Why Would You Want a Sharps Rifle or Carbine? 45-70 Beast of a Rifle

[@Gator-357]

I have 5 Sharps rifles. Two are original 1874s and three are late '70s repros. I the two originals are in .45/90 & .45/110, the repros are in .45/120, .50/100 & .50/140. The two originals were my great grandfather's, the .50/100 ws my grandpa's and I bought the .45/120 & .50/140 at an estate sale in the early '90s. The .45/90 has put many a deer in the freezer and I took an elk and a moose with the .50/140. I love these big bores and enjoy trying new hand loads with the bullets available these days and seeing just what these classics are capable of.

[@BattlefieldCurator]

Nice!

[@BattlefieldCurator]

I think I want a Sharps carbine at some point in time

[@vernoncrown]

I would love to own a 50/140, but brass is very difficult to find. I ask Shiloh and they will no longer build a 50/140.

[@Bayan1905]

I agree, that's why I got a Cimarron Arms 1863 Cavalry carbine in .50-70. After shooting the .50-70, somehow the .45-70 no longer seems that big of a deal.

[@ryuhadouken2722]

Reloading and casting your own bullets and even beating some modern firearms in a accuracy test is the most enjoying thing in owning one.

[@wraith67]

They're a lot of fun, and a challenge to learn to shoot long distance.

[@sharps6]

Best name for a rifle!

[@e-wing6200]

Off topic, that is a sick jacket haha

[@BattlefieldCurator]

Haha thanks… 😎🍻

[@geoffgregory4378]

Your video saved me hours of dismantling by own gun. Let me explain. I purchased at auction a 20 bore shotgun also made by the same company as your own. I had been unable to get it to fire and suspected a damaged or broken firing pin. Then I happened upon your video…and for the first time realised it had that same safety mechanism. So I took it to the range, switched off the safety as you show in your video and hallelujah…I have a shooter after all. Thanks.

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

That's a Sharp looking rifle. You could really do some Sharpshooting with it.

[@BattlefieldCurator]

Lol 😂

[@dspencer1969]

I have the full grown Pedersoli/Sharps in 45/70. It's a monster with no recoil (it weighs 12ish pounds) and super easy to handload. My go to rifle if I'm hunting

[@marceloptenhofel7503]

I love my sharps, especially because you don‘t need a license to buy one in Germany. Greetings from Germany

[@BattlefieldCurator]

Awesome! That’s good to know

[@eglide73]

It’s the only rifle I have that grows hair on my chest when I pick it up

[@BattlefieldCurator]

Hahaha 🤣

[@hopefloats7573]

Got mine yesterday at a gun show!!

[@BattlefieldCurator]

Nice! I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!

[@dylanbraamse8365]

can a sharps rifle and claymore sword be combined in real life unlike the ones that are seperate that charles muntz uses in UP?

[@tomlagoe8887]

You would want one because they are cool!

[@Rhythmicons]

Glad you mentioned the buffalo hunts. It was an absolutely awful endeavor which destroyed the natural food supply for Native Americans in order to force them onto government rations.

[@BattlefieldCurator]

Yea it was a tragedy

[@Bayan1905]

The most common cartridge in the original 1874 Sharps was the .44-77 Sharps, which is pretty much dead on for .43 Spanish ballistics. It was fairly close to the .45-70. Larger calibers were seen, but Sharps measured their cartridges by inches, not the actual caliber or powder for most of the larger stuff. So you can see originals in weird calibers like .45 2 1/10 inches like you would find in the 1878 Borchardt Sharps rifle.

[@alvintarrer6914]

Heritage, Legion American made 👍☕️☕️✌️

[@artvanderlay2110]

I just picked up a shiloh sharps 1874 saddle ring carbine for $1000 gun is like new is this a good deal ? Can I shoot modern 45-70 rounds thru it . Was supposed to be made 1977-78 when Shiloh was still in farmingdale long island

[@tomslongguns443]

Did you shoot modern 45-70 ammo out of that sharps ? I mean like federal or winchester super x . Not cowboy loads

[@denisdegamon8224]

Sure can. Just stay away from the super magnum 4570 loads. They can handle any lever action loads listed in all reloading manuals. ( middle range loads) There are three levels, the older black powder, the tragedy loads, the lever action loads, and then the Ruger no.1 & no.3 category.

[@davidr2975]

What ammo were you using?

[@BattlefieldCurator]

I’m pretty I used Winchester that day. I have Steinel ammo 45-70 that I use most of the time

[@GaryFurr-er7xz]

What is the price for a 45/70

[@SEO122]

Why does that Sharps have a safety on the breech block? Mine doesn't - that's horrible!

[@BattlefieldCurator]

US import laws

[@plop55]

I physically cringed when I saw that God awful safety on that gun.

[@BattlefieldCurator]

Lol yea I hated seeing that thing.

[@plop55]

As long as it shoots well. The Rossi lever guns have a goofy safety too but I like them anyway. 😊

[@jvleasure]

Pretty sure anybody that has one of those just wants to be Matthew Quigley, but has a MUCH bigger firearm budget than the rest of us that also want to be Matthew Quigley😆

[@BattlefieldCurator]

Lol we all can’t be Matthew Quigley. I’d rather get a Sharps carbine if anything. Rifle is still cool though

[@jvleasure]

@@BattlefieldCurator quigley all the way for me😁

[@txgunguy2766]

Quigley didn't have a .45-70, his Sharps was a .45-110.

[@jvleasure]

@@txgunguy2766 and these are typically all made in 45-70 since you can find it.

[@matthewnorth4602]

Matthew Quigleys rifle lol

[@smsfte4699]

Sharps starting making metallic rifles in 1860??? I thought they were all using paper cartridges until after the Civil War.

[@denisdegamon8224]

Yup

[@bartvermeulen6515]

I do not want a Sharps rifle.

[@GeorgeTaylor-hb9jp]

Forget the Italian repos. Go for Shiloh or C. Sharps. Far, far better, better fit an finish, and more accurat by far.

[@normanbraslow7902]

Very poor quality "reproduction" and not, repeat, not worth the money.

[@Horkres13]

Whith what brand and model are your bad experiences? Im looking for a Sharps

[@keganje]

@@Horkres13 If you can find one you want a Shiloh or a C Sharps, both made in Montana, you can still get new ones but will have a waiting period of 1-4 years for it, sometimes you can find a new one on gunbroker, but you will pay a lot for it, well you will pay a lot for it anywhere. I just got a used Shiloh 1874 45-70 a month ago, on gun broker, I love it! If you are on a budget Uberti and Pedersoli make decent ones too, although the wood isn't as nice as the Shiloh's in my opinion. They look new, where a Shiloh's is new but looks old, which is what I wanted.

[@darkmountainparanormal5577]

The sharps rifles were never repeating rifles to begin with. Only the Winchester repeating lever actions.

[@NormanBraslow-nh2tz]

This one is junk.

[@TexasChilliMassacre]

I only got a 1859 Sharps Carbine.But that f.cking thing rocks.Holy black i love it. Also my 50 cal. Hawken is a real beautyand i love shooting it.On every range i'm a bit like a Star when i shoot my holy blacks😁

[@BattlefieldCurator]

Haha 😂 I’m sure the AR15 crowd is in awe when they see what you got

[@TexasChilliMassacre]

@@BattlefieldCurator well,se are about 250 members in our shooting club.Almost evreryone has an AR 15,just 3 have a zastava AK clone.I am one of them.Whenever i bring my holy black "smoke launchers" they look at mef as if was an alien from outer space😂😂

[@travisdozier1357]

I have one sharps carbine , A Mcnelly carbine. I’d rather have the rifle.

[@BattlefieldCurator]

I too find the rifle more desirable. But I am still glad I got the opportunity to get this one

[@sweetwolfasmraudio6726]

Sharps rifles have their pluses. Comparing it to its two sisters in the same role, the highwall and roling block All are strong but the highwall is king followed by the sharps. And compared to repeating rifles, you can have higher velocity for the same weight, or lighter with the same velocity. New production I'd buy a sharps since nobody can make a proper highwall copy that cocks the hammer when you open the action like the original