Look what followed me home

[Fogman01]

I use a 540 grain Money bullet and 80 grains of powder in my Axtel 45-100. I would have to compress the Swiss quite a bit to get more powder in it and have it chamber. It does seem to shoot pretty good with that load. As soon as it's fixed I'll experiment with some other loads. I am planning to go to the long range shoot in Missoula in August and shoot it there.
Kurt, what happened to my Axtel is the firing pin broke and it is one solid piece with the transfer bar. So after the pin got fixed, I found it was still not firing every cartridge even with a pretty good dent in the primer. Kirk at Shiloh looked at it and determined the hammer was slightly misshapen. It was not hitting the transfer bar correctly or hard enough. He put one of their hammers on it and the problem is solved he says; I'll find out in Missoula. Carmen is about out of parts for these rifles.
Mine is an exact copy of the 1877 Sharps Overbaugh Creedmoor rifle. A fine piece of work too. It has a soule sight on it now for LR shooting.

[Kurt]

That is a beautiful rifle. I have a 90 grain 1.5 swiss PP load and a 88 grain 1.5 OE using a 523 gr PP from a Paul Jones mould that is working very good. The OE powder is doing better than the swiss but I haven't shot it past 200 yards yet to see if they will hold up. I had one soft hit on one round but it went off on the second strike. The hammer pull feels light so I thought it might be in the main spring but I will leave it alone for now. I sure like the feel the way it comes up and for the long 34" 1/2 round barrel it has a good balance.
I talked to Lucinda at the Quigley about this rifle and she said if I have a problem send it in.

[Eric Johanen]

Good to know Kurt. Did not Shiloh purchase the molds from Carmen when Axtel closed up shop? That would explain why they can service the rifles. Those Axtel's are fantastic looking rifles and most reports say they do shoot really well. The cost has always scared me off and I am really pleased that Shiloh is now making them at a price point where they are affordable. I considered a C. Sharps but they do not list several features the make a 77 like the Rigby rib on the barrels and by the time you added all the custom features , the cost would be at or exceed that of a Shiloh. Love my 74's but there is just something about the 77 "English Rifles"! Do you have a weight for that rifle?