My order was confirmed last week for the following:
#3 Sporter
Half-octagon 26" barrel in 50-70
Military buttstock, semi-fancy walnut (might get upgraded)
Rounded-profile fore end with no fore end cap, semi-fancy walnut, see above
Single trigger set at 3#
Old fashioned bone/charcoal color case hardening
Buckhorn rear sight, blade front.
Finished weight should go 8.5-9 pounds. This is based upon an original converted '63 military carbine I looked at about ten years ago, except it lacks a lever lock. As a coincidence, it ends up being nearly identical to the rifle "Doc" carried in "Young Guns". I'll post some pictures when it gets here...in about two years!
New Shiloh Sharps on the horizon
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Unless you special ordered it, I doubt your barrel will be any thicker than mine. My barrel is big enough to have an 80 cal hole in it and have lots of meat to spare . Mine weighs 9.2# (smaller hole, pewter nose cap). I was hoping for closer to 8.5 but it didn't happen. Even so, it is still "handier" than my #3 sporter just because the center of gravity is centered between the hands better. It's still plenty heavy enough that the wind doesn't move it when shooting off hand.
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My photo capabilites are at a stand still until I get a new computer. My old camera uses floppies and the floppy drive in the puter died. Sorry. I didn't order any special wood on either my saddle rifle or the #3 but both were supposed to come with (forget what they call it) one grade up from the bottom. That is about how I would describe the wood on the #3 but the saddle rifle has fantastic wood; better than some I've seen that were called XX, and both the forearm and butt match. I just lucked out there. I don't know how their wood runs now. The #3 is 23 years old (bought it over the counter in a gun store for $825). The saddle rifle is ~ 20 years old. When ordered they told me it would take 16 months. It took 44 months