Photo Thread

[Longcarbine]

All very nice Hiwall! Some good looking stocks on all of them, I'm a sucker for well figured wood.

[Rick Mulhern]

Muzzle Loading Rifles by Sharps Man, on Flickr

[Don McDowell]

Love them Hawken rifles.
Even if they did build the one with the lock on the wrong side.

[Rick Mulhern]

Love them Hawken rifles.
Even if they did build the one with the lock on the wrong side.

Every 'old man' should own a good traditional ML rifle! Especially a Flintlock.

[Don McDowell]

    true enough and especially if it's one he got when he was a young feller.

   

[ken s]

original 74 Sharps Bridgeport 40 70 sporting rifle. factory letters to 1876
it shoots too! Ken

Sure Don. factory letter says shipped 1876, then again (unsold I guess) in 1879
Listed by serial number in Arming the West. as shipped west by S.H.and G. in 1879.
I shot it today....60 grains 2f, 330 bullet...4 inches at 100 yards. I've had the gun for 30 years and I'm playing with PP and greasers now. fun to shoot. ]        

[ken s]

original 74 Sharps Bridgeport 40 70 sporting rifle. factory letters to 1876
it shoots too! Ken

Sure Don. factory letter says shipped 1876, then again (unsold I guess) in 1879
Listed by serial number in Arming the West. as shipped west by S.H.and G. in 1879.
I shot it today....60 grains 2f, 330 bullet...4 inches at 100 yards. I've had the gun for 30 years and I'm playing with PP and greasers now. fun to shoot. ]

A couple of more guns that I've restocked. the Shiloh is a 50 90 in XXXX presentation wood. cast my own nose cap too. enjoy....Ken

[Ironramrod]

Ditto on the ML rifles. I have 2 Thompson/Center rifles (both kits), 5 interchangeable barrels from .45 to .54 cal. Both are winners, perform well, and have shot a lot of stuff from targets, bunnies and squirrels up to some fairly big deer. Ya can't beat fun for a good time! I forgot about the shotguns and revolvers, but that stuff is another story.

Regards
IR