Pardon the date typo in the title. It is 1863.
I bought a $600 Sharps from a company called EMF, because I had mail ordered pistols from them before (F.L. Piettas).
I also bought a Sharps 1863 from them because it was a fairly good deal, but when I got it I was not happy with it at all. The rear sight was bent, the hammer strikes part of the hammer rest below it, the nipple inside the breach block still had metal burs on it from being ground on a grinding wheel. Also after a while the double set trigger stopped working correctly and will not hold the hammer back. It turns out this was not a Pendersoli or a Pietta.
It was a Pedratti & Sons. I've never heard of them before, and I think I now know why.
I still want a Sharps blackpowder, but I don't know which way to go to get one. I know Pendersoli makes them, but I cannot find anywhere to buy one from online.
Shilohrifle.com is another company, and they look really good, but they are expensive. It is nearly $1900 for a military sharps, which isn't even the style I like. I want a long barrel, but not a double set trigger.
Where do I look for that?
I bought a $600 Sharps from a company called EMF, because I had mail ordered pistols from them before (F.L. Piettas).
I also bought a Sharps 1863 from them because it was a fairly good deal, but when I got it I was not happy with it at all. The rear sight was bent, the hammer strikes part of the hammer rest below it, the nipple inside the breach block still had metal burs on it from being ground on a grinding wheel. Also after a while the double set trigger stopped working correctly and will not hold the hammer back. It turns out this was not a Pendersoli or a Pietta.
It was a Pedratti & Sons. I've never heard of them before, and I think I now know why.
I still want a Sharps blackpowder, but I don't know which way to go to get one. I know Pendersoli makes them, but I cannot find anywhere to buy one from online.
Shilohrifle.com is another company, and they look really good, but they are expensive. It is nearly $1900 for a military sharps, which isn't even the style I like. I want a long barrel, but not a double set trigger.
Where do I look for that?