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CptCurl
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Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle
#364351 - 06/04/22 08:53 PM

Here is a new resident in the household.

An entirely proper .45-90 (.45 2.4" per Sharps) looks like this rifle, from 1880:

And its proper ammunition:

I feel like a lucky boy!

Curl

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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: CptCurl]
#364353 - 06/04/22 09:02 PM

Sharps are among my favorite rifles. Explains why I own four of them.How dose the gun shoot. What weight bullets are you running.

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Ripp
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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: Wayne59]
#364355 - 07/04/22 12:24 AM

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Sharps are among my favorite rifles. Explains why I own four of them.How dose the gun shoot. What weight bullets are you running.

Agree..great looking rifle ..also for this type..one of my favorites as well..have had the opportunity to shoot several..good shooters..

Their office/shop is about an hour from my office..

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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: Ripp]
#364356 - 07/04/22 02:05 AM

Don't see Sharps Borchart rifles coming up for sale very often. Nice, Curly & in especially nice condition.
The sight base on the top of the butt is especially interesting. A true match rifle.

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93x64mm
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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: DarylS]
#364363 - 07/04/22 07:01 AM

Wow Cap, that is one nice piece of kit there!
Would it have been one of the last of the originals, the company went bust after all the buffalos were shot out?

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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: 93x64mm]
#364368 - 07/04/22 11:44 AM

Nice. Is the stock re-done?

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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: NitroX]
#364441 - 09/04/22 01:52 PM

I was very happy with my Chinese contract Borchardt serial number 00125 now I am jealous.

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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: NitroX]
#364456 - 10/04/22 02:24 AM

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Nice. Is the stock re-done?

Looks all original to my untrained eye.

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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: DarylS]
#364471 - 10/04/22 11:04 AM

I have no idea. In very good condition for such an old rifle.

When did buffalo horn forend tips come in?

Roscoe, no doubt knows ?

Looks very much like a gentleman's rifle from circa 1878.

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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: NitroX]
#364474 - 10/04/22 11:53 AM

Curl, any hunting planned for it? A Virginian whitetail?

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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: NitroX]
#364569 - 13/04/22 08:24 PM

Thanks so much to everybody for your interest and kind comments on my Sharps rifle. I've been short on time lately, so I am just now making a short reply.

Some more information on my rifle:
• It is all original, with original condition and finishes.
• The sights are original to the rifle, marked with the Sharps patent date and serial numbered to the rifle.
• The barrel is 34” with a perfect bore.
• Only 230 of these rifles were made.

Some details of the patented rear sight:

The rear sight seat, at the heel of the stock, is put there for the prone “Creedmore position” used in long range competition. Here are a couple of photos I garnered from the internet:

Source: The Back Position

Here is the entry for the Model 1878 Long Range Rifle found in Frank Sellers' fine book:

Source:

More details will come as the case develops. I will have shooting results to report at some time. I'm still in load development.

Curly

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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: CptCurl]
#364570 - 13/04/22 08:41 PM

P.S.

If you really, really, really want to bore yourself (ha, ha, ha, play on words!), here's a video of my view down the barrel with a bore scope.

The video begins with the scope all the way down to the breech end, with an unfired brass case in the chamber. I wanted to check the fit of the brass. You can see that I hadn't even chamfered the mouth of the brass case.

Next you will see the most beautiful hand-lapped barrel from 1880. Try scoping a modern barrel for comparison.

NitroX, you asked about this rifle's external condition. It just didn't get used the past 142 years. The bore testifies to the rifle's as new condition.

The video (very large file): Bore Scope Video of Sharps 1878 Long Range Rifle #20863

Curly

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Re: Sharps Model 1878 Long Range Rifle [Re: CptCurl]
#364587 - 14/04/22 03:17 AM

That is quite amazing, Curly. a few spots of discolouration, but amazingly smooth - lapped, as you indicates. Grooves sightly wider than lands. Exceptionally well preserved bl.

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