Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2017 : Sale A0617 Lot 510
SHARPS, USA A .577 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL '1855 BRITISH CARBINE', no visible serial number,

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SHARPS, USA
A .577 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL '1855 BRITISH CARBINE', no visible serial number,
circa 1856, with iron 19in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, four folding leaf and one standing notch rear-sight, iron receiver with slanted breech-block and trapdoor for Maynards Tape Primer, the trapdoor signed 'EDWARD MAYNARD PATENTEE 1845', the top tang with British acceptance stamp, serial number and 'SHARPS PATENT 1848', walnut butt-stock with brass patch-box and heel-plate, iron under-lever, walnut splinter fore-end and iron barrel-band, the whole darkly stained

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Estimate £1,200-1,600