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Bought a Pedersoli Sharps Model 1874 .45/70 Cavalry Carbine today for about 1/2 price. Very tickled! Are there any good sources for info on it.
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Bought a Pedersoli Sharps Model 1874 .45/70 Cavalry Carbine today for about 1/2 price. Very tickled! Are there any good sources for info on it.
Like, what sort of info do you want? I've owned two Pedersoli 1874 Sharps, both long-range rifles as opposed to carbines. IMO, they are a big step up from the old Italian replicas which don't look much like an 1874, looking more like a conversion gun or an 1859 or '63, etc. I owned two or three of those too. http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?board=77.0
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This one is marked Navy Arms. I was looking for reviews or test reports.
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The link I gave you is a good one and will probably serve you better than test reports. I know you're a tightwad, but Mike Venturino's book Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West, will have loads of good info.
As far as I know, regarding Navy Arms, one Pedersoli is as good as another. I wasn't aware Navy Arms had ever imported the Pedersoli 1874.
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Nice. Nice Green River knife too. Did you already load up the 45-70's? Have you got a canoe, pirogue, what?
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I'm all set up for loading the Sharps but I haven't shot it yet. That paddle is from the 1930s we canoe the Black Water River. I want to build a pirogue next summer.
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I use Trail Boss for my lighter 45/70 loads. 300 grainer in front of 14 grains of TB powder. For fun try slowly dropping Goex 2f Black powder in and compress, then top off with a 405 grain black powder lubed bullet. Make sure there is NO air space between the powder and base of the bullet. Take a good stance and see what the Calvary load was like. Impressive. It's a blast.
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must be awesome , to be smart enough to cram 40 years of BPCR loading / shooting into 3 months.
You're obviously Super-Human ?
More like Super [bleep]' deluded,and chit house rat crazy,... my guess.
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Nobody but you said anything about 40 years of BPCR experience. I've shot it now. Did you have a point? No? I'm not suprised. Jackass!
You are really [bleep] stupid.
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Stupid is as stupid writes,.....
not my department, jack wad.
You're really "Out there", .....aren't you ?
I'd say chit house rat crazy was good syntax, well applied.
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It is turning into my favorite rifle. Highly accurate and easy to carry.
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It is turning into my favorite rifle. Highly accurate and easy to carry. ![[Linked Image]](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/robbinmyers/FTard-1.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/robbinmyers/PrettyWierdDog.jpg)
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It's easy to hit clay pigeons at 100 yards offhand. It's gonna be a great deer rifle.
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Bought a Pedersoli Sharps Model 1874 .45/70 Cavalry Carbine today for about 1/2 price. Very tickled! Are there any good sources for info on it.
Become an "Ex-Spurt" Coupla' weeks max, for a guy like yerself
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It didn't take that long. A Google search covered everything about the Pedersoli Sharps 1874 .45-70 Carbine there is to know.
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So, you and "Swampman1" PM one another a lot ?
Fascinating,....Bet that's an interesting dialogue.
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At least it's an intellegent dialogue. Something you'll never have with anyone.
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