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Cool old rifles Men, Dan, I was able to bust a wide 6pt buck at 30 yards this year on the last day of a Christmas modern gun hunt with a 150 year old original sharps Buffalo rifle in 45-110, hit him dead in the chest from the ground, bullet exited ham, DRT, had a damn go-pro strapped to the top of my head, got it on film, I load the old rifle with a 514gr paper patch from a Mos mould Sharpsguy gave me, load it just like the Sharps Rifle Factory loaded the 45-110 ammo they sent out to the Buffalo Hunters, 100 grains of 1F still works. Surprised that buck didn't just turn into red mist, hooves to horns. When the smoke cleared blowing North, there he lay, not a twitch, I walked the 30 over to him, already glass eyed!
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Cool old rifles Men, Dan, I was able to bust a wide 6pt buck at 30 yards this year on the last day of a Christmas modern gun hunt with a 150 year old original sharps Buffalo rifle in 45-110, hit him dead in the chest from the ground, bullet exited ham, DRT, had a damn go-pro strapped to the top of my head, got it on film, I load the old rifle with a 514gr paper patch from a Mos mould Sharpsguy gave me, load it just like the Sharps Rifle Factory loaded the 45-110 ammo they sent out to the Buffalo Hunters, 100 grains of 1F still works. Surprised that buck didn't just turn into red mist, hooves to horns. When the smoke cleared blowing North, there he lay, not a twitch, I walked the 30 over to him, already glass eyed! Is it this one Gunner???
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LOL, That's him KW, Thank you Sir. our buddy Sharpsguy told me how long the rifle was, I measured it against the top of that buck, the rifle liked a good three inches being as long as the deer, netting us over 51 inches of penetration, that buck was a 200 pound pig, an old and a spindly racked 6pt, he needed to be culled from the herd.
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BTW KW, did you notice the forearm wear on that old Buffalo Rifle? it had to have traveled 10,000 miles on horseback to get that kind of wear across a saddle, not to mention the 1000's of rounds torquing off shooting sticks.
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BTW KW, did you notice the forearm wear on that old Buffalo Rifle? it had to have traveled 10,000 miles on horseback to get that kind of wear across a saddle, not to mention the 1000's of rounds torquing off shooting sticks. πππ I never could get the Sharps bug either. Now my late compadre had it bad. It was sad that he could not enjoy his several Sharps rifles in his later days. For a big bore of the era I always leaned more toward them big St. Louis built mountain rifles! π
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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10-4, and yes, different strokes is what makes this sport so GREAT! damn, sad indeed on your old Bud, i'll dump my wares when I can't carry them in the woods to hunt, going to run the out of sight out of mind deal.
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I found this opd photo from 2015 of my old childhood compadre and my oldest son,Postoak Cowboy here on the forum. Old friend lurked extensively on this forum, but never posted. He did post a bunch on the Sharps forum. He passed while I was at the Rocky Mtn National Rendezvous in July. I got to spend some good time with him before I left for the doinsβ. Ok son has his Montana Roughrider Sharps in photo. ( Montana Roughrider always sounded to me like something you bought outta one of them little machines in a truckstop restroom) LOL! But ot is a very nice and well built rifle. 45 x 2 1/10" ctg. The other three Sharps in the pic belonged to Compadre. Photo made up in his old stone ranchhouse.
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Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Cool stuff KW, bet your old Bud lived a hell of a life!
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We got in a bunch of schidt together. We were both born in the same year. But I was born in January and he December. So we were almost a year apart. We met when we moved back to Austin in 1969.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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We got in a bunch of schidt together. We were both born in the same year. But I was born in January and he December. So we were almost a year apart. We met when we moved back to Austin in 1969.
Yeah, and as your Son and me were busy minding the grill, coolers and keeping the smoke lit, we'd git to hear about ALL of it, from both of you, what a fun weekend that would have been.
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LOL. His mom was a hoot. She taught me how to gut and skin a deer!
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LOL. His mom was a hoot. She taught me how to gut and skin a deer! Damn, sounds like quiet a girl!
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HIs mom had a twin brother killed in Italy during the war. He was quite the relic hunter. Found two old rifles in cave on Pedernales river. One got tore up as a toy! Hereβs the other. Late German JΓ€ger!
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Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Damn, You're going to need to live to 250 years old to get all the fun outta that stuff! ; ]
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Savages! Marlins Winchesters i dont get bored much!!
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Hey, whatβs the Name of your Gun Store ? 2 Iβll have to turn in my Loony card ! Jerry
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yep all rifles are fun old and new ,i may hunt some with a Ruger #1 i reload for and hunt deer with. if your bored try Archery that is a worth while challenge target and hunting.
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Dangit Loggah, you're supposed to put "WARNING DROOL ALERT, GO GET SLOBBER BIB" before you post pics like that!
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