SCARCE SHARPS MODEL 1874 NO. 1 CREEDMOOR LONG RANGE TARGET RIFLE.

SCARCE SHARPS MODEL 1874 NO. 1 CREEDMOOR LONG RANGE TARGET RIFLE. SN 154990. Cal. 44-90 Bottleneck (AKA 44-100, 44-105). Fine long range Sharps Creedmoor with 34″ oct bbl, Sharps Spirit Level front sight, no provision for a rear seat and mounted with a matching numbered Sharps long range vernier tang sight that has 5″ staff. Top flat of bbl has the company name & Hartford address with caliber marking over chamber area. Receiver has usual Sharps Patent dates and bottom left edge is marked is marked with the assembly number “378” as is the extractor. SN was observed on top tang, bottom flat of bbl under forearm, inside bbl channel of forearm, on tang sight with the first digit and last three digits of matching number visible on front face of buttstock under the metal. The 2nd and 3rd digits in this location are obliterated by a small gouge in the wood. Trigger plate is numbered “15499” as is the buttplate, apparently an assembler’s error. Lockplate has no visible number. Mounted with nicely figured straight grain American walnut with checkered Sharps schnable tip forearm and pistol grip stock with checkered cap and fine checkered Sharps steel buttplate. Comb of the stock, at the heel, is drilled with two screw holes, apparently where a sight had been mounted. Accompanied by a Sharps Rifle Co. records letter which shows this rifle as listed in Order Book #2 as a No. 1 Creedmoor rifle invoiced at Hartford on Nov. 5, 1875 to William Read & Sons. The price was $130.00 less discounts. No other information was listed in the records. Dr. Richard J. Labowskie, who owns the Sharps records, states that this rifle has been in his personal collection since 1976 when he purchased it from Howard Morgan of Tacoma, Washington. PROVENANCE: Howard Morgan Collection; Dr. Richard J. Labowskie Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching as noted. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig factory blue; spirit level glass is cracked and the fluid is gone; receiver, lockplate & hammer retain strong orig case colors in sheltered areas with the balance turning to silver; trigger plate retains dark case colors and the lever mostly silvered case colors, strong & bright in sheltered areas; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and a small bruise on left side of comb and overall retains most of its orig factory varnish with moderate diamond point wear. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore. 4-44919 JR325 (15,000-25,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 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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	2302	$23,000.00	SCARCE SHARPS MODEL 1874 NO. 1 CREEDMOOR LONG RANGE TARGET RIFLE. SN 154990. Cal. 44-90 Bottleneck (AKA 44-100, 44-105). Fine long range Sharps Creedmoor with 34″ oct bbl, Sharps Spirit Level front sight, no provision for a rear seat and mounted with a matching numbered Sharps long range vernier tang sight that has 5″ staff. Top flat of bbl has the company name & Hartford address with caliber marking over chamber area. Receiver has usual Sharps Patent dates and bottom left edge is marked is marked with the assembly number “378” as is the extractor. SN was observed on top tang, bottom flat of bbl under forearm, inside bbl channel of forearm, on tang sight with the first digit and last three digits of matching number visible on front face of buttstock under the metal. The 2nd and 3rd digits in this location are obliterated by a small gouge in the wood. Trigger plate is numbered “15499” as is the buttplate, apparently an assembler’s error. Lockplate has no visible number. Mounted with nicely figured straight grain American walnut with checkered Sharps schnable tip forearm and pistol grip stock with checkered cap and fine checkered Sharps steel buttplate. Comb of the stock, at the heel, is drilled with two screw holes, apparently where a sight had been mounted. Accompanied by a Sharps Rifle Co. records letter which shows this rifle as listed in Order Book #2 as a No. 1 Creedmoor rifle invoiced at Hartford on Nov. 5, 1875 to William Read & Sons. The price was $130.00 less discounts. No other information was listed in the records. Dr. Richard J. Labowskie, who owns the Sharps records, states that this rifle has been in his personal collection since 1976 when he purchased it from Howard Morgan of Tacoma, Washington. PROVENANCE: Howard Morgan Collection; Dr. Richard J. Labowskie Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching as noted. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig factory blue; spirit level glass is cracked and the fluid is gone; receiver, lockplate & hammer retain strong orig case colors in sheltered areas with the balance turning to silver; trigger plate retains dark case colors and the lever mostly silvered case colors, strong & bright in sheltered areas; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and a small bruise on left side of comb and overall retains most of its orig factory varnish with moderate diamond point wear. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore. 4-44919 JR325 (15,000-25,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 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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