Arriving soon which is why I was asking about loading BP cartridges. Trouble is I won't get to hold it until I get back up to PA in early May.
It may not be a muzzleloader but this is the black powder forum and that is what I'm going to be shooting out of it. I'll also be casting my own 405 gr lead bullets and sizing and lubing them too. Should be a blast to shoot.

So is this a .45 caliber rifle? And do you load cartridges or actually still a paper powder charge and bullet? I always wanted a rifle like that but never purchased one. I also wanted a lever action 45-70 government. My friend has one and he let me shoot it. Wow!! What a thrill shooting that lever action Government rifle.

You're going to have a ball with that Sharps Bronko. The 45-70 is a great old cartridge with thump on both ends.

Since you showed us yours, I'll show you mine. I don't load black powder in it though, and have only one old target picture back from when I sighted it in for the load shown.





Does anyone else here have a 45-70? If so, let's see them.
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Very nice!

that will be so much fun!!!!.......


To carry around

Well Jon she comes in at just under 13 lbs. But I'm sure when I get the vernier tang sight and put a round in the chamber she'll hit the 13 lb mark!
But I look on the bright side, with that 30" barrel I won't have to walk as far...
Van - I had a similar rifle in .45-70. A Browning 78. A beautiful rifle. I still have two Marlins, and 1895 Guide Gun and an 1895 Cowboy in 45-70. I love that cartridge and there ain't much that can stand up to getting thumped with it.

That's cool bronko... always liked the looks of those Sharps rifles. Hiram Berdan, the man who founded (and funded) the 1st U.S. Sharpshooters during the Civil War, chose the Sharps rifle for it's accuracy and reliability. He was a wealthy businessman at the onset of the war but he was also an avid shooter and firearms enthusiast.

He wouldn't allow just anyone to become a part of his unit. The men who enlisted into the Berdan Sharpshooters had to qualify at ranges up to 500 (I believe) yards to make the grade. The rifles his 1st U.S. Sharpshooters carried were single shot rifles that used a paper cartridge loaded at the breech. He was from Phelps NY, a little over an hour north of where I live.

BPS

Bronko I was sent a great catalog all on different models of Sharps. I'll PM the info as soon as I get back to my Man home!
Hate living in the city.

But it did contain a wide variety of peep sites built for the Sharps.

JW

Thanks JW I'll be looking for it.
I know Pedersoli has one specifically for this model.

Nice toy bronko. I got a new toy too.