Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
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Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
Hunting is as much about the gun as it is the animal you are hunting. I ordered this 1877 five years ago from Shiloh Rifles in Big Timber, Montana. It took awhile, but they finished an exceptional rifle and anything you get from them is nothing less than a custom rifle.
Sure, it isn't easy packing a 12 pound gun around, but there is a lot about hunting that isn't easy. The main thing was I did want to get an antelope with this gun.
There aren't as many antelope this fall as I have seen in the past, but I did find one group of 12 that was out in the middle of an open field where antelope prefer to live. After about a 1/2 mile stalk and crawl, I was able to get within 209 yards and carefully slip the Sharps over the rim of some rocks and take one shot. I waited until the antelope was grazing with his head down and shot him through the top of the neck and into the chest. He dropped dead in his tracks...
Sure, it isn't easy packing a 12 pound gun around, but there is a lot about hunting that isn't easy. The main thing was I did want to get an antelope with this gun.
There aren't as many antelope this fall as I have seen in the past, but I did find one group of 12 that was out in the middle of an open field where antelope prefer to live. After about a 1/2 mile stalk and crawl, I was able to get within 209 yards and carefully slip the Sharps over the rim of some rocks and take one shot. I waited until the antelope was grazing with his head down and shot him through the top of the neck and into the chest. He dropped dead in his tracks...
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Re: Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
Wow, that is a really nice buck you got.
Now I would like to know more about that very fine rifle, such as caliber and barrel size. Did you use BP or smokeless?
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Now I would like to know more about that very fine rifle, such as caliber and barrel size. Did you use BP or smokeless?
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Beautiful animal, beautiful rifle, beautiful shot, that is what hunting is all about, congratulations.....
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Re: Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
Well done. Thank you for sharing.
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+ 1gamekeeper wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:17 pm Beautiful animal, beautiful rifle, beautiful shot, that is what hunting is all about, congratulations.....
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Re: Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
Very cool. Now for a bison?
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Re: Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
Nice job. Caliber and loading please.
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Re: Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
Oh my! Nice!
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That was a great stalk, shot and a very nice buck- job WELL DONE!
Oh and that is a beautiful rifle!!
Oh and that is a beautiful rifle!!
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Re: Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
It is the latest rifle introduced by Shiloh Rifle Company in Big Timber, Montana. It is a model 1877 in 45-70 with the traditional characteristics of the original Sharps in that same model. It has an MVA Mid-range Soule tang peep and globe front sight with removable apertures. Here is another picture in the rims on the same ranch...
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That's a fine-lookin' shootin' iron. Beautiful rifle.
Even better to see it being used for it's intended purpose.
Nice post.. thanks!
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Even better to see it being used for it's intended purpose.
Nice post.. thanks!
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Very nice.
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I tried to post a response ,but the words are gone...this is something from another time Thank You For the Great Post. .
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Re: Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
Shrapnel, Kirk and the gang sure picked a nice piece of wood for you didn't they? Curious which aperture insert you like to use for hunting.
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Niiiice ! TWO pretty's in one pic - a speed goat & a sharp-lookin' Sharps ! .
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Niiiice ! TWO pretty's in one pic - a speed goat & a sharp-lookin' Sharps ! .
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Re: Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
Great looking gun and a beautiful speed goat. That old .45-70 still gets the job done just as well as it did before bottleneck magnum cartridges became the only thing which would kill anything bigger than an anemic jack rabbit. If Kyle Lamb calls to tell you it is not tactical enough, don't let him talk you into putting an infrared night sight on that gun.
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Re: Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
Quoted for truth. If there's one thing better than making a great stalk and taking a beautiful animal like that...it's doing it all with an incredible rifle like yours!
Congratulations, and thanks for posting this.
Re: Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
A little milling here and there and a trimmer hammer action make the ugly duckling 1874 into the shapely 1877. I wish someone made a scaled down version.
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Re: Montana Antelope With A 1877 Sharps
What's better than taking a nice antelope buck with a beautiful single shot! Congratulations on a great buck, and a great gun!
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