Sometimes one just....

[Mike]

Please let me wade in for just a bit. That rifle is not quite a twin to my own "Gemmer/Sharps" .50/90 that was made for me in 1979 by C. Sharps Arms, back when C. Sharps was the custom shop for Shiloh. C. Sharps did make a few rifles using some original parts and I can remember some comments about using new breech blocks in those old actions, with original locks or lock plates. The rifle in question has a heavier barrel than mine, plus the Hartford collar, but otherwise it really looks like the early work of C. Sharps Arms when they were located in Richland, Washington. And, of course, I sure wish I had seen it first...