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  2. Sharps rifle - Wikipedia

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    In 1990, the Western film Quigley Down Under, Tom Selleck's title character uses a Sharps rifle chambered in the .45-110, also known as the 45-2 7 ⁄ 8" Sharps. Theater Crafts Industry went so far as to say, "In Quigley Down Under, which we did in 1990, the Sharps rifle practically co-stars with Tom Selleck."

  3. Quigley Down Under - Wikipedia

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    Matthew Quigley is an American cowboy with a specially modified rifle with which he can shoot accurately at extraordinary distances. Seeing a newspaper advertisement that asks for a man with his special talent, he answers using just four words: "M. Quigley 900 yards", written on a copy of the advertisement that is punctured by six closely spaced bullet holes.

  4. Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company is a firearms manufacturer located in Big Timber, Montana, United States. The company produces a line of reproductions of various historical black-powder rifles, including the legendary 1874 Sharps Rifle, featured in the 1990 Western film Quigley Down Under, starring Tom Selleck. [1] [2] [3]

  5. Slate Publishes Gun-Control Fiction

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    Old-fashioned Sharps rifles (you know: the gun from Quigley Down Under) often have set triggers. The point there is to shoot more accurately, not to shoot faster. But in any case, a lighter ...

  6. Christian Sharps - Wikipedia

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    Although, "Sharps Rifle Co" continued to produce his namesake rifles until 1881, when it too closed its doors. In 1983, Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company began to produce a line of modern reproductions of the legendary 1874 Sharps Rifle, featured in the 1990 Western film Quigley Down Under , starring Tom Selleck .

  7. Tom Selleck - Wikipedia

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    After his close friend Charlton Heston stepped down from his role as an NRA spokesman in 2003, Selleck succeeded him. [57] [58] In 2002, Selleck donated the rifle he used in Quigley Down Under (a custom 13-pound [6 kg], single-shot, 1874 Sharps Rifle, with a 34-inch [86-cm] barrel), [59] along with six other firearms from his other films, to ...

  8. Why this grocery store CEO says egg prices will 'definitely ...

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    Thanksgiving is coming in hot with less than 24-hours until turkey's big day, but according to one of the nation's largest grocery chains, prices have continued to cool on staples needed for a ...

  9. Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Side view of a Sharps model 1859 carbine with the action open. Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company was the manufacturer of the Sharps Rifle. The company was organized by Samuel Robbins and Richard S. Lawrence as a holding company in Hartford, Connecticut, on October 9, 1851 with $100,000 in capital. Despite Sharps departing from the company ...