SHILOH SHARPS 1874 UPGRADED QUIGLEY MODEL, .45-70, #7XXXB

Description:
SHILOH SHARPS 1874 UPGRADED QUIGLEY MODEL, .45-70, #7XXXB. First, a few comments about the Quigley Model: The movie with Tom Selek QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER was released in 1990. Like the DIRTY HARRY Clint Eastwood movies featuring the S&W M-29 .44 Magnum revolver, The Quigley movie started a huge surge interest in Sharps rifles and huge numbers of rifle enthusiasts wanted one just like Tom Selek used. These rifles came with standard wood, patchbox, double set triggers, pewter tip, 34” heavy octagon barrel, a mid-range vernier tang sight with a globe front sight and chambered in .45-70 or .45-110, and up to three gold initials in an oval on the right side of the receiver (“M Q” for Matthew Quigley was not an option). Some upgrades were available. So, my point of all this is simple. Let’s say someone was 45 years old who saw the Quigley movie and was financially secure enough to order a rifle like the one in the movie. That person would now be 81 years old. The point is obvious. Over time there will be pre-owned rifles with gold initials on them. For a while shooters didn’t want a rifle with someone else’s initials, but that has changed. Now, the initials are simply part of the rifle’s history. Like finding an early Colt or Winchester with a factory engraved monogram. This would now raise the collector value of such a piece significantly. With all that said and out of the way, this rifle appears unfired. It has been upgraded with the following options: semi-fancy walnut with AA finish, brass escutcheons around the wood screws, bone/charcoal pack harden case colors on all the case colored parts, the front globe sight will take inserts and the vernier sight is fitted with a Hadly disc. It also comes with a leather “sight sack” to protect the tang sight. It has three gold initials in a gold oval “V P T.” If ordered like this today, the price would be something over $6000 with a 2 ½ year wait or more with probable price increases. I am offering this one at $4850.
 

Rifle Caliber: .45-70 Government
Manufacturer: SHILOH RIFLE
Model: 1874 QUIGLEY
Serial Number: 7XXXB
Barrel Length: 34
Condition: LIKE NEW

Price: $4,850.00