SCARCE SHARPS NO. 2 LONG RANGE SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE.

SCARCE SHARPS NO. 2 LONG RANGE SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE. SN 156862. Cal. 45 2-6/10 (45-100). Beautiful long range rifle with 32″ medium weight oct to rnd bbl, windgage globe front sight, no provision for a rear sight and mounted with a vernier tang sight with 5″ staff with unnumbered base. Top flat of bbl has the “OLD RELIABLE” and Bridgeport markings. The caliber is over the chamber area and case length is on right side flat. Receiver has the usual Sharps name & patent date with no other markings on receiver or lockplate. Rifle is mounted with very nicely figured checkered American walnut with schnable tip forearm and pistol grip stock with checkered steel buttplate. It has usual Sharps lever and full checkered trigger. Accompanied by a Sharps records letter identifying this rifle as listed in Order Book #5 as a Model 1874 Long Range Rifle No. 2, invoiced at the Bridgeport Factory on April 24, 1977 (sic) (should read 1877) to Edwin S. Harris, New York City. Records list the weight as 9-3/4 lbs. and the price was $65.00. There were three Long Range No. 2 rifles and three Long Range No. 3 rifles in this shipment. A copy of the orig order notes for these six rifles, listed by SN, and 200 caliber 45-105-550 cartridges were on the same order. Also included is a copy of the Order Book page for this rifle. According to Sharps Firearms, Sellers, there were 229 of Long Range No. 2 rifles produced at Bridgeport in the period Nov. 1875 to Oct. 1879. He also shows that the standard bbl was 34″. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 96-97% strong orig factory blue with slight muzzle edge wear and sharp edgewear on the oct section with a thin spot over chamber area. Receiver, lockplate, hammer, lever & bottom tang retain strong bright case colors in sheltered areas with fading case colors over the receiver and tail of the lockplate. Bottom tang is mostly gray on the exposed area with the area under the lever bright colors. Lever colors are turned silver. Wood is sound with light handling & use marks with the forearm retaining nearly all of its orig factory varnish showing light to moderate wear on the checkering. Buttstock retains most of a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore. 4-42684 (10,000-15,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011

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
	2254D	$11,500.00	SCARCE SHARPS NO. 2 LONG RANGE SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE. SN 156862. Cal. 45 2-6/10 (45-100). Beautiful long range rifle with 32″ medium weight oct to rnd bbl, windgage globe front sight, no provision for a rear sight and mounted with a vernier tang sight with 5″ staff with unnumbered base. Top flat of bbl has the “OLD RELIABLE” and Bridgeport markings. The caliber is over the chamber area and case length is on right side flat. Receiver has the usual Sharps name & patent date with no other markings on receiver or lockplate. Rifle is mounted with very nicely figured checkered American walnut with schnable tip forearm and pistol grip stock with checkered steel buttplate. It has usual Sharps lever and full checkered trigger. Accompanied by a Sharps records letter identifying this rifle as listed in Order Book #5 as a Model 1874 Long Range Rifle No. 2, invoiced at the Bridgeport Factory on April 24, 1977 (sic) (should read 1877) to Edwin S. Harris, New York City. Records list the weight as 9-3/4 lbs. and the price was $65.00. There were three Long Range No. 2 rifles and three Long Range No. 3 rifles in this shipment. A copy of the orig order notes for these six rifles, listed by SN, and 200 caliber 45-105-550 cartridges were on the same order. Also included is a copy of the Order Book page for this rifle. According to Sharps Firearms, Sellers, there were 229 of Long Range No. 2 rifles produced at Bridgeport in the period Nov. 1875 to Oct. 1879. He also shows that the standard bbl was 34″. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 96-97% strong orig factory blue with slight muzzle edge wear and sharp edgewear on the oct section with a thin spot over chamber area. Receiver, lockplate, hammer, lever & bottom tang retain strong bright case colors in sheltered areas with fading case colors over the receiver and tail of the lockplate. Bottom tang is mostly gray on the exposed area with the area under the lever bright colors. Lever colors are turned silver. Wood is sound with light handling & use marks with the forearm retaining nearly all of its orig factory varnish showing light to moderate wear on the checkering. Buttstock retains most of a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore. 4-42684 (10,000-15,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011 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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