Manufactured for use in the Civil War and converted and relined with 3-groove rifling after the war. Includes a scanned copy of the article "The Sharps Side-Hammer Rifle" by Frank de Haas.

Good overall as refinished, with brown patina, oxidation and pitting, and scratches, chips, cracks and dents in the wood. Breech block sits loosely in the closed position, otherwise mechanically fine.