They were sold as the Shiloh IV moulds. Serial 12077, brass butt plate, sharps patent 1859, 52 cal matching serial numbers, 24 in barrel (115-2). This Sharps features a 30' Round Blued Barrel attached to a one-piece American Walnut Hand Oil Finished stock with 3-Metal Bands. For all Sharp parts and accessories please call our toll free number 1-800-BE SHARP Affected units have serial numbers in the ranges below. This, Among the Sharps-designed firearms manufactured under this, association were the Model 1851 Box Lock Carbine, which featured, the Maynard tape primer system, and the Model 1852 and Model 1853, Slanting Breech Carbines, which were equipped with the, Sharps-patented pellet primer system as an integral part of its, breech mechanism. C. Sharps Arms was already operating its custom shop and distribution center there, and the move brought these two companies together under one roof, which was a primary reason for Shilohs relocation. the death of Christian Sharps on March 12 of that year. IMPROVEMENT IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS retrieved 20 September 2008 from Google. If you need info regarding the care and feeding of your weapon, this is it!..$12.95, The Cowboy Shooter's Black Powder Guide. The receiver shares similar nice surface condition as the barrel with clear maker marks and patent designations. The Model 1874 was chambered for a variety of cartridges during the ten years that it was in production, from small-bore 40-caliber centerfires to big-bore 50-caliber centerfires. Get 12 Issues a year of the country's best firearms writing. One letter is from R.L. Faithful copy of the original rare CS Richmond carbine. MAY BE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR LAYAWAY PROGRAM. The Sharps Rifle Company Records consists of three photocopied letters confirming the sale of three Sharps Rifles, serial numbers C52420, 161456, and 160777, to Walter Cooper, a Bozeman firearms dealer, and J.G. Breechblock, lever mechanics, hammer and trigger mechanics all operate smoothly. The barrel address shows light wear but is completely readable. The barrel retains most of its original finish . Both pieces of wood are solid, complete and full length and are free of any breaks, cracks or repairs. Approximately 900 of these arms were shipped in heavy, crates marked BIBLES for use by anti-slavery Free Soil settlers, who were fighting against pro-slavery forces in Bleeding Kansas, during the 1850s. Sharps Carbine- 1863, Armi Sport, This rifle is a paper cartridge rifle in .54 cal. Very fine reproduction of the Civil War breachloading carbine. The bore of the rifle remains inVERY FINEcondition and is nearly mirror bright its entire length with wonderfully crisp rifling. Faced with difficulty in, obtaining financing for further ventures, Sharps left the. Many of the rifles offered as other brands in this country are actually produced in Italy by Davide Pedersoli & Co. Armi Chiappa, better known in the U.S. as Armi Sport, is another Italian manufacturer of Sharps rifles and carbines. Serial numbers of the New Model 1863 ranged from approximately 75,000 to 140,000. CO. HARTFORD CONN. in three lines. Civil War Carbines and Sharps Rifles Muzzle Loading Springfield, Enfield Musket and Sharps or Smith Carbine, Prices are volatile sometimes. Sharps' early training in the field of firearms had occurred at the Harpers Ferry Arsenal in Virginia, where he went to work in 1830 under the supervision of gun designer John Hall, who as a pioneer of the 'American System of Manufacture'; assembly-line manufacturing using interchangeable parts produced to strict tolerances. In late summer 1974, Mule and his partner, Wolfgang Droege, visited Dixie Gun Works, in Union City, Tennessee. Some Civil Warissue carbines had an unusual feature: a hand-cranked grinder in the stock. This New Model 1859 Sharps rifle in very nice condition. With a few optional upgrades, this great-handling beauty could set you back more than $10,000! (The company also produced a few Model 1874 Creedmoor rifles chambered for the 44-90 Sharps Bottleneck cartridge.). (At that time, the author was working there as an antique arms buyer and Dixies catalog editor.) Most were unissued or given to sharpshooters, but the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves (which still carried the old-fashioned designation of a 'rifle regiment') carried them until being mustered out in 1864. The buttplate has developed a much darker patina, which is an oxidized plum-brown color with some scattered surface roughness. The overall length is 39'. The four-cavity design of Mules moulds earned them a solid reputation for producing a lot of round balls or Minie bullets quickly up to 400 per hour. This model differs from the 1859 Infantry in that this model is equipped with double set triggers. Like earlier Sharps designs, the Model 1859 fired a glazed, linen combustible. These rifles, with their flat-sided frame and hammerless, appearance, differ notably from earlier Sharps designs. Those converted to the 50-70 cartridge also required soldering a new 50-caliber barrel liner in place. Both the hammer and double-set trigger system, as well as the breechblock and lever work exactly as they should. Sharps & Company' in Philadelphia; Richard S. Lawrence continued as the chief armorer until 1872 and developed the various Sharp models and their improvements that made the rifle famous. I have attached some pictures to help with the identification. The Sharps rifles supplied to anti-slavery factions earned the name "Beecher's Bibles", after the famed abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher. A very nice looking gun and higher priced then the carbines in most cases. Please click the link in the email to confirm your subscription! Box 92Whitestown, Indiana 46075(765) 482-1861(765) 482-1848 faxPlease Note-Please call to make sure of availability and price before you order. That production also included about 200 sporting rifles that would set the stage for the famous Model 1874 Rifle, which became the favored gun of the professional buffalo hunter. Tang is predrilled for creedmore sight placement with 2 1/4' base. 54 caliber carbines were manufactured for the, U.S. government, and an additional 6,000 Model 1855s in. Please click the link in the email to confirm your subscription! I also checked the book Civil War Sharps Carbines & Rifles for the serial number, with no luck. Unlike the Sharps rifle, the carbine was very popular and almost 90,000 were produced. This firm ceased operations in 1874 with. Pat, there is a new Sharps book out by Roy Marcot that may shed some light on your rifle. 26 inch octagon barrel. While Hall later developed a percussion version, Sharps had conceived a still better drop block design and received his first patent in September of 1848. Sharps Carbines found, favor with Federal cavalry troopers, and New Model 1859 Rifles were, used with great success by famous infantry units such as Colonel, Hiram Berdan s U.S. Sharp Shooters, perhaps the first specialty, troops in the history of modern warfare, as well as the 5th New, York Duryea s Zouaves and the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, Bucktails. .52-caliber 475-grain projectile with 50-grain (3.2 g) cartridge, later converted to .45-70 Government in 1873. It was used in the Civil War by multiple Union units, most famously by the U.S. Army marksmen known popularly as 'Berdan's Sharpshooters' in honor of their leader Hiram Berdan. Model . Purchase of arms, House Documents, 1861, P. 177. Also includes a chapter on the 'Anatomy of a Black Powder Shootout'. That relationship ended in 1986, when both companies set out to establish their own Sharps lines. All details have been reproduced. This rifle is a paper cartridge rifle in .54 cal. The supply is limited and subject to availability$145.00 A correct style Scabbard is also available for the above bayonet.$44.95, **********************************************************************************************************************************, Sharps Bayonet and Scabbard, seperately. Sharps' markings on lockplate and tang. The supply is limited and subject to availability..$145.00 A correct style Scabbard is also available for the above bayonet.$44.95, **********************************************************************************************************************************, Sharps Bayonet and Scabbard, seperately. Serial Number Ranges. Full military and pension records come with the item. Serial number C24203 on my New Model 1863 Sharps Carbine. This rifle is a paper cartridge rifle in .54 cal. Reproductions of the paper cartridge Sharps M1859 and M1863 Rifle and Carbine, the metallic cartridge 1874 Sharps Rifle, and Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 are being manufactured today. Alfred Waud painting showing men of the 1st Maine Cavalry with Sharps carbines during the battle of Middleburg. Please call to verify the prices, and if the weapon is even available. Only about 100 of the rifles were produced, in 45 caliber, in 1877 and 1878. Can anyone tell me what unit it was assigned to? Presented here is a New Model 1859 Sharps rifle that features serial #40225. Overall Length: 41 inches, .58 cal, Barrel length 25 inches, Sights are 2 leaf military style, Walnut Stock, White Satin finish with Brass Butt Plate and Brass Nose Cap$885.00 - Call. Tags: Sharps, New, Model, 1863, Infantry, Rifle. All of the Sharps rifles produced up through the Model 1855 were of the original slant breech design. [10], The military Sharps rifle was produced by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company and is a falling-block rifle used during and after the American Civil War in multiple variations. There appear to be two separate serial ranges for Berdan special order rifles. Several months after his muster out Bennett went to Urbana, Ohio where he enlisted as a Private in Company K, 4th US Veteran Volunteers on March 9, 1865 for one year. Thread starter Lavallee1009; Start date Feb 28, 2021; L. Lavallee1009 Cadet. Made by Pietta in Italy. THIS ITEM, AS WITH ALL OTHER ITEMS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE. A notation in his military records states the he retained (1) one sharps rifle.. In addition, the Sharps rifle was expensive to manufacture (three times the cost of a muzzle-loading Springfield rifle) and so only 11,000 of the Model 1859s were produced. Pat, there is a new Sharps book out by Roy Marcot that may shed some light on your rifle. May 24, 2019 Eplan Software free. Lower" Retailer marked Barrel - Serial number "157084", 40 Sharps Caliber (40 Caliber was the most accurate and was used by a . 30"" round rifled barrel. A man named Christian Sharps 1811 - 1874 Sharps Serial Numbers Models Serial Number Start Serial Number End Model. In the 1990 Western film Quigley Down Under, Tom Selleck's title character uses a Sharps rifle chambered in the .45-110 caliber. Many Fancy-Grade models featured engraving which ranged from simple, scrollwork to elaborate hunting or western scenes on their, surfaces. Likewise, 'NEW MODEL 1859' can be made out to rear of sight. The first Sharps patent firearms were produced by A.S. Nippes of Mill Creek, PA in 1849 and 1850. These were being sent to the respected manufacturer of high-quality double shotguns for the purpose of making the tooling to build both percussion and cartridge model Sharps breechloaders. 1) serial range 54390 - 57574: This an estimated serial range, documented known Berdan rifles fall in this range of serial numbers. Serial Number to estimated production ; Hartford Single Shot Pistol : 1853 : 1853 .52 : none : none : 20 : Single Shot Pistol, Small Frame : 1855 : 1856 .31 : . Model 1853 Carbines were nicknamed Beecher s, Bibles, after noted New York clergyman and abolitionist Henry Ward, Beecher. 1879 Hepburn. Walnut stock with blued barrel and bands, and color case hardened reciever. WE CARRY THE COMPLETE LINE OF ARMI-SPORT. WE CAN ALSO GET DIXIE GUN WORKS WEAPONS IF INTERESTED. His relationship with the company was a rocky one, and in 1853, Sharps severed all connections with the firm. The tang serial number of this specimen has been removed, quite likely in an attempt to cover its role in Brown s abortive, raid. Marcot, Roy - Marron, Edward - Paxton, Ron. .50 cal. The Sharps rifles and carbines represent a great period in the history of American firearms . Tang is predrilled for creedmore sight placement with 2 1/4' base. And when these two entrepreneurs showed up at the National Sporting Goods Association Show (predecessor to the SHOT Show) in January 1975, they displayed for the very first time a pair of newly assembled percussion ignition Sharps breechloaders a New Model 1863 Rifle and a New Model 1863 Carbine. In that short period of time, this pair had worked with Pinetree Casting (a division of Ruger) to develop the tooling needed to turn out completely modern manufactured duplicates of the original percussion Sharps breechloaders. .50 cal. CS Richmond Carbine 1862. The vast majority of the different variations available weighed in at less than 10 pounds. Sharps' initial rifle was patented September 12, 1848. All were fitted with new breechblocks with firing pins and an extractor. However, those rifles solidly established a legacy that few other rifles have ever come close to matching. Along with the demise of the great buffalo herds of the West also came the demise of Sharps rifle production. As shown by the serial numbers, the .50-170-700 is the earlier made rifle. Sharps Rifle Serial Numbers. With a Sharps Rifle New Model 1859 that was issued to Berdan's Sharpshooters available September 8th in our Premiere Firearms Auction, it seems only right that we get to know the elite fighting men that carried these rifles. Sharps was to be paid a royalty of $1 per firearm, and the factory was built on R&L's property in Hartford, Connecticut. As above, only a complete guide to the handling, shooting, cleaning, and care of the catridge weapons that modern day Cowboy shooters use today. Then, in 1983, Pedersoli began to build complete modern copies of the widely used single-shot rolling block-action blackpowder cartridge rifles dating from the late 1800s. It's awfully close to the Navy contract. Lighter than the Model 1874, which was still in production, the Borchardt model was most commonly chambered for the easily available 45-70 Government cartridge, as well as other smaller calibers like the 40-50 Sharps. Sharps Model 1852 'Slanting Breech' Carbine, open for loading, two primer-tapes. The supply is limited and subject to availability..$145.00A correct style Scabbard is also available for the above bayonet..$44.95, Sharps Rifle, 3-Band, Berdan Sharpshooter Model, Armi Sport. Few percussion rifle designs were as readily adaptable to the metallic cartridge as was the Sharps. 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