YES...very nice shooter!!!...450

I'm not convinced you have "ruined" that superb rifle. I'm not sure when telescopic rifles were actually first installed on rifles, but I know 'scopes were put on Sharps way back when.

I will be putting one of the Wm. Malcolm "shorty's" on my 50-90 Sharps soon...I HAVE to have a scope if I want to hit anything. My old eyes and beginning cataracts in my sighting right eye force me into it.

I also think a 'scope on the "oldies" adds a certain ambiance and "down to business" vision.

Sarge...ANY firearm made of wood and metal can be fiddled with, both materials being very amenable to modification. I don't know exactly how H&H does their partial rifling as there are several methods that can be employed, but I'm guessing they used cut rifling in the old days and maybe in todays world also. Hammering around a forming mandrel or button rifling are two other methods. The barrel is finished before installing or the fully rifled barrel is removed, the mods performed, then the barrel is reinstalled...again a fairly simple procedure with the correct machine/tools.

You Guys are a "bad" influence on me...I'm now wondering about doing a Paradox barrel on a muzzle loader or doing a Paradox stub barrel on one of my NEF single shots....or???...I'm way too cheap and poor to buy an H&H or fully finished rifle.

Ahhhh...where are you Lady Luck, when I need you?