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The Rolling Block was also one of two makers rifles used by the American team to win the International Long Range matches held at Creedmoor Rifle Range on Long Island, New York, in 1874. Team members shot against the Irish team with half the shooters using Rolling Block Creedmoor models, and the other half using Sharps Model 1874 Long Range rifles.
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."
The firearms are manufactured to their specifications by Uberti and Davide Pedersoli in Brescia, Italy. Uberti makes their revolvers, lever action rifles as well as the 1885 single shot falling block rifle, and shotguns. Pedersoli makes rolling block and falling block single shot rifles to their specifications.
Pedersoli's lineup includes American and European pattern muzzleloading rifles, muskets, and pistols (such as duelling pistols and Harper's Ferry pistols), as well as breechloading firearms such as Sharps rifles, double barrel shotguns, double rifles, an updated version of the Winchester Model 1886, Rolling Block rifles, and more. [3] [4] [5]
The .45-70 (11.6x53mmR), also known as the .45-70 Government, .45-70 Springfield, and .45-2 1 ⁄ 10" Sharps, is a .45 caliber rifle cartridge originally holding 70 grains of black powder that was developed at the U.S. Army's Springfield Armory for use in the Springfield Model 1873.
Rolling-block breech Joseph Rider's 1865 patent drawings. A rolling-block action is a single-shot firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin. [1] The breechblock is shaped like a section of a circle.
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According to the US Army Ordnance Department tests, the 45-70-405 was loaded to 19,000 psi, [4] while the 45-70-500 was loaded to 25,000 psi [2] The average accuracy of the Springfield Model 1873 was a circle with an average radius of 1.7 inches at 100 yards, corresponding to an ~3.4 MOA.