Guns International #: 103398808
Seller's Inventory #: 1922

Category - Civil War Carbines - Sharps Rifles - Antique

Category
Civil War Carbines
Sharps Rifles - Antique

Sharps New Model 1865 Carbine .... Civil War .... CASE COLOR... LAYAWAY?

Description:
SCARCE TO FIND CASE COLOR ON A SHARPS PERCUSSION CARBINE!
VERY FINE .52 caliber. 20" round barrel secured by a single spring-retained barrel band. SN: C,44324. Blued and color casehardened finish, iron furniture, walnut stock and smooth walnut forend. Single shot percussion falling block breechloading carbine with military ladder rear sight, German silver front sight blade in iron base and sling bar and ring opposite lock. Lock marked in two lines behind the hammer SHARPS' PAT./OCT 5th 1852. Lock additionally marked at the top behind the primer mechanism RS LAWRENCE PAT/APRIL 12th 1859. Reverse of breechblock marked C SHARPS' PAT/SEPT 12th, 1849. Barrel marked NEW MODEL 1865 between the rear sight and the breech, and SHARPS RIFLE/MANUFG CO/HARTFORD CONN forward of the rear sight in three lines. Factory RSL inspection on left of breech. No cartouches present. These late production Sharps percussion carbines, manufactured after the end of the Civil War were primarily sold commercially and not as part of any military contracts. A really crisp and lovely example of a carbine from the end of the Sharps percussion era in a high state of preservation.
CONDITION:
Very Fine. Bore fine and mostly bright with some scattered oxidation and some traces of very light pitting with crisp rifling. Barrel with much of the thinning and dulling blue intact, receiver with much of the case colors present, showing some dulling and fading. Markings remain clear and crisp in the metal. Mechanically strong functional action, although the pellet primer mechanism does not appear to work. Wood fairly crisp with good edges and showing scattered bumps, dings and mars.
...2nd firearm ships FREE, with this one!....S/H $60..Thanks, Greg 461-68

INSURANCE IS EXTRA...I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST or DAMAGED PACKAGES....Thanks  Greg.

Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: Sharps
Model: Carbine
Serial Number: c,44324
Barrel Length: 20

Price: $2,799.00
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