No.1 .375 H&H and Shiloh MRR 45-70

[Brentona]

Howdy All!

I had joined this forum years ago and fell off for one reason or another. The drive never left, the internet desire faded.

I am at a point in my life where this forum resonates with me much more clearly than when I first began. In any event, allow me to reintroduce myself with my two favorite rifles! Yeah, you can have two favorites! There aren’t any rules!



Figure we’ll talk about this baby first. Early 90’s No.1 H in the venerable .375 H&H Magnum. So many things to say, I’ll start with this : I’m still young with good joints (31; 5’10 / firm 170#). The first center fire rifle I ever bought (two days after turning 18) was a new (JM) 1895GS. It has been a big bore love affair since. The recoil impulse, at least on my rifle, is mild in relation to how the internet built it up. I
laughed after my first trigger pull and excitedly shoved another 300gr solid (1850 fps) into the chamber. A nice big push, almost slow, if you will.



Red pad, good wood. The attractors that led me to the GB listing that NO ONE was bidding on. Do believe it was picked up for $1100…good news to me!!



This hunting season has been all buckshot so far. But when I get to colder months, the No.1 will get a chance to try her luck!






Ok, moving on…needle rifle…



The decade long search was realized last year (2021). Ten years prior (as a twenty year old), the fire was lit in me. I first caught whiff of these rifles (1874 Sharps in general), and quickly learned everything I good of the fine folks in Big Timber. The cliff notes read as such -

Retired fella in North Carolina (25 minutes from where I USED TO LIVE!!) reached out to me informing me of his offer. He knew I was searching for a Pedersoli 1885 at the time. My now good friend told me he just couldn’t stand people paying the $$ for the Italians that used to be reserved for the Americans..a true man after my heart. I too hate gouging, price hikes, and anything that keeps a working man out of what USED to be their sport. So he gave me a month and an exclusive offer to gather funds. Being that this gun was so gravitational in my life, I began making For Sale ads in earnest. Well… money raised, rifle owned.





My friend in NC had Unertl mounts staked for his aging eyes. Man ALIVE does that man have some awesome glass to aid him. I wanted to shoot ‘er with peeps, and have a C.Sharps mid range on the rear…should heavily consider a Hadley to add to it. I also need to have a pair of glasses made up for me. Y’all know the kind I’m talking about. 36” in the dominant, infinite in the secondary. Enough blabbering!

So it’s a Montana RR, 30” hvy oct, a good off the rack they sometimes have in stock. Just a solid dagone rifle.



One thing I did do, was remove the barrel sight. I didn’t really want to buy a blank…really I WISH I had a Buffalo nickel..but I figured I’d make a blank out of a Jefferson Peace Nickel.



It was such an easy little project, and I felt it made my rifle, more, MY rifle.






Any way! There they are. My two (favorite) rifles, both single-shot!

- Brent


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[pworley1]

Nice rifles. I am a big #1 fan.

[Brentona]

Nice rifles. I am a big #1 fan.

Thanks, pard! That rifle sure is a sweet shooter.


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[Jeff Michel]

Welcome back, fine rifles.

[Ramjet-SS]

Yea the number 1 in 375 H&H what nice rifle. Had allot of number 1 in my collection at one time sold them for a down payment on a house. 27 of them. I still have several and converted the 375 to another caliber. Elegant rifle and that Sharps what a nice rifle. I still shoot allot of 375 caliber rifles and cast for them both FP and Hollow Points. Nice introduction enjoyed reading it. BIG BORES RULE

[Mikedominick]

I collected Number 1s as well and loved the big ones, I had a 375, 45-70, 458, and a 416 for a while! Now it's just 3 Shilohs and a Dakota model 10 in 35 Whelan for single shots. I've carried a gun or the keys to a nuclear missile for work my whole life, now that I retired in Aug I'm back to shooting for fun and not for the job.

[Brentona]

Beautiful rifles and thank you for the kind words! Yeah, I’ve gotten a little bit older and just a smidge wiser. Much more interested in turn of the century gun tech. Also the thought of making each single round count. Enjoyed reading The American Rifle by Col. Whelen. Put some pieces to the puzzle in the right spot as well.


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[stubshaft]

Ever since I first laid eyes on a Ruger #1 I was enamored by the sleek classic lines of it and began my fervent desire to collect and shoot them. Over the years I have been able to satisfy that desire and have bought and sold #1's in a wide variety of types and calibers. What remains in my collection are 22-50, 243, 25-06, 338WM and 458 WM.

Since I have a propensity for single shots, I also have a Shiloh Sharps 1874 Carbine in 45/70.

[Brentona]

Ever since I first laid eyes on a Ruger #1 I was enamored by the sleek classic lines of it and began my fervent desire to collect and shoot them. Over the years I have been able to satisfy that desire and have bought and sold #1's in a wide variety of types and calibers. What remains in my collection are 22-50, 243, 25-06, 338WM and 458 WM.

Since I have a propensity for single shots, I also have a Shiloh Sharps 1874 Carbine in 45/70.

Between the two rifles?? Heck, you said it. Classic lines. Both the No.1 and ‘74 Sharps do the job and do it handsomely!


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[45workhorse]

Got my first Ruger #1, about a year ago. 9.3x74r. Have only shot J-words through mine. Looking at a NOE mold.

Good looking pair of rifles.

[wcp4570]

I must add to the above comments about your rifles, they are beautiful. Your photography skills are equally outstanding. I've never owned a No. 1 but wouldn't mind owning one some day. I can't get away from buying and looking for and at 1885's at the moment. I recently missed a beautiful Low wall in 25-20 Winchester, if you hesitate you loose.

wcp

[021]

I am a No.1 collector as others here are, those are beautiful guns.

[Ramjet-SS]

I collected Number 1s as well and loved the big ones, I had a 375, 45-70, 458, and a 416 for a while! Now it's just 3 Shilohs and a Dakota model 10 in 35 Whelan for single shots. I've carried a gun or the keys to a nuclear missile for work my whole life, now that I retired in Aug I'm back to shooting for fun and not for the job.

Had the 416 it was the hardest kicking gun I ever owned….

[Brentona]

I must add to the above comments about your rifles, they are beautiful. Your photography skills are equally outstanding. I've never owned a No. 1 but wouldn't mind owning one some day. I can't get away from buying and looking for and at 1885's at the moment. I recently missed a beautiful Low wall in 25-20 Winchester, if you hesitate you loose.

wcp

Thank you for the kind words! I just have a basic camera body from Canon but I am aided with some decent lenses! I particularly like product photography and natural landscapes!

Here’s a little taste -





Both taken along the hike to Long Lake in Colorado



Somewhere deep in the woods in Cherokee, NC.



Local Forum Member’s here in South Carolina



1999 1895GS with Skinner Winged



Mid 2000’s SBH Hunter in .44mag. Ultra-Dot



1980’s Express with tasteful touches.



‘91 1962 RIS MIJ Strat / Blackstar Artist 15



2001 1959-6122 Gretsch Nashville Classic


My phone is chock full of this stuff. I refer to my firearms photography as “Gun Porn”. I have lots of Gun Porn. I am a ne’er do well, I must admit.

- Brent


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[wcp4570]

Thank you for the kind words! I just have a basic camera body from Canon but I am aided with some decent lenses! I particularly like product photography and natural landscapes!

Here’s a little taste -

Both taken along the hike to Long Lake in Colorado

My phone is chock full of this stuff. I refer to my firearms photography as “Gun Porn”. I have lots of Gun Porn. I am a ne’er do well, I must admit.

- Brent


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Brent
Your photography ability is not lacking anything, those pictures are amazing. I especially like the first picture with the reflection on the lake. Colorado is my favorite place on earth to spend time there to camp, hunt, fish and hike. We lived there for 6 1/2 years while I was in the Air Force, I was stationed at Lowry AFB in Denver. It was a great place to do all things I like to do. I have a couple Nikon camera's but have never been able to achieve what you just posted here. I'm sure its because the lens I use.

Welcome back and please hang around because I always like to see good gun porn. I've been a member a long time but don't post much like many here, I'm not much of a chatter box I guess.

wcp

[Brentona]

Brent
Your photography ability is not lacking anything, those pictures are amazing. I especially like the first picture with the reflection on the lake. Colorado is my favorite place on earth to spend time there to camp, hunt, fish and hike. We lived there for 6 1/2 years while I was in the Air Force, I was stationed at Lowry AFB in Denver. It was a great place to do all things I like to do. I have a couple Nikon camera's but have never been able to achieve what you just posted here. I'm sure its because the lens I use.

Welcome back and please hang around because I always like to see good gun porn. I've been a member a long time but don't post much like many here, I'm not much of a chatter box I guess.

wcp

Isn’t Colorado incredible? As long as the bottom doesn’t fall out, I will own property there. What a place. Cannot WAIT to return.



Alpine lake at 10.2k ft? I had to get in it and BOY was it cold.






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[wcp4570]

Yes it is incredible. Most waters in Colorado are cold but above 10K you can count on it. Love the black powder gun, looks like a copy of the 1860 Army.

wcp

[Brentona]

Yes it is incredible. Most waters in Colorado are cold but above 10K you can count on it. Love the black powder gun, looks like a copy of the 1860 Army.

wcp

That’s precisely it! My father in law had always talked about it. He lives out in the country and can shoot whenever whereas I still have to travel to a range. I sent it home with him on his 75th birthday to enjoy. I’ll get it back eventually, hopefully a long time from now!


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