sharron barrels

[brubincam]

-----are sharron barrels any good--don't remember them being mentioned on here--maybe and I forgot--ME BAD-----

 

[Swampman]

They are excellent barrels.

 

[mazo kid]

One of the better makers of their time.

 

[mrclean100]

I just received and started reading Dutch Schoultz's Black powder accuracy info and he replaced his stock Thompson center barrel with a sharon when he started working up his info . I imagine he did a fair amount of research and chose that one .

 

[CZMark]

A Sharron barrel which is in good shape is a great shooter

 

[MikeChapin]

I have a sharon barrel on the first flinter I built. It has been a super accurate shooter for 30+ years and is still going strong. When I was setting up to build my second rifle I was going to get another Sharon but they had gone out of business and picked up a Montana instead. Of course they went out of business a few years later.

 

[BenCoogle]

The Sharon machinery was bought by and became either Getz or Colerain I think. Whichever did not get Sharon bought Paris, been a long time :shake: !

If I remember correctly Montana became Orion. Seems like Sharon restarted the making of "Swamped" barrels.

Ben

 

[jbtusa]

I made a home-built using a tapered Sharon 1.25" to 1" barrel in .54 flint. It is 34" long and I believe has a slow twist: 1:66". Although it weighs enough to be a boat anchor, it is one fine shooter! Sharon barrels have always had an excellent reputation.

 

[ADK Ephraim]

My historical .02 cts - In the late 70s I was stationed in Colorado Springs and a member of the Colo Sprgs Muzzleloaders group. About '79 or '80 the remnants of the Sharon Rifle barrel Co. machinery was bought by a company and moved to the westside of Colo Sprgs and re- setup. Our group was invited to tour the re-established operation, and viewed the complete operation. As we were concluding the tour, one of the new owners mentioned that he had a 55 gal barrel of unfinished barrels that were included with the company's equipment purchase. So -- for $25 I got a true .54 Sharon barrel, breeched and plugged for free!! It latter became a full stock perc Hawken, that I have until today.

 

[BenCoogle]

Sounds right! I bought a Sharon tapered and flared barrel in the '70's cost $85, a magnificent sum at the time. If you consider inflation still pretty pricey, straight Douglas barrels were $45 or so.

I bought a Montana once, had won a 20% off coupon and also got 20% discount, spent an aggregate 24 hours filing it to a swamp profile! :youcrazy: I was a lot younger then, broke too, made a darn good South Carolina gun though!

Ben

 

[Swampman]

As a side note, they made drop in round ball barrels for the T/C Hawken. I had one, and I liked it.

 

[B Shipman]

Sharon-Montana-Orion

Paris-Getz

I would have to say that Green Rivers were my favorite in terms of accuracy for common straight barrels-where did that stuff go. These were made with Bill Large influence. Slight constriction at the muzzle. You shorten these barrels from the breech- never the muzzle like a Green Mtn. , ect.

 

[BenCoogle]

Thanks for the info! I liked Douglas until he stopped making ML barrels. Had to get a XX to get an on center barrel, he drilled octagonal stock and they often had run out.

Bill Large's company was the 4J wasn't it? Named for his Daughters seems like. I was just a child you know! :rotf:

Ben

 

[mazo kid]

Ben, you are correct on the name. I always wanted a Bill Large barrel; they were in high demand and I never did get one. Lots of nostalgia in some of those posts above. Hadn't thought of some of those makers for several years. Another maker, not in that series of transfers though, was H&H barrels. Emery