I have always wanted one of these, having owned a C Sharps 1875 for many years. Shot BPCR silhouette with the C Sharps back in the 90's. A good friend of mine owned an 1874 Shiloh #3 sporter, nothing fancy with respect to up grades other than MVA sights and drilled and tapped with scope blocks installed. I had handled the rifle and shot it a few times with the Crossno 22 liner while up at his ranch. He had not fired the rifle himself in years and it languished in the safe. I would pester him some about selling me the rifle when I was at the ranch deer/hog hunting. A few weeks ago, out of the blue he calls me up and asks if I still want the Sharps. Of course yes was the answer. I drove up to his place and after a cursory cleaning and inspection fired a few rounds through it at 50 yards. 4 rounds went into a group of 5/8" with 3 virtually through the same hole. This was with a few of the rounds I had left over from the Q that had been loaded for my 1886 Browning. Good enough, wrote him a check and brought the rifle home. Recently I was able to shoot it at longer range during a practice session at a local club. After getting zeroed at 100 I adjusted the sight for 400 yards and fired 3 rounds. My spotter informed me the shots were at 1 o'clock at the edge of the bull and in a group of about 4-5 inches. Really impressed with the rifle and the accuracy. Smokeless loads BTW.
