kirkbridgershooters
Well-Known Member
Hunting is as much about the gun as it is the animal you are hunting. I ordered this 1877 five years ago from Shiloh Rifles in Big Timber, Montana. It took awhile, but they finished an exceptional rifle and anything you get from them is nothing less than a custom rifle.
Sure, it isn't easy packing a 12 pound gun around, but there is a lot about hunting that isn't easy. The main thing was I did want to get an antelope with this gun.
There aren't as many antelope this fall as I have seen in the past, but I did find one group of 12 that was out in the middle of an open field where antelope prefer to live. After about a 1/2 mile stalk and crawl, I was able to get within 209 yards and carefully slip the Sharps over the rim of some rocks and take one shot. I waited until the antelope was grazing with his head down and shot him through the top of the neck and into the chest. He dropped dead in his tracks...
Sure, it isn't easy packing a 12 pound gun around, but there is a lot about hunting that isn't easy. The main thing was I did want to get an antelope with this gun.
There aren't as many antelope this fall as I have seen in the past, but I did find one group of 12 that was out in the middle of an open field where antelope prefer to live. After about a 1/2 mile stalk and crawl, I was able to get within 209 yards and carefully slip the Sharps over the rim of some rocks and take one shot. I waited until the antelope was grazing with his head down and shot him through the top of the neck and into the chest. He dropped dead in his tracks...