Shiloh Military Carbine

Drydock · December 19, 2020, 09:18:39 AM

Is back in the catalog. Yay! Ordered one, .50-70, stone stock except for a 24" barrel. Specified the 1/36" twist, this will only see the government load. 18 month wait, save the money and enjoy the anticipation. Doubt Goodman could get one of these any faster, being a new item. My Chiappa will go up for sale when I get the Pay up letter, that'll help.

Life is good!

1961MJS · April 05, 2021, 08:08:49 PM

Hi Chuck

I looked online and the prince is right at $2000.00. I need to re-barrel my Chiappa, but this might be cheaper. Does the $2000.00 include the excise tax etc?

Thanks

Coal Creek Griff · April 05, 2021, 08:30:42 PM

Quote from: 1961MJS on April 05, 2021, 08:08:49 PM
Hi Chuck

I looked online and the prince is right at $2000.00. I need to re-barrel my Chiappa, but this might be cheaper. Does the $2000.00 include the excise tax etc?

Thanks

Taxes are not included in the base price. Here's further info:

https://shilohrifle.com/ordering-info-and-instructions/

Griff

degoins · April 06, 2021, 07:53:29 AM

"I need to re-barrel my Chiappa, but this might be cheaper."

Just get a Shiloh. You'll be glad you did. Heads and shoulders above any and all Sharps replicas. And I'd go through Bill Goodman....well worth his 200.00 fee.

Drydock · April 06, 2021, 12:12:12 PM

Yeah. I like my Chiappa, but there is simply no comparison to the Shiloh. Make the order and start setting some money aside every month. Functional artistry in steel.

1961MJS · April 07, 2021, 03:21:06 PM

Yeah, I'm torn though. I want another Shiloh cause I sold the last one I had in 1992. However, I don't really want the carbine. I only want a carbine to play GAF with. I don't really like the trap door that well, the Sharps action is better and stronger. BUTTTTTTT I really want a Shiloh Sharps Buffalo gun, not a carbine.
Later

Drydock · April 07, 2021, 04:55:30 PM

Get what you want, life's too short to do otherwise. Love my .50-70 Business rifle, I'll use it for long range at the Musters. That'll both be competitive (I need all the help I can get) and disqualify me for the Overall, as you have to use the same rifle as skirmish to qualify. I've won enough. Besides, these things are like potato chips . . .

What happened to the barrel on your carbine?

1961MJS · April 08, 2021, 09:53:33 AM

~~It came from the factory with a wider than normal chamber.~~ You can drop a 405 grain bullet far enough down the brass that you can't see it. I was having trouble working up a load. I'm bad with irons, but not THAT bad. I've had it past the warranty period.

OK, strike that part. I mismeasured. Last time I shot it in Nebraska, it didn't go off much. The guy that makes Baldwin sights bet the hammer where it was supposed to go. Fortunately, while I was there he had this lonely 1885 Winchester High Wall in .38-55. I"m waiting on brass, and other such things.

Later