Product Details
SHARPS & HANKINS, USA
A SCARCE .52 (RIMFIRE) SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE, MODEL '1862 ARMY', serial no. 2717,
circa 1864, with 24in. barrel sliding forwards on opening, with fore-sight forming lug for bayonet, tangent rear-sight, recessed breech, slab-sided receiver marked 'SHARP'S PATENT 1859' (rubbed, partially illegible) on the left and 'SHARPS & HANKINS PHILADA' on the right hand side, central hammer with sliding safety alongside on the left, no provision for saddle-ring, under-lever forming the trigger-guard and walnut butt-stock with brass heel-plate, traces of finish mostly to receiver
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Estimate £400-600
(USD 518-777)
(EUR 444-666)
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Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament