WTS WA Sharps- Shiloh Ballard 45 70

Tikkakoski · Mar 12, 2019

Price?

Gun_Smithing · Mar 12, 2019

Tikkakoski said:
Price?

$2000 for entire package

Spitpatch · Mar 13, 2019

I'm confused (or uninformed). What is the Ballard reference? Certainly not a Marlin/Ballard action. Pics are a bit dark, but it appears to be a Model of 1874 action. Ballard what?

Gun_Smithing · Mar 13, 2019

Spitpatch said:
I'm confused (or uninformed). What is the Ballard reference? Certainly not a Marlin/Ballard action. Pics are a bit dark, but it appears to be a Model of 1874 action. Ballard what?

This was my brother's rifle and it looks like I have some misinformation. I will contact him tomorrow and get things clarified. Appreciate your post, thank you.

geezer · Mar 13, 2019

barrel length would help to know.

burnsidePDX · Mar 13, 2019

Quigley Down Under

Spitpatch · Mar 14, 2019

Gun_Smithing said:
This was my brother's rifle and it looks like I have some misinformation. I will contact him tomorrow and get things clarified. Appreciate your post, thank you.

I have a moderate amount of knowledge regarding the Shiloh guns (own three). Happy to help further if necessary. As another noted, barrel length/contour, sights, embellishments (upgraded wood, etc.) would all be of great interest to any potential purchaser. If your brother bought it new, he might be able to supply all pertinent info from the invoice. Year of manufacture is also good info (as the earlier guns are finished a bit better than the later ones).

For anyone speculating, if you ordered that gun today from Shiloh you would wait nearly two years before you had it in your hands. And they DO live up to the legend.

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Gun_Smithing · Mar 14, 2019

Spitpatch said:
I have a moderate amount of knowledge regarding the Shiloh guns (own three). Happy to help further if necessary. As another noted, barrel length/contour, sights, embellishments (upgraded wood, etc.) would all be of great interest to any potential purchaser. If your brother bought it new, he might be able to supply all pertinent info from the invoice. Year of manufacture is also good info (as the earlier guns are finished a bit better than the later ones).

For anyone speculating, if you ordered that gun today from Shiloh you would wait nearly two years before you had it in your hands. And they DO live up to the legend.

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Thank you for your nice post. Spoke with my brother today and he said the barrel is a Badger barrel and not a Ballard. Thank you again for allowing me to get this corrected.