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Rare Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 Military Carbine with Factory Letter 1 of 384 Built
Guns International #: 103398372 Seller's Inventory #: 52192
Category: Sharps Rifles - Antique - Antique Rifles - Cartridge
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
Platinum Seller
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
FREE SHIPPING FOR ORDERS OVER $500! We also have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
Serial #10151, .45-70 Gov’t. (.45-75 Sharps Straight), 24" barrel with a very good, bright bore that has some light freckling within the grooves at the breech end and at the muzzle. This is a handsome carbine that has retained 70-75% of the original blue finish with some gray fading at the muzzle, as well as along the raised edges and projections of the angular frame. The blue merges with a mellow plum-brown patina along the barrel, and there is thin freckling present throughout. There is some further fading on the left side of the frame around the saddle ring, and muted original color case-hardening is present on the breechblock and lever. All of the original Sharps markings are still crisp and clear. The walnut forend and buttstock are in very good-fine shape with small handling marks and minor surface blemishes scattered about the fairly thick added varnish finish. Additionally, there is a noticeable bruise to the wood at the heel of the buttstock, and a short hairline with-the-grain crack on the left side of the wrist at the frame juncture. Designed by Hugo Borchardt, these were Sharps’ final carbine with approximately 384 examples eventually produced before the Sharps Rifle Co. ceased operations in 1881. This carbine is accompanied by a 2015-dated Sharps letter from Dr. Lebowskie that lists this carbine as one of twenty carbines shipped to N. Curry & Bros., a gun and sporting goods firm in San Francisco, CA, on December 31, 1878. This is a very good-near fine example of a desirable Sharps-Borchardt military carbine, and would make a great addition to any collection. Antique;
Price: $6,750.00
Antique: Yes