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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Gunsmithing
One of the original long range guns.
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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Wright" data-source="post: 2188436" data-attributes="member: 104363"><p>The 74 was both a hunting rig and was used in competition.</p><p>There were rules on total weight of the rifles at the time in 1000 yd target shoots. </p><p>The belief of reducing material in the action and putting it into heavier barrels came into vogue.</p><p>Therefore, the 77 action was slimmed down, a lighter back action side lock replaced the heavier 74 side lock. What ended up being, one sexy rifle. </p><p>This was the last of the Sharps in this style. What followed was the Borchardt (sp?), which was a total departure from any of the previous actions, and was not well received. Eventually, Christian Sharps folded the business, as he was not a good businessman anyway, but had great ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Wright, post: 2188436, member: 104363"] The 74 was both a hunting rig and was used in competition. There were rules on total weight of the rifles at the time in 1000 yd target shoots. The belief of reducing material in the action and putting it into heavier barrels came into vogue. Therefore, the 77 action was slimmed down, a lighter back action side lock replaced the heavier 74 side lock. What ended up being, one sexy rifle. This was the last of the Sharps in this style. What followed was the Borchardt (sp?), which was a total departure from any of the previous actions, and was not well received. Eventually, Christian Sharps folded the business, as he was not a good businessman anyway, but had great ideas. [/QUOTE]
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One of the original long range guns.
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