Hi! I'm want to get a civil war-era rifle for targt shooting and plinking but I can't decide between these four models:
Sharps 1874 rifle
Smith 50 cal carbine
Springfield 1861 rifled musket
Spencer rifle
What would you suggeust?
2007-05-28 16:35:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Now you realize that the M-1874 Sharps and the M-1859 Sharps used during the War Between the States are two radically different rifles. Don't you?
The M-1874 uses metallic cartridges while the M-1859 uses combustible paper cartridges.
Of the rifles listed, the Sharps is far and a way the more powerful and more accurate. I suggest you get the rifle chambered in .45-70 Gov't for ease of finding ammunition.
Doc Hudson
2007-05-29 01:21:21 · answer #1 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you priced any of these guns??
If you are really serious about target shooting with one of these rifles, I would recommend a Shiloh Manufacturing Company Sharps rifle. Probably the best made sharps style rifle in the world. Expect to pay between $1600 to $2600 for one of these fine guns.
Uberti and Pedersoli (Italian gun makers) also make Sharps rifle reproductions, costing between $700 and $1500.
Any of these are a real hoot to shoot with black powder.
2007-05-28 23:03:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1874 Sharps rifle or the Spencer would be next on the list.
2007-05-29 04:56:02 · answer #3 · answered by gretsch16pc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello! I know very little in the way of firearms but I believe that the Smith carbine is less powerful and accurate than the other three. Sorry, I can not help you any more than that!
2007-05-28 16:56:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ouch toughy there I am a sharps and a spencer man but I have to go with my sharps,lol!
2007-05-28 17:17:32 · answer #5 · answered by Injun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋