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doctorxring Participating Member Offline Posts: 16 Location: Texas Joined: Aug 22^nd, 2008	Question for single shot experts Sep 18^th, 2008 at 9:52pm	Print Post
	. Yesterday my wife and I viewed a hunting program on one of the outdoor channels which featured a special about hunting a bison with one of the Chiappa "Little Sharps" rifles. This is an 80% scale replica of an 1874 Sharps breech loading rifle. The chap went out and surely killed a nice bison with one shot with this rifle. My question revolves around the chambering for this rifle. 454 Casull. The host of the show said that this was not a current offering from Chiappa but was a special factory chambering done by them for this buffalo hunt. The 454 Casull has an operating pressure of 60,000 psi. This seems extraordinary considering the comments that I have read about the relative weakness of the 1874 Sharps design. Comments ? thanks, Chris .

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ziplocjoe Junior Member Offline Posts: 74 Location: Illinois Joined: Aug 23^rd, 2008	Re: Question for single shot experts Reply #1 - Sep 18^th, 2008 at 10:33pm	Print Post
	The rifle was a Charles Daly 80% sharps. Cost about $1000-$1200. The are made in 17HMR, 22LR, 22Mag, 22 Hornet, 218 Bee, 357Mag,38-55, and 45LC.


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Tar_Baby Ex Member	Re: Question for single shot experts Reply #2 - Sep 18^th, 2008 at 11:05pm	Print Post
	sharps did not have 8620 steel. the ities put up the cd version and little sharps manf co puts up thier own version in many cals. ref, thier site ben


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doctorxring Participating Member Offline Posts: 16 Location: Texas Joined: Aug 22^nd, 2008	Re: Question for single shot experts Reply #3 - Sep 18^th, 2008 at 11:57pm	Print Post
	Nice rig there Tar Baby. When they come out with the 30-30 I'm going to get one. So, on the 1874 Sharps made from modern steels. You think they would be up to handling the "Ruger no.1" loads in the manuals. I believe they are 50K psi. Quote: sharps did not have 8620 steel. the ities put up the cd version and little sharps manf co puts up thier own version in many cals. ref, thier site ben

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Tar_Baby Ex Member	Re: Question for single shot experts Reply #4 - Sep 19^th, 2008 at 12:08am	Print Post
	do not know. this fellow might ron otto 406 378 3855 at little sharps-nice to talk with,regards,ben


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