Guns International #: 101428667
Seller's Inventory #: 20418

Category - Sharps Rifles - Antique - Antique Rifles - Cartridge

Category
Sharps Rifles - Antique
Antique Rifles - Cartridge

Antique SHARPS-BORCHARDT Model 1878 .45-70 GOVT Rifle Shortened Example of the Military Rifle

Description:
Antique SHARPS-BORCHARDT Model 1878 .45-70 GOVT Rifle

Shortened Example of the Military Rifle

Here we present an antique Sharps Model 1878 Borchardt Single Shot Rifle in .45-70 GOVT manufactured between 1878 and 1881 in Hartford, Connecticut. The Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 is a single shot hammerless falling block action rifle designed by Hugo Borchardt and made by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company. It closely resembles older Sharps Rifles but has a firing mechanism that uses a hammerless striker rather than a hammer and firing pin like the old Sharps Rifles. This hammerless dropping-block breech-loader was based on a patent granted to Hugo Borchardt in 1877. It was the last of the Sharps single-shot rifles. According to company records 22,500 rifles were made in all models that included the Carbine, Military, Short Range, Mid-Range, Long Range, Hunter, Business, Sporting, and Express from 1877 until the Sharps Rifle Co. closed down in 1881. Even with its lack of commercial success, the Sharps-Borchardt is admired for its strength and accuracy and is considered one of the strongest, if not the strongest, rifle action ever built before the end of the 19th century.

Used hard. The action does not function. The bore is dim. The barrel would have originally been 24 inches but has been shortened at some point.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 22-3/4 inches.

Caliber: .45-70

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1000

#20418
 

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Antique: Yes