Shiloh Sharps .45-70 worth it?

[highlander 5]

If I were you I'd buy both. Shiloh Sharps rifles hold there value very well. At one ofthe bigger gun shops in my area,Kittery Trading Post there were 2 Shilohs and IIRC neither were under $2K. I have a Shiloh Sharps Long Range Express heavy barrel with a RHO telescopic sight and every time I take it to the range I have to wipe the drool off the rifle from the various onlookers. Admittedly I should have stayed with the standard barrel as the heavy barrel bring its weight to 14lbs but even with heavy load it's a pusy cat to shoot.
RHO is out of business I believe.

 

[tallpaul]

I own 2 shiloh's and have for years. I love them but have not shot em yet, I know it's criminal but I still need to get good molds etc. One of theses days I will shoot one if not both....

I know if I was liikin and found those that likel one or both would be coming home

One of my #1 heavy barrel business rifle with pewter fore end... Luv this thing

 

[VA27]

I have a Farmingdale 1863 Carbine and I cant say enough good things about it. If its what you want, you wont be disappointed.

 

[Jim Watson]

Hey, tallpaul,
Dave Jennings at Montana Bullet Works will get your Sharpses going with no more excuses about bullet moulds.
http://www.montanabulletworks.com/

 

[Robert]

I want a Shiloh Sharps in the worst way.

 

[Jim Watson]

Bad enough to pay the money and wait the turnaround?
Or pay Bill Goodman $250 extra to cut the wait?
Or hit all the stores, shows, and sale sites and when you see one JUMP ON IT?
The OP has dithered. I wonder if he bought one of those he saw. Or if they are still there to buy.

 

[Cosmoline]

BUY THAT SHARPS! That's an excellent price for one of the finest rifles made, period. Guide guns are fine workaday leverguns, but it's really a completely different animal.

As far as .45-70 cost, it's really easy to save money rolling your own. Black powder makes it extra fun. Brass is cheap and easy to find and you can easily find cast bullets or high end patched rounds for BP loads. I would not hammer the Sharps with B-Bore loads, and there's no reason to do so.

 

[Robert]

Bad enough to pay the money and wait the turnaround?
Or pay Bill Goodman $250 extra to cut the wait?

Bad enough that when I actually have the budget for one i will get it however I can... Till then I look at the web site and dream.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Gratuitous Sharps photo: A 34" Heavy Barreled Hartford Model with a few upgrades i n.45-70.

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[fletchbutt152]

Just passed through.

I recently drove through Big Timber and stopped at Shilo and C. Sharps for tours. Both were pleasant experiences, and both make decent rifles. But I must say that Shilo makes the finest rifle I've ever held (I don't hold those European doubles though). Shilos are worth the extra dough if you buy a Sharps in my opinion.

 

[lonegunman]

I took my Shiloh 45-90 out today as a matter of fact. 5 shots, 480gr semi-pointed bullet, 1.86" at 100yds and with a little work it will shrink even more. Reloading big cast bullets is part art, part science and it takes a while to get it sorted out, buy good bullets for starters.

Those guns were a steal at those prices, hopefully you bought at least one of them.

 

[Float Pilot]

Back when I had money, I bought a couple Shiloh Sharps express rifles in 50-90. One even had semi fancy wood and I had some pretty high grade sights that cost more than some of my other rifles.
They are super well made and very accurate.
And back when I had disposable income, it was cool to show off to the other guys during cowboy shoots and the like...

But the fancy wood model was worth well over $2200 and I became paranoid about letting it go outside the house.

As I retired from a couple of my former careers, having safe queen $2,200 rifles became a point of self introspection and reflection.

 

[Manny]

Gun writer Mike Venturino who is a very good shot and an avid competitor in black powder silhouette shooting using these types of guns wrote an article regarding high grade rifles a while back that I admired. His wife wanted to treat him and had him order a Sharps rifle built to his specs (I don't recall if it was Shilo or C Sharps) with presentation grade wood etc. He stunned a lot of folks by making that rifle one of his competition rifles and shooting the heck out of it.

He wrote that the rifle, though still in top notch condition, now exhibits some wear commensurate with the heavy use and some "war wounds" from mishaps along the way. In his mind it looks all the better and he has had enormous pleasure shooting that fine weapon and putting it to the use for which it is so superbly suited. I really like his attitude on that and would love to someday emmulate his use, unfortunately at this time the budget just doesn't permit.

To the OP, if one of those Shilo rifles really strikes your fancy and you have the wherewithal to afford it they both sound like incredibly good deals.

 

[Jim Watson]

A friend has been shooting a Shiloh at BPCR MS and Target for over 15 years.
It doesn't HAVE any "war wounds." He takes care of it and does not knock it around. If it were in a store rack behind the counter six feet away, it would look new because the small amount of handling wear would not be visible.