Light pitting to metal, primarily to end of barrel, hammer, breechblock, and trigger guard tang. The serial number indicates that this weapon was manufactured in 1863, during the height of the Civil War, and would almost certainly have been issued for. Dings to stocks, with 9' horizontal scratch to right side of butt stock. I asked if the serial number on the frame was for a pistol or rifle and I got a. Not all of the firearms within this range (543'h to. Walnut stock, round barrel, iron furniture, checkered hammer, slightly curved butt plate, blade front sight and folding rear ladder sight, sling bar and ring mounted on the left side of the receiver. T/C Thompson Center Arms Contender Barrel SUPER 16 223 Rem STAINLESS. The serial number range of authenticated Berdan Sharps rifles covered approximately 3.300 arms. Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848 and ceasing. 5TH 1852,' left side of barrel before breechblock with 'E.A.W' inspector mark, butt plate tang with 'W' inspector mark. 12th 1848,' right side of lockplate marked 'R.S. LAWRENCE/PATENTED/FEB 15TH 1859,' left side of the receiver marked 'C. Top of barrel marked 'SHARPS RIFLE/MANUFG CO./ HARTFORD CONN.' before the rear sight and 'NEW MODEL 1863' between the breechblock and the rear sight, rear sight marked 'R.S.

Case Study: Carroll Cloar (Janu– April 10, 1993)Ĭivil War era Sharps New Model 1863 breech-loading carbine.

Receiver is a silver hardening patina blending with gray and brown patina. Bbl retains strong orig blue with thinning and blending with brown and silver patina forward of forend, remainder is a strong blue with some minor spotting of dark patina.

Case Study: Anna Catherine Wiley (Knoxville, TN, 1879-1958) The recognized serial number range for Berdan Sharpshooter rifles is 54,374 to 57,567.

Case Study: Richard Jolley (Knoxville, TN).

Case Study: Great Road Pottery of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

2103 Sharps Model 1851 Box-Lock Sporting Rifle. Per Included Factory Letter Really Nice Sharps with Lots of Factory Metal and. 158256 40 Caliber 30 Octagon Barrel Double Set Triggers 9.5 lbs.

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