8 gauge

[Craig Larter]

I am a shotgun guy but love to shoot my 45-90 Winchester single shot Creedmore at long range with vernier sights----THUMP! Big Fun----I am still looking for my 8ga----should have bought one at the auction in NH last year---oh well.

[wayne goerres]

You are quite correct. Watching gallon jugs explode at 500 yards when shot with a sharps is indeed a lot of fun.

[charlie cleveland]

never have got to see the sharps fired it must be quite a site to see a milk jug explode at 500 yards..but i did see a parker 8 ga. shooting a pumpkin ball load at 25 yards shoot a 5 gallon can filled with water..all i can say is quite impressive... charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

never have got to see the sharps fired it must be quite a site to see a milk jug explode at 500 yards..but i did see a parker 8 ga. shooting a pumpkin ball load at 25 yards shoot a 5 gallon can filled with water..all i can say is quite impressive... charlie

My friend that passed a couple months back had a rather nice C Sharps in 45-100 . Think he had it built about 10 years ago . He had some issues with getting it to shoot and asked me to help him some about 4 years ago . To be honest that was my first and only experience with a Sharps be it an original or an American made reproduction . I got him shooting well enough to suit him from the bench out to 200 meters but that was as far as I went !

He also had an original Remington Hepburn in 40-70 SS that was a blast and I did the load work and casting for that one as well . I would hands down rather have an original Hepburn . But I'll never pony up the cash for either , to many other things I'd rather have then a $3000 BPCR .

[Bill Zachow]

Bill, how many shots in the sub 2" group and what was the cartridge and shooting iron?

[ed good]

craig: there are similar guns available for much less money...such as:

a ruger #1 chambered in 45-70.

an original springfield 1884/88 in excellent condition.

both are wonderful shooters and can be purchased for under a grand.

one does not have to spend big bucks to own fine guns.

[Bill Murphy]

Zachow, it was a five shot group, scored 3X on a 600 yard target, can't remember the score. He is a bench rest record holder and his Dad is a double gun guy and a neighbor. It is a 6 of some kind and not sure of the action, barrel, or maker. I told you I'm not much of a rifle guy. I asked if the wind was blowing hard that day. I think he got the joke.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by ed good

craig: there are similar guns available for much less money...such as:

a ruger #1 chambered in 45-70.

an original springfield 1884/88 in excellent condition.

both are wonderful shooters and can be purchased for under a grand.

one does not have to spend big bucks to own fine guns.

I'm well aware of the Ruger #1 as I have several just not in 45-70 . I also have an original Trapdoor that I shoot occasionally .

However for a true BPCR a Shiloh or C Sharps or quite possibly a nice old original Sharps , Rollingblock or Hepburn is the ONLY way to go . And up until recently Dave Higginbothoms Lone Star Rifles .

Just so you know I deal in this stuff as a small buisness everyday .

[ed good]

then, you should know better than me.

[wayne goerres]

They can be quite accurate especialy for a design that is almost 140 years old.