ORNERY OAF Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Ok pards, For reason I only understand, I an looking, if it's even possible, to cut down a barrel on a 45-70 sharps. Say 32 inches to the carbine length of 22ish to make a carbine. First, I think it's possible? Long 32 in octagon is too much barrel,I got a few of those already. If done right, might make a cool carbine bush handy rifle. If so, any gunsmith that could cut and crown this type of rifle? I know, look and buy a carbine but this project interests me,lol...what says rogues gallery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 I would not cut it. If I wanted a carbine length, I would try to buy one or use/offer the rifle as a trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORNERY OAF Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 I think a little heavy barrel carbine might be nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 get a good hacksaw and start chopping , it ain't hard to do a flat crown , hard part is gonna be dove tailing the front sight back in , but there are jigs to do that with a hacksaw and a file Chickasaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) I had a short Sharps carbine about 22" barrel. I have been kicked a lot and recoil never bothered me much.....until I got that brutal little SOB. I put a box of ammo through it and traded it off for an original Winchester 94 with an octagonal 26" barrel in .30 WCF. Owen Money did some work on it and I still have a wonderful deer rifle with only one very little flaw: a 2" strip of wood is missing from the top of the right forearm. Most people don't even notice it and I don't have to tolerate getting mauled by that carbine. Edited February 27 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 I have always said, your gun, your money, do as you please. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORNERY OAF Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 And unfortunately, I usually learn the hard way..I can hack a barrel and even crown a little but I sure as heck don't have the patience to dovetail ..a man's got to know his limitations as the poet once said 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Any 45-70 recoil can be brutal. I have a Pedersoli Springfield Trapdoor Carbine which turned my right shoulder into a black mess. Now i'm 82 and bleed a lot so that's not surprising, but the experience led me off high power carbines. Your gun, your choice, but I'd stay with the longer barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) It's very do-able. Not even a hard job. Any decent Gunsmith should be up to the task, including a Dovetail Front Sight. However, I do agree with the Gallery. Once complete, the little beastie wi gonna give ya a whoopin. My Alter Ego, Hacksaw McGurk chimed in and suggested iffin yer gonna cut it, take it back to Sixteen and a Quarter. All or Nothing as it twer. Plus, with a light bullet, and a modicum of filler, you might even get the little beastie halfway ok to actually shoot Edited February 28 by Colorado Coffinmaker Fix'd dimensional number 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I have a Henry Single Shot 45-70. It weighs 6.8 lbs. It kicks pretty good with 405 grain RNFP at 1350 FPS. I bought a box of Federal 360 grain hunting rounds. The first one kicked so hard I thought something was wrong. “Maybe I didn’t have the gun tight enough against my shoulder…I know…I’ll do it again!” BLAM! Nope, not ever gonna do that again. It truly hurt. My neighbor buddy got a box of 45-70 minus 2 as a gift. It’s okay with traditional 45-70 loads, recoils’s a bit stout, but pure murder with modern hunting loads. What do you think your rifle will weigh once you cut the barrel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Friend of mine did exactly that. He had a 32" sharps, I couldn't hold it up to shoot it was so front heavy. We were at Guns of august and one of the vendors had a short barreled sharps on display. It was so nice he went home cut the barrel off with a hack saw, recut the dove tail with a file. Real sweet handling rifle after that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 1 hour ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: ...take it back to Eighteen and a Quarter. All or Nothing as it twer Since it's a rifle, he could take it back to sixteen. If you really wants to go to all or nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORNERY OAF Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 16in Alpo? Even I'm not that big of a masochist...I love the big boomera but that is a lot, the 18in barrel sounded good, for about a minute,lol...I'm thinking it will b somewhere near my 50-90 from the shoulder, maybe not. I been reloading for 30 years so I can do about anything with the 45-70..got plenty of the 405s and 500 hard cast, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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