Another Toy

wlyon · 01-27-2019, 04:31 PM

Taylors Half-Pint Sharps 44-40, with repro Malcolm 3X Civil War scope

gunnertwo · 01-27-2019, 05:46 PM

That is a beautiful rifle! Very elegant as Sharps are. I have two Shiloh 1874 models, a rifle and carbine, both in 45-70. They are excellent.

G2

HerrKaiser · 01-27-2019, 06:42 PM

With these new toys of yours, are you planning to go on a Buffalo hunt out west on a train ride?

wlyon · 01-27-2019, 07:20 PM

I live out West (Montana). Herd of Buffalo a mile from the house. Seriously just targets. Bill

plunkster · 01-27-2019, 07:43 PM

First I've heard of these "half-pints" - pretty cool. Looks like they took a full size and washed it in hot water (and it shrunk)! I have a Shiloh in 40-65 and my barrel is almost as long as your whole rifle! BTW, are you near St Ignatius and the Moiese Bison Range or one of the other herds?

wlyon · 01-27-2019, 10:14 PM

The Bison Range is about an hour North of here. I go there a couple times a year. There is a private herd about a mile from home. It has a 25.5" barrel and weighs 6 lbs. without the scope. Bill

Bill_in_VA · 01-28-2019, 08:42 AM

I have a half-pint Sharps in .17 Hornet. It’s very well made and crazy accurate, but due to the small size my finger barely fits inside the trigger guard without touching the trigger. Is it the same with your .44-40, of it is a little closer to the full size?

wlyon · 01-28-2019, 10:09 AM

Yes the triggers space is small. Especially the set trigger. The firing trigger seems ok. Nice little fun rifles.

BogeyB · 01-29-2019, 07:29 PM

Really nice Bill!

Mike

01-27-2019, 04:31 PM	#1
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,617 Thanks: 3,141 Thanked 2,524 Times in 941 Posts	Another Toy Taylors Half-Pint Sharps 44-40, with repro Malcolm 3X Civil War scope Attached Thumbnails __________________ Bill Lyon

01-27-2019, 06:42 PM	#3
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 804 Thanks: 752 Thanked 798 Times in 378 Posts	With these new toys of yours, are you planning to go on a Buffalo hunt out west on a train ride? __________________ -QM Looking for Mauser S/42 toggle train #22

01-27-2019, 07:20 PM	#4
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,617 Thanks: 3,141 Thanked 2,524 Times in 941 Posts	I live out West (Montana). Herd of Buffalo a mile from the house. Seriously just targets. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

01-27-2019, 10:14 PM	#6
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,617 Thanks: 3,141 Thanked 2,524 Times in 941 Posts	The Bison Range is about an hour North of here. I go there a couple times a year. There is a private herd about a mile from home. It has a 25.5" barrel and weighs 6 lbs. without the scope. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

01-28-2019, 08:42 AM	#7
Bill_in_VA User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Southwest Virginia Posts: 346 Thanks: 731 Thanked 470 Times in 178 Posts	I have a half-pint Sharps in .17 Hornet. It’s very well made and crazy accurate, but due to the small size my finger barely fits inside the trigger guard without touching the trigger. Is it the same with your .44-40, of it is a little closer to the full size? __________________ John 8:32 reive (riːv) vb (Military) (intr) dialect Scot and Northern English to go on a plundering raid [variant of reave] ˈreiver n e.g., " Some view the Border Reivers as loveable rogues."

01-27-2019, 05:46 PM	#2
gunnertwo User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nampa, Idaho Posts: 607 Thanks: 807 Thanked 909 Times in 351 Posts	That is a beautiful rifle! Very elegant as Sharps are. I have two Shiloh 1874 models, a rifle and carbine, both in 45-70. They are excellent. G2

01-27-2019, 07:43 PM	#5
plunkster User Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 3 Posts	First I've heard of these "half-pints" - pretty cool. Looks like they took a full size and washed it in hot water (and it shrunk)! I have a Shiloh in 40-65 and my barrel is almost as long as your whole rifle! BTW, are you near St Ignatius and the Moiese Bison Range or one of the other herds?

01-28-2019, 10:09 AM	#8
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,617 Thanks: 3,141 Thanked 2,524 Times in 941 Posts	Yes the triggers space is small. Especially the set trigger. The firing trigger seems ok. Nice little fun rifles. __________________ Bill Lyon

01-29-2019, 07:29 PM	#9
BogeyB Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mc Donough, GA. Posts: 419 Thanks: 0 Thanked 222 Times in 96 Posts	Really nice Bill! Mike __________________ MAGA Always!! NRA Benifactor, GCA