Was in a local gunshot yesterday replentishing my supply of Goex when I spied a Sharps rifle on the used rack. The clerk insisted it is a Shiloh Sharps, but the barrel is marked with a Hartford, Conn address. In small letters it is stamped Business Rifle and it has been drilled and tapped for scope blocks and a tang sight. Caliber is .45. On the tang on of the holes is through one of the serial numbers. The number has been restamped above the hole with a stamp to match the other numbers. Same font, I guess you could say. I could find no marking that the rifle was made in either Mt or NY, but the guy insists it is a Shiloh replica even as I remarked on the Hartford address. Bore is very good, but the finish is terrible; it needs a reblue and it appears that someone tried to blue the receiver. The barrel is 26". I should've taken pictures and written down the serial number but I was too flummoxed at figuring out what it was. We're any replicas made in Hartford? Thanks

Edward,
Sharps did have a Factory in Hartford Connecticut, which closed during extensive litigation with the British Government. Later in the mid 1870's the company was reformed under new management and a new Factory was built in Bridgeport, Connecticut which was very much up to date, it cost in total a million bucks, not chickenfeed back in the day. 

I would obtain pictures if you can and have an expert look them over, or post them here for an opinion. I presume it is a side hammer model. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Harry