Quigley Down Under : The Rifle

["DoubleAction"]

Anyone who has ever seen Quigley Down Under, with Tom Selleck, can't help but appreciate the impressive presentation of the Sharpes Rifle by Selleck. For me, this seems to be the beginning of what makes me stick to watching the rest of the movie over and over.

This Rifle used in the movie was one of three that was custom built by the Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company of Big Timber, Montana. The rifle's buttstock was custom fitted for a 15 1/4" length of pull for Selleck.
These rifles were chambered for the longest cartridge, which the Sharpes Rifle Company ever put into a rifle. The cartridge was known at the time, as the .45 2 7/8", with the case length being 2 7/8", also known today as the .45 - 110, the .45 meaning caliber and 110 grains of black powder for the charge. Bullet weight was usually 500 to 550 grains.

1874 SHARPS BUFFALO RIFLE--"THE QUIGLEY"

Military Buttstock
Patch Box
No Cheek rest
No Pistol Grip
Standard Grade Wood ONLY
34” Heavy Octagon Barrel
45/70 or 45-110 Caliber
Pewter Tip
Hartford Collar
Double Set Triggers
Semi Buckhorn Rear Sight
#109A Aperture Card
Midrange Vernier Tang Sight
#111 Globe Aperture Front Sight
Antique or Std Color Finish (specify)
2 or 3 Gold Inlay Initials in Gold Oval

More on this Rifle can be found in The November 2005 Issue of GUNS, in an article by Mike "Duke" Venturino

&

Shiloh's Website

www.shilohrifle.com/

........Thanks To Mike Venturino for writing such an accurate account on this rifle

findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_11_51/ai_n15402263/

[MitchHankSauer]

Great movie, reminds me to go look for it on Ebay.

I love the ending of that movie with the final showdown, lol

Also I like how a favorite villain of mine is in there, "Hans" form Die Hard.

MHS

[TMan]

I'm with you. I've lost track of how many times I've watched Die Hard. Although I own it, everytime I see it on Stars, I watch it again.

See if I were to load it, and my wife was home, she would complain. Watching it on Stars she complains, but not as much because I can't just watch it anytime, I have to watch it when it is available. (The TIVO hasn't dawned on her). ;D

["DoubleAction"]

LONG RANGE - TOM SELLECK

Quigley Down Under - The Final Gunfight

"This ain't Dodge City. And you ain't Bill Hickok"

["DoubleAction"]

Quigley Sharps Rifle

After the filming concluded, Selleck kept all three rifles, and had two of them reconditioned by Shiloh Rifle Co. In 2006 Selleck donated one of the rifles used in filming to the NRA for a fundraising raffle. In March 2008 that rifle was sold for $69,000 through the James D. Julia auction house.[12] The company which created the rifle for the movie (Shiloh Rifle Co.) also offers production models (1874 Sharps Buffalo – "Quigley") for sale to the public, with an approximate $3,300 price. An Italian company (Davide Pedersoli & C.) sells a copy of the Shiloh rifle under the name S.789 1874 Sharps Quigley Sporting.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quigley_Down_Under#Quigley_Sharps_rifle

Tom Selleck Donates Seven Guns To NRA National Firearms Museum". National Rifle Association

huntingwire.com/docdetail.php.id%3D11

www.womenhunters.com/press-release-nra-selleck.html

www.ammoland.com/2008/10/tom-selleck-donates-seven-guns-to-nra-national-firearms-museum/#axzz3cFi89RpL

[blueglass]

Pedersoli actually produces over 25 different models of the Sharps rifles from all vintages. Thats a very large slug that gun is shooting with only 110 gr's of Black Powder. I normally shoot just 60 gr's with a 45 cal round ball.110 is usually the max we shoot in a Black Powder old style rifle. No. 2 or grade 3 powder actually works very well. Virtually NO kick at all with a set trigger setup.