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Sharps also fabricated special long-range target versions for the popular Creedmoor style of 1,000-yard (910 m) target shooting. [7] Many modern black powder cartridge silhouette shooters use original and replica Sharps rifles to target metallic silhouettes cut in the shapes of animals at ranges up to 500 metres (550 yd).
The .45-90 Sharps, also known as the .45-2 4 ⁄ 10" Sharps, is a black powder rifle cartridge introduced in 1877 by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company and was developed for hunting and long range target shooting. In the modern day, it is used for Black Powder Cartridge Rifle competitions. [1]
Metallic silhouette shooting is a group of target shooting disciplines that involves shooting at steel targets representing game animals at varying distances, seeking to knock the metal target over. Metallic silhouette is shot with large bore rifles fired freehand without support out to 500 meters, and with large bore handguns from the prone ...
The Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 is a single-shot hammerless falling-block action rifle designed by Hugo Borchardt and made by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company. It closely resembles older Sharps Rifles but has a firing mechanism that uses a hammerless striker rather than a hammer and firing pin like the old Sharps Rifle.
Shiloh produces two basic models of rifle, the Sharps 1863 which is a percussion rifle, and the Sharps 1874, which is a black-powder cartridge rifle (BPCR). Both rifles are produced in several variants, such as single or double trigger, upgraded wood, finish, etc. Various barrel lengths and shapes (round, octagonal, half-round, etc.).
Reproductions of the paper cartridge Sharps 1863 Rifle, the metallic cartridge 1874 Sharps Rifle, [6] and Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 are manufactured today for use in hunting and target shooting. A number of companies, among them Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company and C. Sharps Arms Co. Inc., both of Big Timber, Montana , and the Italian ...
It is widely accepted within interdisciplinary circles that for a standard rifle firing full-powered cartridges (e.g. .308 Winchester), "long range" means the target is more than 600 m (660 yd) away, [citation needed], while "extreme long range" is generally accepted as when the target distance is more than 1,000 m (1,100 yd) away from the shooter.
The .45-70 is a popular choice for black-powder cartridge shooting events, [citation needed] and replicas of most of the early rifles, including Trapdoor, Sharps, and Remington single-shot rifles, are often available. The .45-70 is a long-range caliber, and accurate use requires knowledge of windage and elevation by minute of angle and a sense ...