New to me Shiloh Sharps

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New to me Shiloh Sharps

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Well I have had a few of these, And even gave one away to a forum member but there is a love affair I have with these rifles that keeps one in the stable. This one is a farmingdale 1874, 45-70, with a shorter 24" barrel. Has double set triggers, blade sight and a balance that I will enjoy as I pursue game in the fall.
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rjohns94 wrote:
there is a love affair I have with these rifles that keeps one in the stable.


IMO, Mike, you've got lust going on.......... ;)


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Very nice!!
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Lovely :mrgreen:

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There's just something about a Sharps, one of the reasons I got into firearms after reading stories and seeing pics of the Buffalo hunters and their guns.They draw you in like a magnet
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Mike,

That's a beautiful rifle.

But ... why couldn't they spell the word "caliber" correctly? I mean really. If we drove on the other side of the road I could understand "calibre", but we be here in U.S.A. now. :D

So do you shoot smokeless or black out of it?

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Smokeless? , nah , 67.5 grains of Swiss 1.5, .010 card, 500 grain govt lead bullet with SSG lube. Tried and true load for me on game up to buffalo and on targets out a ways.

As far as the spelling, I think, but don't know, it's because that is the way it was "spelt" back in the day
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Sweet!!
One of these days I'll get my hands on one.

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If you don't have it, get a copy of Paul A. Matthews' Wind Drift and Deceleration of the Cast Bullet at Black-Powder Velocities. No longer in print from Wolfe Publishing, but is available on CD from Amazon.
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wow... :mrgreen:
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rjohns94 wrote:Smokeless? , nah , 67.5 grains of Swiss 1.5, .010 card, 500 grain govt lead bullet with SSG lube. Tried and true load for me on game up to buffalo and on targets out a ways.

As far as the spelling, I think, but don't know, it's because that is the way it was "spelt" back in the day
That load sounds like it should stop locomotives with one shot.

If that's the way calibre was spelled way back when, who am I to complain?

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Really nice gun, and everyone knows how good the Shiloh quality is!
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Made on "lawn guy land". :lol:

I like the length, more user friendly.
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Looks wonderful Mike. Happy hunting! 8) 8) 8)
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Very nice Mike and different with the 24" tube.
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That shorter tube should make it a heck of a deer rifle. Nice
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Very Nice!
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