A real beauty

 

Very Nice.

Me and a friend stopped there last year and toured C Sharps and Shilo Sharps. Very nice people making fine rifles.

The wait time for a Shilo rifle is about 24 months and about 12 months for a C Sharps, the prices will cost you an arm and a leg, 3K and up.

 

Very nice rifle for sure!

I have a SHILOH Quigley on the way soon, been almost 2 years since ordered, will be .45-110 as in the movie. Have had a C Sharps for some years, very fine rifle also, but in .45-70 Gov't.

 

Good luck finding brass for it, brass is very scarce.

 

I have a Shilo Sharps in .45-70 Gov't. Love it.

XXIV Corps

 

I have a Shilo Sharps in .45-70 Gov't. Love it.
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I really like that French gray with the engraving. I didn't have the patience to wait for that one!

Mike

 

That is awesome

 

mikegc,
That is one terrific looking Shiloh. I have three that I have collected over the years but yours is awesome. How do you like the Malcolm scope and what did it and the mounts set you back?

 

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Here is my Shiloh Sharps. I received it in March of 2023. Just shy of two years.

 

Not sure I have enough paper towels to wipe up the drool. Thank god I wasn't leaning over the keyboard.

 

Iron sights paper patched bullets 45-90.

 

This is what happens when folks start losing their minds when they cant find stuff! This sat for a few days at $155 which was pretty silly. Look where it ended up?

I nearly fainted!
20 Count SEALED UNUSED UNPRIMED HDS .45-120 3.25" Reloading Basic Brass - Reloading Brass at GunBroker.com : 1035531747

 

Final cost per piece of .45x120 brass cartridge 19.50$. Maybe a little bit on the high side!

 

Two good friends on an African hunt for cape buffalo. Ricky used a custom built Shiloh .45/110 and my good friend Doc used an 1895 Winchester chambered in .405. Doc is a retired machinist and machined his own monolithic bullets.

 

Cape buffalo.

 

71 year old brain fart yes Cape buffalo a little grouchier than a water buffalo😂

 

Not too surprised, I have the same rifle and caliber, its a potent round. I took both of mine with a .375 H&H. My first from Tanzania in 1985.

 

An 1874-pattern Sharps has been on my dream list for several years. The two issues why I will probably never own one are that they are very, very not-inexpensive rifles, and they fall into that category of a Want versus a Need. They don't fill a practical niche in my rifle battery, so spending $2500-3500 on one won't give me enough emotional ROI to warrant all the other things I need to forgo to afford one.

 

Beautiful rifles. I have an old friend that has a Shiloh Sharps Business Rifle, 28" barrel chambered in 50-90. It is a thumper.

 

That’s the same model I owned not near as fancy as the 1874’s but was a good shooter mine was heavy the barrel was a lot of the weight.

 

I'm simple, Got a Pedersoli 45/70 Quigley.
Took an 5X5 satellite Bull @ 300 yds. last year.

 

Nothing wrong with the Pedersoli’s they’re great rifles. After retirement a Cabelas I helped open I sold two.

 

Speaking of .45-110 brass, thought you guys might get a laugh over this one on GB.

1037592067

 

500$ for a 20-piece lot of .45-110 new brass, with three lots available.

 

Bought a Pedersoli 1874 Sharps in 45/70 25 or so years ago.
It's a fun gun to shoot. I added a MVA soule sight to allow shooting to 1000 or so yards.
I cast my own bullets that weigh about 535 grains.
Most shooting is done of cross sticks.
Offhand is tough with a 10+ rifle but that is what separates the good from the not so good.

 

I've enjoyed my Pedersoli as well. Real good shooting rifle, and although not Shiloh or C. Sharps, a well made and affordable alternative.

 

Pics later

 

Besides my Shiloh rifles I also bought a Pedersoli in 45-70. Because of the crescent bitt plate, I keep my bullets under 500 gr. to keep the recoil down. Here is a photo of it along with my Shiloh Montana Roughrider.

 

Pedersoli 45/70 1874 Sharps

 

Well after 2 years and 2 months I finally got the letter in the mail today saying my Quigley will soon be built! I was frankly getting a little impatient, but they told me a week ago, to 'hang in there', so I did and letter is here.
So hopefully within the next several weeks I will have my long awaited heirloom quality Quigley with my initials on the receiver. Its a rifle I will pass on to my son and hopefully he can pass it on to his someday, assuming he has one to pass it on too.
Will post up again when its finally here.