Sharps - Borchardt

Schutzenbob · 06-03-2016, 01:15 PM

Thank you Sheepherder, I bought a Sharps Mid-Range that had been rebarreled into a Varmint rifle. However, the caliber was so obscure that it was easier and cheaper to rebarrel it into something useful, so it's now a 32-40. I'm refitting and contouring the forearm. I need to cut a dovetail on the bottom of the barrel for the forearm hanger. I have a friend named Rodney Storie who use to make casting kits to build various single shot actions. One of my friends assembled a Sharps - Borchardt from one of Rodney's kits, but it's a lot of work! I always have some project going. For more information google "ISSA Schuetzen."

sheepherder · 06-04-2016, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Schutzenbob

... the caliber was so obscure that it was easier and cheaper to rebarrel it into something useful, so it's now a 32-40.

And your reasoning was that 32-40 is less obscure??? OK...

Hell of a taper on that cartridge.

I have been on the lookout for a 32-40 blank for re-barreling Nambus. Haven't been too aggressive about it. Green Mountain has some. But expensive.

What powder are you planning to use???

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06-03-2016, 01:15 PM	#1
Schutzenbob User Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 53 Thanks: 108 Thanked 61 Times in 19 Posts	Thank you Sheepherder, I bought a Sharps Mid-Range that had been rebarreled into a Varmint rifle. However, the caliber was so obscure that it was easier and cheaper to rebarrel it into something useful, so it's now a 32-40. I'm refitting and contouring the forearm. I need to cut a dovetail on the bottom of the barrel for the forearm hanger. I have a friend named Rodney Storie who use to make casting kits to build various single shot actions. One of my friends assembled a Sharps - Borchardt from one of Rodney's kits, but it's a lot of work! I always have some project going. For more information google "ISSA Schuetzen."