Recent content by ron3865

How about the Gene Wilder film where he was a Jew traveling out West,..forgot the movie name and his co star but one scene sticks in my mind. He had a cap and ball pistol in his hand and turned the cylinder to unload it just as you would a cartridge revolver. I thought I got the gun wrong but...

Thanks Ray. There's a gun show coming up next weekend and i plan on doing some serious checking on the various Sharps that are for sale. At least i can compare fit and finish.

Thanks. I've heard everything from "piece of crap" to a line in an article by Dennis Adler where he says, "Armi Sport, which produces an exceptional line of single shot Sharps rifles....." I don't know, I guess I just have to pay my money and take my chances!

Since I'm not comparing the Italians to the Indians I thought I'd start a new thread. I'm in the market for a 45-70 Sharps reproduction and I can't afford a Shiloh, Ballard, or C Sharps so it's going to have to be an import. The 2 Armisport rifles I'm looking at are the Rocky Mountain Sharps...