Several reads, no replies. What wrong fellas? Dumb post or what?

Sorry, when I wrote Sharps I meant Shiloh. From looking around at many of the websites, the best (Shiloh Sharps) is the least expensive. I dont want all the fancy doodads on my rifle. I just want a standard Shiloh Sharps sporter #1 or #3. Something that my grandfather might have used to shoot Buffalo.  Maybe I should just suck it up and buy the best, after all it cost the least.

Not sure whre you got your info on pricing, but from what I've seen the Pedersoli in a #1 or #3 style sporting rifle is much cheaper than Shiloh or C Sharps.
Shiloh lists the std. Business Rifle at a starting price of $1657, (and that's the cheapest model) while a similar Pedersoli model is commonly sold for $1200-$1300. Even the upper end Pedersoli Billy Dixon, or Quigley is sold for just under $1500.

well gents I am the one who was not happy with his shiloh. but they are good shooting rifles.
any time i post any thing about what i was not happy with I AM EITHER MADE OUT TO BE THE BAD GUY OR MY POST IS NOT LEFT ON THE SITE!
I have seen and handled many different sharps rifles, and I personally do not care for the wop guns as they are all metric
I have seen some c sharps and am giving serious thought to buying one.
i would not buy another shiloh due to first the wait and secondly i was not very happy with the sharp edges every where on the gun.
and where some person had tried to cover a 1 with a zero when the caliber was stamped on the barrel.
one must also remember that the base price will not include any sights worth a damn and a set of balwins or mva's will be in your future.
just my 10 cents worth.
irish

I'd go to a BPCR shoot and look the various guns over.  I really like my Shiloh but a word of advice regardless of the maker.  Get at least fancy great of wood....you'll never regret it.

I've owned Shiloh and Pedersoli. Equal accuracy, Pedersoli has the superior action but Shiloh's barrel flat finish is better. For the money, especially, it would be hard to beat a Pedersoli if you spent an extra $100 or so to have a gunsmith reblue the barrel after you polished the flats back to flat & sharp-edged. Shiloh personnel and service are literally the best in the business IMO, most especially for a production outfit. Pedersoli parts are available but service is dealer-dependent to some degree. All Sharps sidehammers have a rep for breaking not only firing pins but also lever springs, so please be advised to expect repairs to some degree or other.
Good luck, Joe

I know of sevral gunsmiths that will rust blue a barrel for under $100 if it's already polished out, as Joe stated. Even more that will do  nice hot blue for half that price on a polished barrel ready to go.