Big and dependably accurate, this gun made a name for itself in ‘Bleeding Kansas’ before the Civil War and on the plains where it was the choice of buffalo hunters.  The movies liked this gun, too.  It had a part in both the original and the remake of True Grit and as Tom Selleck’s rifle in Quigley Down Under.  It is still manufactured and shot in competitions today.

Big and dependably accurate, this gun made a name for itself in ‘Bleeding Kansas’ before the Civil War and on the plains where it was the choice of buffalo hunters. The movies liked this gun, too. It had a part in both the original and the remake of True Grit and as Tom Selleck’s rifle in Quigley Down Under. It is still manufactured and shot in competitions today.

Big and dependably accurate, this gun made a name for itself in ‘Bleeding Kansas’ before the Civil War and on the plains where it was the choice of buffalo hunters.&nbsp; The movies liked this gun, too.&nbsp; It had a part in both the original and the remake of True Grit and as Tom Selleck’s rifle in Quigley Down Under.&nbsp; It is still manufactured and shot in competitions today.

#18 -The Sharps Rifle

The Boresight Tapes is a podcast about guns where the panelists – Ted Hatfield, Philip Schreier, and Geoffrey Norman (bios attached) talk about the abiding feelings of respect, affection, and even love many Americans have for firearms. They talk about people, like John Moses Browning, who designed and built legendary guns. And they talk about the people like Teddy Roosevelt who embraced their creations. They talk about iconic guns like the M1 Garand and the 1911 Colt. And they talk about remarkable shooters from history, like Annie Oakley and Alvin York, as well as great shooters, like Rob Leatham, in the present.

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