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Gun weight
Finally took my Shiloh out for a hunting trip. Well the big girl (13 lbs) done good, she dropped a meat buck at 140 yards. Anyway just curious in what everyone's hunting sharps weigh. Have a good day.
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Different weights
The rifles I hunt with range in weight from 11 pounds 8 ounces to 15 pounds 2 ounces. It depends on which rifle I use. Shoot straight, rdnck.
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My 30" Hvy barreled Hartford weighs in at about 12 lbs with pewter tip and shotgun butt. Now my Montanna Rough Rider sports a 34" Hvy barrel and with the pewter tip AA fancy stock and metal shotgun butt weighs about 13 lbs 4 oz not what I would call an all day toter or offhand rifle unless your Connan the barbarian.
Now I did buy a standard 30" barrel Hartford 45-70 for my wife and its quite tolerable at about 9 1/2 lbs.
Now I did buy a standard 30" barrel Hartford 45-70 for my wife and its quite tolerable at about 9 1/2 lbs.
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Speak Softly & Carry a Big Sharps. They will see the flash but they won't hear the bang.
Shiloh Hartford Model 30" Heavy 45-70
Shiloh Montana Rough Rider 34" Hvy 45-70 semi fancy wood, pewter tip
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Speak Softly & Carry a Big Sharps. They will see the flash but they won't hear the bang.
Shiloh Hartford Model 30" Heavy 45-70
Shiloh Montana Rough Rider 34" Hvy 45-70 semi fancy wood, pewter tip
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I just weight my .44 with a 32" HVY round rough rider and it is right at 11 pounds.
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Shiloh Sharps 1874 #1 Sporter in 45-110 weighing in at about 13 1/2 lbs. Left grooves in my shoulders from carrying it about 10 miles while antelope hunting a couple of weeks ago. Carrying about 20 extra rounds in my pocket near pulled my pants off, though. That added a couple extra pounds. All in the fun of owning one!
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My number one rifle is a #3 Sharps with a 32" 1/2 octagon barrel - std. weight. It still goes 10.6 lbs and that is all the weight I need with room to spare. I have carried it for weeks on backpacking hunts and on two continents. It confirms that the flip side of "don't got to a rifle match with a hunting gun" is also true - "don't go hunting with a target rifle".
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Dang , you fellas are real "He Men" waggin around such behemoth rifles in the wild.
I think if I ever hunt with a BPCR it will be my Roller, if I ever get it made, and it will surely weigh under ten pounds.
I'm thinking if I make a dedicated hunting rifle of it I will go with a front Partridge style brass insert blade and a ghost ring tang with a 26 or 28 inch octagon tube. I think I can get it down to around 8.5 to 9 pounds so configured. I have a neat little marbles tang sight that would work really well for this rig I'm thinking and is small and light with a good bit of vertical adjustment.
Since I got that pack attached rifle tote there is no more need for a sling attached to the gun. It is the slickest thing I have ever seen if you hunt with a back pack as I always do. It keeps the rifle right up front where you can get it as quickly as removing it from your shoulder on a carrying sling. MD
I think if I ever hunt with a BPCR it will be my Roller, if I ever get it made, and it will surely weigh under ten pounds.
I'm thinking if I make a dedicated hunting rifle of it I will go with a front Partridge style brass insert blade and a ghost ring tang with a 26 or 28 inch octagon tube. I think I can get it down to around 8.5 to 9 pounds so configured. I have a neat little marbles tang sight that would work really well for this rig I'm thinking and is small and light with a good bit of vertical adjustment.
Since I got that pack attached rifle tote there is no more need for a sling attached to the gun. It is the slickest thing I have ever seen if you hunt with a back pack as I always do. It keeps the rifle right up front where you can get it as quickly as removing it from your shoulder on a carrying sling. MD