Without a doubt, nearly all of these carbines saw service with both Union and Confederate regiments and was the most widely used cavalry arm of the Civil War. The most famous, single-shot percussion firearm used during the Civil War was the Sharps carbine, a. They were, and still are, renowned for their long-range accuracy. Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore single-shot rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848, and ceasing production in 1881. Here we present an antique Sharps New Model 1863 Carbine, made circa 1863 in Hartford, Connecticut. ICONIC Carbine in Original Percussion Configuration ISBN 978-1847975935.CIVIL WAR Era Antique SHARPS NEW MODEL 1863 Saddle Ring Percussion CARBINE From Musket to Metallic Cartridge: A Practical History of Black Powder Firearms. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1943. The Sharps Rifle, Its History, Development and Operation. North Hollywood, Calif: Beinfeld Pub, 1978. Gettysburg, Penn.: Thomas Publications, 1990. Forsyth Montana: Forsyth Rifle & Pistol Club. ^ 'Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match'.^ TCI: the business of entertainment technology & design, Volume 29(1995).Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference. ^ 'Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record: CARBINE - SHARPS CARBINE NEW MODEL 1859 'COFFEE MILL'.The Look of the Old West: A Fully Illustrated Guide. Gun Digest Book of Classic American Combat Rifles. Iola, Wisconsin: F&W Media International. Gun Digest 2009: The World's Greatest Gun Book. 'The Rebirth of Old Reliable - The Sharps Rifle'. Guns of the Old West: An Illustrated History. The Guns That Won the West: Firearms on the American Frontier, 1848-1898. Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values. ^ a b c d e f g Flayderman, Norm (2007).^ IMPROVEMENT IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS retrieved 20 September 2008 from Google.^ Purchase of arms, House Documents, 1861, P.Not to be confused with Sharpe's Rifles (novel), as the 95th Rifles used the Baker rifle.A Sharps is the weapon used in the murder, and its firing action is central to the climactic sequence. On television, a Sharps plays a central role in the murder investigation in the pilot of Longmire.
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