Originally Posted By: RHD45
Would love to have a fancy Borchardt with a paneled action in a period sporting configuration or mid-range target.My copy of Sellers is smudged and drooled on.


Hello RHD45,

If you want to drool look here :- http://www.lozito-wolf.com/index.html

A couple of years ago just a basic Borchardt action from this gunsmith cost US$ 3,500.00 Colour Case Heat treating and engraving was extra. But boy oh boy does Lozito-Wolf produce a nice looking rifle. He does make it in a slightly modified form where the lever spring mounting is altered to a new spring loaded ball, and his version of Zischang DST's are a great improvement on the original Sharps Factory item, which were designed as an afterthought, when shooters being used to DST's in earlier Sharps models demanded DST's on the Borchardt. Michaels observation of trigger finger pinching was valid in the 1870's, as people complained about them back then as well.

Look through each of the sections listed on the left-hand side of the home page, drool over the Zischang DST's. But, like buying a Rolls Royce, if you have to ask 'How Much' you can't afford it. Email them for a current price list (if you have a healthy heart). lol.

A more inexpensive version can be obtained from the Borchardt Rifle Co. in Silver City NM for about US$ 2,000.00+ for a complete rifle. Shiloh Sharps in Montana have been promising a Borchardt for some years and have a few part prototype actions gathering dust until the owner can catch up with his workload to continue working on them. I won't hold my breath waiting for this one.

Harry

Last edited by Harry Eales; 09/08/10 04:57 AM.
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