do you ever do anything besides chit on other folk's threads? I dunno about Wyoming, but 200 cows around here is a ranchette.

Right here!!

I love pics of your old guns.

The one at the top is Jorge's 45/110.

Cole--Do you have that 50 shooting yet?

No, there was a major catastrophe with the Bryan's last summer and that put Kirk out of the loop as far as finishing the work with the bullet mould and reloading this cartridge. We haven't given up yet, hopefully we can complete this project this winter. I believe it is paper patch bullet. I can't wait, but I need to be patient as this is free help and I couldn't find help at any price that would be any better.

Are you duplicating the original bullet?? Does anyone else out there shoot a vintage 40/90?

Sight-in. Fresh target blew over after two shots, so I just shot in the center of the bottom of it, which was facing me. Six shots. Bottom shot was adjustment. Next five were a group.



First shot hit this gourd that was weighting the target down.



Last shot kilt this pumpkin. Dead center at about 125 paces. Punkin was already wounded, but I'm pretty sure this finished it off.

Theres a fella on the Shiloh board goes by the handle of Marathon man shoots a number of original sharps. Last year he laid out a buffalo with his 40-90.