Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2017 : Sale A1217 Lot 507
SHARPS, USA A .52 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL NEW MODEL 1863 CARBINE, serial no. 89835,

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SHARPS, USA
A .52 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL 'NEW MODEL 1863 CARBINE', serial no. 89835,
circa 1864, with re-blued 22in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, folding ladder rear-sight, faint traces of model details at breech, vertical dropping block receiver, the lockplate with in-built pellet primer and marked 'R.S. LAWRENCE PAT. APRIL 12TH 1859', the body of the lock marked 'C. SHARPS PAT. OCT. 5TH 1852', straight hand walnut butt-stock, no provision for patchbox, iron heel-plate, under-lever opening, saddle-ring mounted to left hand side of the receiver, walnut splinter fore-end and single iron barrel-band, refinished throughout

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Estimate £800-1,200