Cheap Sharps Club

Will Ketchum · March 10, 2011, 06:05:42 PM

I have an extra trap door rifle that I am taking to the NCOWS convention. I am planning on asking $650.

Will Ketchum

Curley Cole · March 10, 2011, 06:48:30 PM

WWe

Roll on down to Bakersfield when they have one of their Victorian matches. That 45/70 becomes yer rifle in the match. Top shot about 100 rounds in 2 days...

Will

If it don't sell keep me in mind and give me some stats on what ya have. Once I get my taxes done I may have some freed money

curley

Jayhawker · March 23, 2011, 10:48:46 AM

I was working out at the Bison Refuge this morning and Mother Nature provided a photo-op and since I had my cheap Sharps in the truck I couldn't pass it up...

Steel Horse Bailey · March 23, 2011, 12:13:33 PM

Quote from: Jayhawker on March 23, 2011, 10:48:46 AM
I was working out at the Bison Refuge this morning and Mother Nature provided a photo-op and since I had my cheap Sharps in the truck I couldn't pass it up...

Great pics, Jayhawker! Thanks for sharing!

Capt. Jack McQuesten · March 27, 2011, 03:10:14 PM

Quote from: Jayhawker on March 23, 2011, 10:48:46 AM
I was working out at the Bison Refuge this morning and Mother Nature provided a photo-op and since I had my cheap Sharps in the truck I couldn't pass it up...

Beautiful pictures!

Jayhawker · March 27, 2011, 10:57:39 PM

Thanks for the compliment...

Jeremiah Justice · April 02, 2011, 09:23:25 PM

Hey Pards,

I thought my gun was cheap. . . til I started gettin' all the stuff to go with it! Could use some cheap-o ammo!. . . except for huntin' . . . with the cheap gun, I can afford the good stuff if I load it myself. Maybe one day I'll own a C. Sharps. Til then, I'm countin my blessings and thankful for being here!

Happy Shootin!

J. Justice

Steel Horse Bailey · April 03, 2011, 10:21:04 PM

Good on ya, Mr. Justice. Fun is what it's all about! I understand about feeding those big boomers. They don't eat cheap!

Ranch 13 · May 19, 2011, 10:56:05 AM

Got this one for about 300$ less than the retail so I suppose it qualifies for the "cheap"

Shiloh #3 sporter with 30 inch heavy barrel 45-70

Yellowhouse Sam · May 19, 2011, 01:29:11 PM

Quote from: Ranch 13 on May 19, 2011, 10:56:05 AM
Got this one for about 300$ less than the retail so I suppose it qualifies for the "cheap"
Shiloh #3 sporter with 30 inch heavy barrel 45-70

You did well on that one Don. I wonder if my Shiloh qualifies for the cheap Sharps? Hartford collar, pewter tip, and extra fancy wood in 40-70 SBN. In 1991, after a three year wait, I paid the princely sum of $1150. Times have changed.

Ranch 13 · May 19, 2011, 04:35:52 PM

Thanks Sam.
:-\No don't think your old hartford would qualify because you paid full price, and we know our new ones coming won't.

I called up there and order a globe front and spare leverspring and firing pin this morning and forgot to pester her about when our 77's will be coming up. I take it you haven't got a letter yet, :)leastwize I hadn't heard any hoopin and hollerin with the wind out of the southeast ...

Steel Horse Bailey · May 19, 2011, 10:50:38 PM

Guys, Shilohs AIN'T cheap, no matter the price. That's the point. If you paid more than a grand, it aint cheap.

IABs are cheap. Taylors (Armi Sport) are cheap. Any "snag brand" is cheap. But they can be accurate and fun. THAT'S the point!

Ranch, congrats on getting a great bargain on a great rifle ... but not cheap.

(Inflation is going to raise hell with this post - a grand is getting close to being a bargain these days!)

Ranch 13 · May 19, 2011, 10:58:51 PM

I don't think you can touch any of the Italians new for under 1k now.

I looked long and hard for one on the used market to have rebarreled to a 44-77, but by the time I got the used clunker and had the barrel put on it, I was right back into the basic Shiloh C Sharps territory

Swifty Morgan · May 24, 2011, 04:20:40 PM

Picked up one a them EMF imports in 45-70, traded a rossi 92 for it. I hope to try it out Friday at our annual match!
I can almost hear the Big Thunder now!

Ranch 13 · May 24, 2011, 06:27:10 PM

Sounds like an alright deal. Let us know how it shoots for you.

Texas John Ringo · May 24, 2011, 07:12:00 PM

Don Nix · May 25, 2011, 12:37:01 AM

I know that others may not approve of my "cheap" Sharps but my EMF imported rifle in 45-110 is a blast to shoot.
I have not shot it a whole lot but I nailed the target(a sheet of typing paper) twice at 110 yards with my first two shots.
I used the barrel mounted sights. I then began to miss consistently when I began to use the tang sights. i could not figure out what was wrong until my son in law noticed that everytime I took a good cheek weld,my hat brim was pusing the tang sight forward and down.
I may have bought it cheap but I wouldnt take what I paid for it by any means.
My only issue was losing the lever spring when I field stripped it to clean the breech.A post to this forum and a call to VTI and I'm back in bizness.
I also own a couple of Pietta NMAs that have Kirst converters, a couple Cimmaron Thunderers just to name a few. All are Italian replicas that serve me well. I could never afford to own as many psitols if I refused to buy the imports. Nor could I have afforded the Colts ,73 winchester and remingtons that are originals and I treasure.One day I'll get a real "Sharps',i'll keep tradin until i find me an original 1874. It wont be no replica. But I'll probably not shoot it.
Ill keep on shooting my "Cheap" Sharps so I can afford the old ones to pass on to my grandkids.

Sir Charles deMouton-Black · May 25, 2011, 12:43:15 AM

Here is whats on guntrader.co.uk;

http://www.guntrader.co.uk/GunsForSale/100820173149008

This is about the best price going. Sun&Air is looking at another one at Bisley range for about the same.

Ranch 13 · May 25, 2011, 08:41:33 AM

Quote from: Don Nix on May 25, 2011, 12:37:01 AM
I know that others may not approve of my "cheap" Sharps .

I guess I'm confused about where this kind of crap comes from? In all the years I've been involved in bpcr shooting I have yet to witness anybody "look down their nose" at someone with an Italian made sharps rifle. I don't even see that sort of attitude on the internet except on rare occasion.
Probably 90 % of the bpcr shooters all started with a "cheap" sharps, and some of us still have that "cheap" sharps and still do use and enjoy the thing from time to time.
So lighten up folks, if you go to a bpcr match with the intention of competiting and having a good time , unless you stumble into some sort of tight clique that really doesn't want others there in the first place, you will be met with nothing but open arms and if you ask for advice/assistance you'll probably recieve it in spades.
AND you might find out those folks that scrimped and saved, and sold stuff to come up with the money for a Montana USA built rifle are working stiffs, just like you.

Steel Horse Bailey · May 25, 2011, 08:57:23 AM

Texas John, thanks for the links. There are some good used (barely, some seem) ones there, for sure.

As I mentioned, time and inflation have made a "cheap" Sharps (or Roller, or ...) a bargain under a grand.

Mr. Don Nix - Hurrah for you and your "cheapo." Italians make decent guns worthy of passing on to the grandkids. It ISN'T about whether WE approve of your "cheap" EMF import; it's important that YOU are happy with your gun ... be it an IAB, ArmiSport from Taylors, Sile, Shiloh or a Big Timber C-Sharps or wherever!

Anytime you can coax a piece of steel, however elegantly made, into hitting the target you're aiming at it's good and probably fun!

Now ... if only we could all find big caliber ammo at a nickel a pop like we used to ... (or those old $29.95 surplus Lugers ... or ...) Oh, well!