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Lot 5: Sharps New Model Metallic Cartridge Conversion Carbine

Sharps New Model Metallic Cartridge Conversion Carbine with Frank Sellers Letter

Lot 5: Sharps New Model Metallic Cartridge Conversion Carbine

Sharps New Model Metallic Cartridge Conversion Carbine with Frank Sellers Letter

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Sharps New Model Metallic Cartridge Conversion Carbine with Frank Sellers Letter

Manufacturer: Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company
Model: Single Shot
Type: Rifle
Gauge: 40
Barrel: 25 inch round
Finish: blue/casehardened
Grip:
Stock: walnut
Item Views: 1343
Item Interest: Active
Serial Number:
Class: Antique
Bore Condition: The bore is mostly shiny with light streaking and distinct rifling.
Description:

Receiver conversion c. 1867-early 1870s. Barrel gauges at .40 caliber (likely 40-70). In his included handwritten letter from 1979, noted Sharps historian and author Frank Sellers, stated that this firearm "was shipped as a carbine during the Civil War, afterwards it was converted to cartridge and at a still later date again converted by adding a new barrel," likely done by Meacham Firearms, an American firearms manufacturer in the 1880s.

Rating Definition:

Good overall with barrel retaining original traces of blue finish in protected areas, slight traces of case colors on the receiver, pitting, upper tang drilled and tapped, absent saddle ring, refinished wood. Mechanically excellent.



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