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If I decided to own a Sharps, I'd look for a 50-70 carbine conversion. A few thousand dollars could get a very decent example... I agree - and might be the funnest girl at the dance, too. No crazy reloading issues, just run up a bunch of shells and go shoot rats at the dump or beer cans off the fence posts. Seriously.
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My taste for esthetics wane after sending a couple dozen 510-535 grain bullets down range. 
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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I like the idea of shooting beer cans with a 50/70 carbine, or failing that, maybe a 45/70 carbine. Is there a suitable Italian reproduction?
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The Pedersoli rifles are well made and reliable. They make a Sharps carbine in 45-70 as well as a Trapdoor carbine. No 50-70 in their line though.
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The Pedersoli rifles are well made and reliable. They make a Sharps carbine in 45-70 as well as a Trapdoor carbine. No 50-70 in their line though.Jerry Liles What Jerry said. Regards, Joe
You can lead a man to logic but you can't make him think. NRA Life since 1976. God bless America!
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I've owned two of the Pedersoli Sharps and one of the Rolling Blocks all in .45-70. They are well made. I figure I put a minimum of 200#'s of lead through the last one (535 grains) at a time.(All smokeless loads) :)Interestingly the Rolling Block was the more accurate of the three.
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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My taste for esthetics wane after sending a couple dozen 510-535 grain bullets down range. Haha...yeah...or as one of my gunsmith friends says, "Romance kinda wears thin after you've pushed a file for 8 hours."
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