74 Sharps - Screw on Pistol Grip

[Little Al]

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Anyone ever built one of these?  I am thinking of making one and wonder:

How complicated is it really ?

Does it help with shooting?

If it can be done with wood, I am pretty sure I can do it as I worked through school in small custom wood shop and have a pretty good garage shop...

I saw an article on-line by the guy in Iowa and it doesn't seem to be that complicated...just wondering if it will help and looking for some first hand experiance...

[sharps50/70]

A friend made a pistol grip for my Shiloh saddle rifle.  Made it out of rosewood and it looks just like the ones Shiloh shows on their web site.   Very comfortable to shoot and I like it better then the standard pistol grip stocks.

Rich

[Delmonico]

Mine has a straight grip, but I like either one about the same as for shooting, as for looks I like a straight grip with a curved butt plate, but that is just me.

[MLR]

Here is the article on the pistol grip.
http://www.iastate.edu/~codi/PGrip/pistolgrip.html

  Michael

[Will Ketchum]

Here is the one from Dixie that I put on my wife's Sharps.  It is made for the Trapdoor but scewed right on the Sharps.  I got it right before we left for a shoot and didn't really try to fit it but it still lokks pretty good.

Will Ketchum

I guess I forgot the link...thanks Del

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=9279

[Delmonico]

Pete I kept looking for a picture and it never came up.   I would recomend a severe punishment except as I said in my PM I keep doing the same thing myself    As I said in my PM, it seems that depending on where I'm at, the dog, the Grandkids or customers all need attention as soon as I try to post something and I get in a hurry. 

[Mossyrock]

Treebone Carving also offers a screw on pistol grip for a Sharps, but in a MUCH cheaper, unfinished format.



This is what it looks like finished and installed.



www.treebonecarving.com

[Will Ketchum]

Pete I kept looking for a picture and it never came up.   I would recomend a severe punishment except as I said in my PM I keep doing the same thing myself    As I said in my PM, it seems that depending on where I'm at, the dog, the Grandkids or customers all need attention as soon as I try to post something and I get in a hurry. 

I didn't attempt to post a picture but merely a link to the Dixie grip.  It is $39.00.

Will Ketchum

[Delmonico]

Yeah but I forget links also.

[IE300]

The Dixie cap is $55. now. Made for the trapdoor, I bought one and put it on my H&R Officer's Model and it looked and fit great. The checkering and finish were a good match for the Officer's Model, which I had stripped of the original finish and rubbed in a couple of coats of boiled linseed oil.
I hadn't even thought about using it for the Italian Sharps until today when I read this post. Took it off the H&R and screwed it to the Sharps and it looks and feels great, much more comfortable than the straight grip stock on my Sharps. Although the screw that came with the cap was a perfect fit for the H&R, it's a little thinner than the screw I'm replacing in the Sharps, and the screw hole angle isn't quite perfect for a tight, gap free fit. I think if I just fill the original bottom tang screw hole on the Sharps buttstock (which just happens to be in a perfect location to mount the cap), than redrill it with the correct diameter drill and alter the angle of the hole slightly, it will be a perfect tight fit. The back portion of the grip cap which is most visible, actually has a contour that matches the edge of the butstock, so no gap at all. The front area of the cap behind the trigger is flatter, so even with a tight fit there will be a slight gap. But that area is hardly visible, particularly when the breech lever is closed, so it won't be seen unless you are really looking for it. If it really bothered me, I could make a little spacer for it, but I think the spacer would actually draw your eye to that area more than leaving it alone. I'm not going to bother.
I've only shot this Sharps rifle once, but due to an old injury to my right forarm and wrist which limits rotation, I thought that a pistol grip configuration to the stock would be an improvement. A quick test fit and hold has confirmed that, and I think this will allow me to concentrate on my shooting more and my grip less. And although these things are subjective, I think it improves the looks of the rifle as well. So I'm going to switch the grip from the Trapdoor Officer's Model to the Sharps rifle, and I will probably get another grip cap for the Officer's Model, since I had always thought it looked great on that gun.