Bare with me guys. I know very little about Sharps, so I'm reaching out for help in identifying this family heirlom. This is owned by my father-in-law. Probably the straightest shootin' guy I know. Apparently, this rifle was bought by a distant member of his family and carried in a covered wagon during the Oklahoma Land run, where they claimed a Section of land near current day Wynnewood.

The land and the rifle are still both in the family. He is now passing it on to his daughter (my wife) and we consider it priceless. The rifle is pricess, in terms of sentimental value, but it need to be added to insurance, so an approximate value would be good. I have no intentions of shooting the rifle as the bore looks very rough, but would consider running a few patches through it if it wouldn't reduce the value any. I know better than to try and 'restore' such a treasure! Any information that you can share would be greatly apprecaited.

I am currently looking for the doctors name that owns the original production records from Sharps. The plan is to build shadow box for the rifle with certificate from the original records as well as a few paper cartridges and primers that would have originally been used. Somewhere in there will be a written account of the family heritage of the rifle. On to the rifle: Sharps Carbine serial 36556. How To Get Free Subscription On The Sims Resource Nightcrawler more. But it is no longer a percussion model.

It is a cartridge conversion, most likely chambered for.50-70 (some of the early ones were called.52-70, because the original percussion barrels were retained unaltered) - later ones were had their barrels re-lined to.50, or were rebuilt with new barrels in that caliber. Proper cartridges to display with the carbine would be internally primed, copper-cased military.50-70 rounds, and, of course, no percussion caps or Lawrence disk primers - though the lock was originally made for the disk primer, it was not externally altered when the conversion was done; sometimes the original disk feeding mechanism is intact. I'm not really up to speed on current values, but suspect, given the overall condition, something around $2k would be reasonable. PRD1 - mhb - Mike. Of the conversions are: Altered hammer which strikes the firing pin in the altered breechblock. The hammer has a wedge-shaped nose, without the recess for the percussion nipple, which is absent in the new breechblock. The firing pin is visible at the back of the breechblock (it passes across the block from the right side, under the hammer, to the center of the block).

(233P) Serial number C54563, 40 Sharps caliber (possibly 40-50 necked 1 11/16″), 30 inch octagon barrel, blue and casehardened finish and walnut stock. Centrios Camera Drivers more. This carbine was manufactured in 1863 – 1865 as a percussion carbine for use in the Civil War and was one of 31,098 Sharps carbines and 1,086 rifles converted.

When the breechblock is open, the recess in the chamber for the rim of the cartridge is visible, as is the notch for the extractor, and the extractor is seen at the left side of the block, as well. With the breechblock withdrawn from the receiver, the firing pin hole is seen in its face, and the recess and gascheck which were part of the percussion breechblock assembly are absent. PRD1 - mhb - Mike.

Does you Sharps have a patchbox in the stock? If it does, then it was originally manufactured as a 'New Model 1859' Percussion Sharps. Your carbine originally fired either a paper cased, or linen cased cartridge that was ignited by either a percussion cap or a 'Sharps Disc Primer.' The Disc Primers were neat!

They looked kinda like miniature, solid Frisbees with a diameter of less than 1/8th of an inch. Those primers were loaded in the magazine of the primer magazine in the lock plate. When the magazine was in use, the shooter loaded the carbine with a cartridge and then pulled the hammer back. When the shooter pulled the trigger, the primer magazine literally sailed the top Primer Disc out on the magazine. IF all was working right, then the falling hammer smashed down the Primer Disc just as it was flying above the nipple! A Filosofia De Tyrion Lannister Pdf Gratis. [Yep, some shooters found that on windy days, the Disc Primer feature didn't work all that good!] The Primer Disc went off and a flame channel carried the fire down through the nipple, through the breech block to ignite the base of the linen or paper cartridge in the chamber! If no Sharps Disc Primers were available, then regular Musket Percussion Caps could be used to fire the arm.

Here is a link to a modern made replica Sharps: IF your Sharps DOES NOT HAVE a patchbox, then it is a 'New Model 1863' Percussion Sharps. Probably 99.9% of all Percussion Sharps Carbines manufactured were purchased by the U.S. Government (or in some cases, state governments) either just before or during the Civil War.