Size stamped on barrel

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Kaiser
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Size stamped on barrel

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Are all Shiloh Sharps barrels stamped with the case/brass size. Looking at a used one with just 45/70 stamped on the barrel.
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Could be a rebarrel!
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Kaiser wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 1:35 pm Are all Shiloh Sharps barrels stamped with the case/brass size. Looking at a used one with just 45/70 stamped on the barrel.
Gary
Generally yes. My .45-70's are stamped "Calibre 45" and on a separate line "2-1/10".

But I don't know how the older ones are stamped. My Shiloh's are all Bryan era rifles.

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This is a Shiloh Sharps. Supposedly made in Big Timber Montana.
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I came here in 1990 and as far as I know, Shiloh has never had a 45-70 stamp. I would need to see a picture of the gun to tell you the story.
We have always used calibre plus case length
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Luke
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Did C Sharps ever use that stamp?
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I have a couple C. Sharps, at least in my examples they don't utilize anything but caliber and case length.
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My 2009 C Sharps Model 74 barrel stamp says....40 cal 2 1/2

aka 40-70 Sharps Straight

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I own two Sharps purchased from Shiloh, they are marked:
Farmer Business rifle purchased in 1983 marked as Calibre .45 2-4/10
Sporting rifle purchased in 2011 marked as .44-90 (no case length)

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