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SHARPS - Percussion
Model
Caliber Barrel length Total length No. of grooves Thr. Trigger
Weight
IN
CM
IN
CM
and twist rate
KG
LBS
1863 Sharps Sporting
.54
30”
76
47”
120
6
1x48 in
M8x1
Double
4,8
10,6
1863 Sharps Sporting
.54
30”
76
47”
120
6
1x48 in
M8x1
Single
4,8
10,6
1863 Sharps Sporting
.54
32”
81
49”
124
6
1x48 in
M8x1
Double
4,8
10,6
1863 Sharps Sporting
.54
32”
81
49”
124
6
1x48 in
M8x1
Single
4,8
10,6
1863 Sharps Sporting
.451
30”
76
47”
120
6
1x22 in
M8x1
Double
4,8
10,6
1863 Sharps Sporting
.451
32”
81
49”
124
6
1x22 in
M8x1
Single
4,8
10,6
1859 Sharps Cavalry
.54
22”
56
39”
99
6
1x48 in
M8x1
Single
4,4
9,7
1859 Sharps Cavalry patch box
.54
22”
56
39”
99
6
1x48 in
M8x1
Single
4,4
9,7
1859 Sharps Infantry patch box
.54
30”
76
47”
120
6
1x48 in
M8x1
Single
4,8
10,6
1859 Sharps Berdan patch box
.54
30”
76
47”
120
6
1x48 in
M8x1
Single
4,8
10,6
1859 CAVALRY SHARPS
This paper cartridge rifle features a 22’’ round blued barrel. The front sight
is
fixed and barrel features an adjustable rear sight. Tang is predrilled for Creedmoor
sight placement with 2 ¼’’ base. NSSA approved.
1863 SHARPS SPORTING
This rifle is a paper cartridge rifle available in .54 and .451 caliber. We offer two different barrel lengths
and your choice of single trigger or double set, dual phased triggers. This sporting rifle has an octagonal blued 32’’
barrel and overall length is 49’’. Tang is predrilled for Creedmoor sight placement with 2 ¼’’ base. American walnut
stock, oil finished.
1859 SHARPS INFANTRY
1859 Infantry Sharps .54 caliber 910.016 This Sharps features a 30’’ round blued barrel, American walnut
hand oil finished stock with 3 metal bands. The front sight is fixed and barrel features an adjustable rear sight.
Stock features a steel patchbox.
The Sharps Rifle
marked the beginning of a new trend in the field of firearms as it could be loaded from the breech instead
of the muzzle. This made for much faster loading and firing times and also allowed a soldier to lie down or take cover while
reloading. Christian Sharps was a cantankerous but brilliant inventor who, in September 1848, patented a single-shot, lever-
activated, breech-loading rifle with a vertically sliding breechblock. Many improvements were brought to the Sharps model
in the following years, mainly by Richard Lawrence, armorer of the firm Robbins & Lawrence.
The rifle entered service in 1850 and until 1882, year in which the Company ceased its activity, the Sharps rifle had a
fundamental role in American History. The Sharps percussion models were used in the revolutionary riots prior to the Civil
War. Sharps percussion Infantry and Cavalry models were then used by Yankee battalions during the whole war period.
Roughly 100,000 of them were built between 1850 and 1881 when it was finally retired from service. The Sharps was
undoubtedly one of the most popular rifles in those years, the most used both by ordinary soldiers and by officials. Typically
a soldier could fire between 8 and 10 shots per minute depending on his skill.
SHARPS COLLECTION
NSSAAPPROVED
NSSAAPPROVED