The Model 1853 was manufactured from 1854 to 1857 and is famous as the model used by John Brown and his band of abolitionists in Kansas and during the famous raid on Harper's Ferry. They are also known as "Beecher's Bibles" after noted minister Henry Ward Beecher was quoted in the "N.Y. Tribune" of February 1856 stating there was more moral power in one Sharps carbine than 100 Bibles.

Fair as modified into saddle ring carbine configuration with mixed parts, gray and brown patina on the iron along with mild pitting, moderate overall wear, and pieces absent from the stock and forearm. Mechanically fine.