Sharps rifle - Wikipedia
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 production in 1881. They were renowned for long-range accuracy.
The Shiloh Sharps Model 1863 Rifle: Historical Lookback
2024年8月21日 · Model 1863 Sharps rifles were falling-block, breech-loading blackpowder designs made to load with bullet and loose powder or with paper cartridges. Nearly two centuries ago, riflemen were abuzz with the potential for firearms that loaded from the breech. Innovation abounded among those of inventive bent, and myriad different designs were attempted.
Early Production Transitional Sharps New Model 1863 Carbine
The Sharps Breechloading Carbine, in both the New Model 1859 and New Model 1863 configurations, was the most used carbine to see service with the United States Cavalry during the American Civil War. From their initial delivery to the Ordnance Department in September 1861, through the end of the war, the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company ...
Sharps’ .50-70 carbine - GUNS Magazine
In either original or replica form, the Sharps .50-70 carbine is a hoot-to-shoot. With a load built around Lee or Lyman’s 425- to 450-gr. bullets, cast with a 20/1 temper or Hornady’s pre-formed 385-gr.
The Breechloading Sharps: History & Performance
2021年5月21日 · By the end of hostilities in 1865, a total of 80,512 carbines and 9,141 full-stocked military rifles had been shipped to Union troops, with the Model of 1863 being the last percussion...
Sharps 1863 Carbine - Rifle - Guide to Value, Marks, History ...
The Sharps 1863 Carbine is a single-shot, lever-action, breech-loading, percussion firearm chambered for the .52/70 Sharps cartridge. The chamber is sealed by using the falling block mechanism invented by Christian Sharps in 1848.
The Sharps Carbine - menmachineandcarbine
The Sharps New Model 1859, 1863, and 1865 Carbines and Rifles have straight, vertical-sliding breeches and are essentially the same model, although they are labeled differently. 6 Before the New Model Sharps, the breeches were slanted.7
Sharps Carbine - Charleston Museum
Sharps Carbine New Model 1863 with standard features that includ an iron buttplate, iron loading lever, one iron band, a percussion nipple designed to utilize a tape primer system, a hinged Sharps sight, saddle bar and riding ring and rifling with six lands and grooves.
Powder Hour: The Sharps Legacy
2016年7月14日 · Click here for a closer look at this Sharps New Model 1863 breech-loading rifle, which saw a large amount of use in the Civil War among Union troops and was manufactured from 1863 to 1865. Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection. 1988.8.771
Sharps Breechloaders Were Simple and Sturdy Guns, Trusted ... - HistoryNet
2023年12月14日 · The Confederate government purchased that company in March 1863, and the Confederate Carbine Company then made about 3,000 more. The Southern copy omitted the patch box in the buttstock, used simple fixed sights, and substituted brass for some parts.