RARE SHARPS CONVERSION PISTOL RIFLE.

RARE SHARPS CONVERSION PISTOL RIFLE. SN 868. Cal. 38 RF. Appears to be a transition model with 25-1/4″ rnd bbl, dovetail Rocky Mtn. German silver front sight and a small adjustable open rear sight which is numbered to the rifle. It has the early German silver buttplate, patch box & forend cap with the “C. SHARPS / PATENT / 1848-52” markings on receiver but is without the ramrod fittings. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered American walnut with long slim forearm and pistol grip stock with steel oval grip cap and perch belly butt. Right side of butt stock has a patch box which is engraved in block letters on lid “SPORTING RIFLE / USED BY / EDW. KENDALL. TYRONE. N.Y. / COUSIN OF LEWIS SUNDERLIN / WITH GEN. SHERMAN / ON HIS / MARCH TO THE SEA”. Receiver & breech block have been altered by having primer feed mechanism filed away to match the opposite side contour and a manual extractor attached to right side which operates in a small slot milled into receiver. Breech block has had the nipple replaced with a firing pin and the hammer nose has been plugged to present a flush surface. It should be noted that his item is from ex-Norm Flayderman Colleciton and copies of service records are included, along with a note from Mr. Flayderman. PROVENANCE: ex Norm Flayderman Colleciton. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 75-80% plum/brown finish and receiver strong case colors, primarily on right side, with traces on left side and balance faded to gray. Wood is sound with light scratches & dings and a series of bruises by patchbox and retains most of its orig varnish. Hammer has a hairline crack in the shank and will not always hold at full cock, otherwise mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with a few spots of scattered light pitting. 4-31905 JR166 (5,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1039	$6,900.00	RARE SHARPS CONVERSION PISTOL RIFLE. SN 868. Cal. 38 RF. Appears to be a transition model with 25-1/4″ rnd bbl, dovetail Rocky Mtn. German silver front sight and a small adjustable open rear sight which is numbered to the rifle. It has the early German silver buttplate, patch box & forend cap with the “C. SHARPS / PATENT / 1848-52” markings on receiver but is without the ramrod fittings. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered American walnut with long slim forearm and pistol grip stock with steel oval grip cap and perch belly butt. Right side of butt stock has a patch box which is engraved in block letters on lid “SPORTING RIFLE / USED BY / EDW. KENDALL. TYRONE. N.Y. / COUSIN OF LEWIS SUNDERLIN / WITH GEN. SHERMAN / ON HIS / MARCH TO THE SEA”. Receiver & breech block have been altered by having primer feed mechanism filed away to match the opposite side contour and a manual extractor attached to right side which operates in a small slot milled into receiver. Breech block has had the nipple replaced with a firing pin and the hammer nose has been plugged to present a flush surface. It should be noted that his item is from ex-Norm Flayderman Colleciton and copies of service records are included, along with a note from Mr. Flayderman. PROVENANCE: ex Norm Flayderman Colleciton. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 75-80% plum/brown finish and receiver strong case colors, primarily on right side, with traces on left side and balance faded to gray. Wood is sound with light scratches & dings and a series of bruises by patchbox and retains most of its orig varnish. Hammer has a hairline crack in the shank and will not always hold at full cock, otherwise mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with a few spots of scattered light pitting. 4-31905 JR166 (5,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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