Buffalo Gun Shoots Far: A Sharps .45-100 Rifle

By NRAHQ

by Doug Wicklund, NRA Museums Senior Curator Note: This article was originally posted on NRA Blog

USA -(Ammoland.com)- Many firearms in the NRA National Firearms Museum have come to the collection with limited provenance. However, over the intervening years, our staff has been able to piece together the trail of history that allows us to reveal the story of where these firearms have been.

One of the best examples is a Sharps rifle, originally chambered for the .45 2 7/8 cartridge or the .45-100 round. This Model 1874 Sharps arrived in the collection in 1975 and really had no history attached to it other than being an old gun from a donor in Montana. There were features on the rifle that provided some clues. The heavy barrel, the double-set triggers, and the powerful chambering, all pointed towards a big game rifle of the 1870s.

In the far West, hunters followed buffalo herds in two main regions: north and south. In the north, bison traveled through the states of Colorado, …Read the Rest

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