Above:A. Uberti's 1874 Deluxe Sharps is now available through all that company's dealers, not just select ones. Below: The Taurus Thunderbolt, a stainless steel version of the Lightning, is chambered in .45 Colt and .357 Magnum.

Made in Italy by Chiappa, the 34-inch long round barrel is topped off with a hooded aperture front sight and a finely adjustable vernier tang sight. Extra fancy, hand-checkered walnut stocks are accented by an authentic Victorian-styled pistol grip and an ebony fore-end tip. A USA Shooting team logo is etched into the case hardened receiver. Cimarron is donating a portion of the proceeds from each sale to the U.S. shooting team so it may continue the marksmanship legacy of Creedmoor.

Another Cimarron single-shot worthy of notice--and with a unique Teddy Roosevelt tie-in--is the new Deluxe Model 1885 High Wall Sporting Rifle chambered in .405 Winchester. While none of the original Winchester High Walls were ever chambered for TR's "big medicine" cartridge, that doesn't stop this from being an admirable big game rifle. With its European-looking finger rest on the trigger guard, hand-checkered pistol grip stock (and optional double set trigger), it is uniquely distinctive in both caliber and appearance.

Cimarron also has a new long-range, big game variation of its Centennial 76, a .50-95 Model 76 outfitted with a Leatherwood Hi-Lux 3/4-inch Malcolm 3X riflescope. William Malcom originally produced these scopes in 1855, but Leatherwood's replica, although strictly 19th century on the outside, has been updated internally with multicoated optics and nitrogen-filled fog proofing.

Cimarron has also come out with the El Dorado, a loop-levered Model 92 replica carbine looking every bit like the one tucked under John Wayne's arm as he strode down the street in "Rio Bravo" and other westerns of the 50s and 60s. Depending on your preference, Pilgrim, it is chambered in .44-40 or .357 Magnum.

Over at the Browning booth I got a pleasant surprise when I saw two limited edition Model 95 Winchester lever actions. Both were Teddy Roosevelt 150th Anniversary commemoratives, honoring TR as the father of conservation and produced for the 150th anniversary of his birthday, which was October 27, 1858.

The first version is a highly polished and deeply blued Custom Grade rifle with fancy grade walnut stocks, a matted barrel top like TR's original, and a scrolled, gold-etched big game commemorative design with TR's portrait and game animals on the receiver, along with his signature on the flat-top bolt. Only 250 Custom Grades will be produced.

There is also a slightly less expensive High Grade rifle with gold-enhanced French grayed receiver and fancy walnut stocks. The first 250 of these rifles will have serial numbers that match those of the Custom Grade; both rifles can be purchased as a set. There will be also be an additional 1,000 High Grades that will be sold individually.

All rifles will feature a commemorative medallion inset in the buttstock, and their receivers will be gold etched with a banner with the 1858-2008 dates. Both the Custom Grade and High Grade rifles will come with a commemorative brochure, owner's manual and a special hang tag. Naturally, the guns will be chambered for TR's favorite cartridge, the .405 Winchester.

The Taylor's & Company booth showcased its Little Sharps, a three-quarter scale reduction of the full-size buffalo rifle. It weighs only 5.9 pounds and comes chambered for .22 Long Rifle, .22 Magnum and .22 Hornet for small game hunting and plinking. There are 30-30 and .38-55 hunting-capable versions as well, plus chamberings in .44-40 and .45 Colt for the Cowboy Action crowd.

Made by Chiappa, it features double set triggers, case hardened receiver and a slender blued octagon barrel. It would be just the thing for a boy's first rifle or for those shooters who are smaller in stature.