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Well it took me just a couple of weeks to have him return my rifle unrelined as he insisted. I think he is fairly quick. But you will have to call. His reputation seems to be reasonably prompt.
What I really like is the precision he insists upon for relining. You won't end up with having to have your front sight a quarter inch off center to sight it in.
Just give him a call and chat about how he does it. I think you will be impressed. He is the kind of guy that you can trust with an original Sharps.
Brent
Last edited by BrentD; 03/01/11 05:30 PM. Reason: Premature trigger finger
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Love the pic Brent!!!
A pretty darn good unguided antelope with Any rifle!
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Actually, it is not so great a buck considering what I had passed on up to that point. But I misjudged. Not the end of the world but I was not going to settle for less than 15" and ended up with 13" instead.
My hunting partner shot the first buck he saw while I was setting up the tent on the day we arrived. It went 15"!
Oh we did have a ton of fun, but I do like hunting with an original rifle. It is just way more fun somehow. Even a very nice new-made replica can't equal an oldie. And since Sharps are no available in my pay grade, I opted for the Ballard. She did the job and killed two more does while we were at it.
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Glen,
My 2 cents, by the way congrats on your deal, if you plan to shoot it alot and are really excited about the idea then I would re barrel it to any caliber you want, although I have a soft spot for the 40's. I would keep the barrel because then you have the original and really haven't destroyed its historical value. You get the choose. Sell it if you don't want to get involved that deep. I would not rebore or re line. Too many oppurtunities for something to go south and then you would not be happy. And the guy who screwed it up would say sorry.
As for the 40-70 bottleneck, I would try to stay away from the bottleneck cartridges and stay straight. In the long run I think you will be more satisfied with your choice.
Again congrats on the rifle and wish you the best. Please post pics and keep us up todate on your progress. If you were to sell it I am sure there are many chumping on the bit to be a part of that. I am not one however.
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You might consider calling Kirk at Shiloh Sharps in Big Timber, MT and talking to him about rebarreling your Sharps. Every part that they manufacture will interchange with an original Sharps. They can "antique" the barrel and it would match the rest of the rifle. You would still have the original barrel but you also would be shooting the rifle now! And you could have any caliber you want. They could duplicate the original barrels contour as well. Mori
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Ric asked me to post these pictures of his new Sharps for him. It's a nice rifle in my book! I nice original tang sight would really top it off nicely!   
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No a bad old Sharps rifle.
The possibilities are endless as you have read. If it were mine I would most likley just leave it alone, sell it and buy a shooter.
If you wanted to shoot it I suggest you have a new barrel made in some easy to load and shoot caliber that you would want. Keeping the old barrel with the rifle.
You might also see if you can get a letter and see where it was sent. A western Sharps about doubles the price.
A reline can be done and if done right are invisible. The problem with one IMO is that I don't know of anyone that cuts a chamber so that an informed person can not tell it's modern and not Sharps.
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Michael,
That can and is done pretty regularly now. I don't much care for the original Sharps chamber characteristics, but lots of folks have the reamers specked out for it.
Brent
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Great looking rifle with the 24" barrel, but it is going to be an expensive barrel to correctly reproduce.
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Brent,
Thank you for posting the photos.
Michael,
The old fellow that had the rifle,included two factory letters!One letter from Dr.Moore,dated 1990, and the second from Dr.Labowskie with a 200 something date.
The rifle was eventually shipped to St.Louis,so I suppose that makes it mid west.Where do you draw the line?
I would like to thank everyone for your thoughts,and advice,it has all been helpful.
My heart says keep it and my head says sell,I think I will lose some sleep over it,one more night!
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