:)Great Post Fellows,
Anyone that has read this post knows the Billy Dixon Story, and we know it to be True! I have allways wonder, and maybe because I didn't ever watch the Intro, I don't my self know if the Quiely Down Under was a True Story or not? But it was a Great movie, and I have watched it many times! Since I am not Super educated on Sharps like you all are, I don't know what year that rifle was! I would have to have several of them up close for me to tell the diff., It could of been a 1849, 1851,1859, I thought they made a 1863
??, or 1874, and I guess I have never seen a 1875
? But buy watching the movie, we know it was a wild cat center fire, so the butt stock had to came of a pre 1874 I think??
And as I mentioned before, was this a true story?
This will sound crazy (everyone that knows me, knows I am crazy)
But wouldn't it be AWESOME to go back and see the shot Billy Dixon made!!!
Someday I would like to buy a better Brand Name Sharps Rifle, but I want them all!!!! But you see that crazy people do a lot of dreaming. I go over and spend some time at the Home Gun Smithing Forums, some of those guys can build and do build what ever they want!!
I just wanted to jump in here, and talk, and tell everyone THanks for the Pic's of those AWESOME Rifles.
Later ACE