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Help me decide what to buy

rg666rg666 Member Posts: 395 ✭✭✭
edited November 2001 in Ask the Experts
I am going to get either a Sharps target rifle or a AR 15 upper that will allow me to shoot 50AE. I have a desert eagle in 50AE so thats one reason I'd like to do that. I also have wanted to get a Sharps type rifle forever. So help me decide. What do you guys think???? Thanks, RG.
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  • jeenyesjeenyes Member Posts: 330 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've always wanted a sharps carbine in 45-70 so I know what i would choose.
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  • OrphanedcowboyOrphanedcowboy Member Posts: 351 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well it's Christmas and I'm in the giving mood, just get both............., but if it was me and I had to only get one..........it would be the Sharps
    Orphanedcowboy@msn.com
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  • cpermdcpermd Member Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Tromix 50 AE upper
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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sharps!!!!
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sharps! who needs an AK anyway?
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  • gap1916gap1916 Member Posts: 4,977
    edited November -1
    Which one of the two is the most dificult to obtain? Get that one. Then when you are ready buy the other.
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  • valkyrie.ridervalkyrie.rider Member Posts: 27 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go rent Quigley Down Under before you decide.....If you decide on a Sharps, I will make you a deal on an unfired Cimarron Quigley in 45-90 with long range sights. email at valkyrie.rider@usa.net if interested
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  • rg666rg666 Member Posts: 395 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    valkyrie.rider I was looking at the Pedersoli 45-120 from Cabelas. I'm not familiar with the Cimmaron but I would be interested in talking to you about it though. I'll email you soon. RG
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  • ishootblanksishootblanks Member Posts: 170 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Get the Sharps. Ar15's and all variants will be around after you get tired of shooting the Sharps.
    Without the NRA, the second ammendment would already be gone!
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  • beachmaster73beachmaster73 Member Posts: 3,011 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    rg666 are you going to be shooting black powder through it or smokeless powder? With black powder I'm sure you'll get a kick out of the 45-120; but if you are going to be using smokeless loads you would be better off with a .45-70. It will handle any smokeless load you can run through a .45-120 in addition the brass for a .45-70 can be found anywhere at a reasonable rate. The .45-120 brass tends to be just a little more esoteric and difficult to find. And yeah there really is something neat about an old Sharps...even if it is a repro. Good luck in your quest, Beach.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Get the 1875 with double set triggers & spirit level windgage sight first.
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  • valkyrie.ridervalkyrie.rider Member Posts: 27 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    RG666. Look forward to hearing from you. I would reccommend careful study before considering a 45-120. As a rule, they are quite difficult to shoot accurately, barrel fouling is usually extreme and they are expensive to shoot. You really don't gain much, if anything, when you go above 45-90. What you get is more powder, more problems and not much more performance. I am sure some folks will take exception to that statement, but you should do your research before deciding. Check out the BPCR page on Shooterstalk.com. There are some very knowledgable black powder shooters there. You can check out my rifle at cimarron-firearms.com. Let me know if that interests you.
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