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• Jayhawker Posts: 18,364 Senior Member

  February 2021 #2

  I'm hating you a little more now....very nice.
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  Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"

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• Antonio Posts: 2,986 Senior Member

  February 2021 #3

  Nice shooting! 
  
  Distance?

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• Big Al1 Posts: 8,818 Senior Member

  February 2021 #4

  Antonio said:

  Nice shooting! 
  
  Distance?

  I sight in at 50 yards, then shoot the gongs at 100 and 200 yards!

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• sakodude Posts: 4,885 Senior Member

  February 2021 #5

  That is a good looking rifle. and some fine shooting!

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• JunkCollector Posts: 1,591 Senior Member

  February 2021 #6

  Ah your making me sad the dog won out over the range this morning. 
  
  Good shooting 
  
  

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• Big Al1 Posts: 8,818 Senior Member

  February 2021 #7

  JunkCollector said:

  Ah your making me sad the dog won out over the range this morning. 
  
  Good shooting 
  
  

  Sick pet?? Sorry to hear that. I was looking forward to your range report, too!!

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• GunNut Posts: 7,642 Senior Member

  February 2021 #8

  Big Al1 said:

  Got to the range today with the .45-60. Screws for the tang sight showed up late yesterday so I put it on quick. Couldn’t get the left-right correct when sighting it in, changed every shot, then I noticed the little detent ball and spring that hold the stem tight, wasn’t!! So I dug through the trash can and cut a couple shims out of a plastic coffee cup lid. Good temporary fix!! Results with two different loads, 29 grains of 4198, and 27 grains of 5744, both with 300 grain cast!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  I was happy with both loads but the 4198 is the winner! 4198 is just a little slower burning than the 5477. The action operates like a typical toggle link, you have to work it with authority or it won't feed right, but after a few rounds it seemed to smooth out and feed better. I bought this as a used gun, but I don't think it was shot much.
  I'm pleased!! Thanks Enzo!! 

  Stop it!!!!!!  Your making me very angry... or jealous... or hungry...  ah, who the hell knows...  anyway nice gun...  I hate you!  

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• earlyagain Posts: 7,928 Senior Member

  February 2021 #9

  That's ready for prime time right there!

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• Elk creek Posts: 7,935 Senior Member

  February 2021 #10

  That’s awesome!!!

  Aim higher, or get a bigger gun.

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• NN Posts: 25,236 Senior Member

  February 2021 #11

  Great work, hey.

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• ojr Posts: 1,344 Senior Member

  March 2021 #12

  Wow. Love it.
  Shoots very well

  The flight was uneventful, which is what one wants when one is transporting an Elephant.
   Reuters, Dec 2020.

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• Diver43 Posts: 12,777 Senior Member

  March 2021 #13

  Not only a good looking gun, but dang, that thing sure punches some big holes

  Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-5

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• bellcat Posts: 2,040 Senior Member

  March 2021 #14

  Great looking rifle and great shooting! What fun.....you inhale vigorously!

  "Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Mark Twain

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