I desperaetly need a Shilo Sharps 45/100

Brutus said:
Watched one weight lifter fella with his Sharps 45-90 at a rifle match in Southern Saskatchewan. We all suspect he was loading that rifle right to the gunnels. His powder load was unknown to me. That 30 inch barrelled rifle you could physically see it trying to torque itself right out of his grasp everytime he touched one off. His final score was not as good as most of the 45-70 shooters. For all I know he could have been loading it with 777.
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If you are referring the the BPCR matches in Bethune then that is me. I bought that #1 Sporting rifle third hand and it can outshoot most scoped bolt actions. The load I use is 78 grains of Goex FFg compressed .140", Winchester Large Pistol primer, and the old Buffalo Arms brass from stretching R-P .45-70. I interchange the Lyman Postell bullet and my 525 grain Boomer bullet. Yes, the old girl is a handful - those lead plugs leave the muzzle at 1450 fps. They are full house 90 loads. As for my scores, I am currently ranked AA and only in my 4th season of shooting that game. I seem to hang in there with the other AA guys and am dragging my way out of a slump from last year. I just have to stop shooting chickens out of turn. :cool: The reason the rifle might seem to jump out of my hands is the way it is supported with only the fingers and is no way restrained to allow the rifle to do its thing. That said, I have a Hartford in .40-82 that I have been working with that is set to become my main match rifle. The only reason I have that .45-90 is that it was bought that way as a turn-key setup - I really only wanted a .45-70.

I too have to caution against the .45-2.6 right off the hop.
 
Maybe I'm an exception to the rule , but I quite enjoy my 45-120 and I did happen upon it by accident.
Several years ago my Dear Wife and I were wandering through an estate sale in a nearby town and I overheard a lady say to another man
" sure wish we could sell that rifle "... now I was all ears and inquired as to what it was.
Turns out it was a virtually new 1874 Shiloh Sharps Long Range Express model in 45 / 3.25 complete with dies , brass, and a Lyman bullet mould.
The asking price was ridiculously low which I pointed out to the folks and their response was that they only wanted to get rid of it because they were not ' gun people ', so in the end we came home with two very nice items... a china cabinet and a Shiloh Sharps.
I had already been shooting BP 45-70 for several years so it was no problem to get the big Shiloh working as I had a bunch bullet moulds on hand. The rifle weighs over 13 lbs so it soaks up a lot of recoil and I find it a lot of fun to play with as well as being surprisingly accurate.
 
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