SHARPS MODEL 1874 SPORTING RIFLE.

SHARPS MODEL 1874 SPORTING RIFLE. SN 155800. Cal. 40 (Appears to be 40-70 Sharps Bottleneck). Fine Sharps sporting rifle with 26″ oct bbl, replacement Marbles #8 ivory bead front sight and a Lawrence Patent Sharps ladder rear sight. Top flat of bbl has the Hartford address above rear sight and cal. marking over chamber area. It has dbl set triggers. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with Sharps semi-schnable tipped forearm and straight stock with smooth steel buttplate. Matching SNs are found on top tang, bottom of bbl, inside forearm, on trigger plate, front face of stock under the metal and inside toe of buttplate. Lockplate is numbered “155468”. Accompanied by a Sharps factory records letter over the signature of Dr. R.L. Moore, Jr. wherein he identifies this rifle as having been invoiced Sept. 5, 1876 to Sharp’s General Agent, E.S. Harris, of New York City and is identified as an 1874 sporting rifle in caliber 40 with 28″ oct bbl and sgl trigger. Weight is listed at 8-3/4 lbs. Rifle was returned by Harris on April 16, 1879 and was invoiced to E.C. Meacham & Co. of St. Louis, MO with a 26″ oct bbl, dbl set triggers and weight of 9-1/2 lbs. With the shipment to Meacham in St. Louis in 1879 during the height of the Great Westward Expansion it is likely that this rifle saw service on the American frontier if not as a buffalo rifle certainly as a hunting rifle. CONDITION: Fine, all matching except lockplate as noted. Bbl retains 60-70% orig blue with the balance a dark brown patina; receiver & lockplate are a mottled to dark brown patina with traces of case colors around the hammer. Stock has a crack in the toe in line with bottom buttplate screw, a crack in the wrist by the top tang and overall shows heavy service with numerous nicks, dings & scratches and a couple of gouges on the comb & bottom with about 20% orig finish showing and the balance a dark hand worn patina. Forearm is sound showing heavy wear with a dark hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with light orange peel pitting. 4-46218 JR303 (5,000-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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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	1349	$5,750.00	SHARPS MODEL 1874 SPORTING RIFLE. SN 155800. Cal. 40 (Appears to be 40-70 Sharps Bottleneck). Fine Sharps sporting rifle with 26″ oct bbl, replacement Marbles #8 ivory bead front sight and a Lawrence Patent Sharps ladder rear sight. Top flat of bbl has the Hartford address above rear sight and cal. marking over chamber area. It has dbl set triggers. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with Sharps semi-schnable tipped forearm and straight stock with smooth steel buttplate. Matching SNs are found on top tang, bottom of bbl, inside forearm, on trigger plate, front face of stock under the metal and inside toe of buttplate. Lockplate is numbered “155468”. Accompanied by a Sharps factory records letter over the signature of Dr. R.L. Moore, Jr. wherein he identifies this rifle as having been invoiced Sept. 5, 1876 to Sharp’s General Agent, E.S. Harris, of New York City and is identified as an 1874 sporting rifle in caliber 40 with 28″ oct bbl and sgl trigger. Weight is listed at 8-3/4 lbs. Rifle was returned by Harris on April 16, 1879 and was invoiced to E.C. Meacham & Co. of St. Louis, MO with a 26″ oct bbl, dbl set triggers and weight of 9-1/2 lbs. With the shipment to Meacham in St. Louis in 1879 during the height of the Great Westward Expansion it is likely that this rifle saw service on the American frontier if not as a buffalo rifle certainly as a hunting rifle. CONDITION: Fine, all matching except lockplate as noted. Bbl retains 60-70% orig blue with the balance a dark brown patina; receiver & lockplate are a mottled to dark brown patina with traces of case colors around the hammer. Stock has a crack in the toe in line with bottom buttplate screw, a crack in the wrist by the top tang and overall shows heavy service with numerous nicks, dings & scratches and a couple of gouges on the comb & bottom with about 20% orig finish showing and the balance a dark hand worn patina. Forearm is sound showing heavy wear with a dark hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with light orange peel pitting. 4-46218 JR303 (5,000-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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