[cookhj]

has anyone bought one of the sharps .45-70 rifles offered by CDNN? i got their magazine/catalog, and they had sharps repros for $499. if they're good quality, i'm gonna buy one, but all of the sharps repros that i've seen have been well over $800.

[cookhj]

also, does anyone know who makes them? i thought that it would be uberti or perdersoli, but they're usually very expensive.

[Catbird]

No, but I have one of the ones offered by Pedersoli. It is gorgeous as well as super accurate. IIRC, I bought mine through Cabela's.

[cookhj]

yeah, i like the ones in cabela's, however, they're kinda out of my price range. if the ones from CDNN are of good quality and are accurate, i'm gonna buy one.

[Detritus]

for the first time in a good long whiile i have to admit that there IS a type of gun i'm not willing to pay under about $850 for!!

if the price is less than that, it usually means that the gun came from Pedretti (NOT to be confused with Davide Pedersoli & sons), or someone even lower down on the chain.

i've been looking at Sharps repros for awhile now, and quite frankly if it don't say.. Pedersoli, Uberti, Taylor's & Co. (Armi-sport, receivers are milled from bar-stock instead of cast like the other italian guns, and less expensive to boot), Shiloh Sharps, or C. Sharps. i AIN'T gonna put MY Face next to it!!!

pedretti and some of the other have a reputation of being piss poor quality and some reports of failures that have or could have gone very badly.

it's better to save up than to buy a possible grenade.

but i DO suggest that you look into the Taylor's & Co line here (http://www.taylorsfirearms.com/armisport.html) they're probably the best deal i've found. and one of my local dealers swears by them. saying that they're better than Pedersoli at a lower price. (there is a gun that he orders from them that is basicly a BPCR starter gun with the decent tang and globe sights that sells for around $9-950, there is a pedersoli decked otu he same way for $1,000 at cabela's but it has a lower grade sight and still ahs a cast receiver) you might just find a gun there that fits your needs/wants and will probably be less than the same gun from any of the other good/safe makers

well that's my take on it good luck either way tou go.

[Kestrel]

How are the Shiloh Sharps rifles in quality? Are they Italian? Cast?

Thanks,
Steve

[Snake Jenkins]

Shilo Sharps are made in Montanna and along with the C. Sharps are the top of the line sharps repilcas. But they are more expensive and do have a waiting period due to demand.

Snake

[Tropical Z]

Call CDNN and ask em who makes em.
1-800-588-9500