SHARPS MID-RANGE TARGET RIFLE #3.

SHARPS MID-RANGE TARGET RIFLE #3. Cal. 40-70 Sharps Bottle Neck. SN 156564. Standard sporting rifle with 30″ octagon bbl, globe front sight & Lawrence ladder rear sight. The top tang is drilled for a factory tang sight, which is missing & also has 2 other small plugged holes someone added for another tang sight. It has usual markings on the left side of receiver. It is mounted with nicely figured straight grain walnut with a semi-schnable round forearm with straight stock & coarse checkered steel buttplate. The top of the stock just in front of the buttplate has a plugged slot apparently someone had added a Creedmore base. Accompanied by a copy of a Sharps letter identifying this rifle as a Model 1874 mid-range target rifle #3 in 40 caliber & shipped April 6, 1876 to J.P. Lovell & Sons of Boston, Mass. CONDITION: Fine. No orig finish remains on the metal being an overall mottled silver/brown patina. Lockplate & receiver have traces of case hardening turned silver. Wood is sound with forearm retaining about 50% orig varnish & buttstock about 90%. There is a gouge on the wrist & a couple small dings on the comb. Mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bore with 3 or 4 scattered spots of pitting. 4-56676 JR441 (5,500-7,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006

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
	503	$6,037.00	SHARPS MID-RANGE TARGET RIFLE #3. Cal. 40-70 Sharps Bottle Neck. SN 156564. Standard sporting rifle with 30″ octagon bbl, globe front sight & Lawrence ladder rear sight. The top tang is drilled for a factory tang sight, which is missing & also has 2 other small plugged holes someone added for another tang sight. It has usual markings on the left side of receiver. It is mounted with nicely figured straight grain walnut with a semi-schnable round forearm with straight stock & coarse checkered steel buttplate. The top of the stock just in front of the buttplate has a plugged slot apparently someone had added a Creedmore base. Accompanied by a copy of a Sharps letter identifying this rifle as a Model 1874 mid-range target rifle #3 in 40 caliber & shipped April 6, 1876 to J.P. Lovell & Sons of Boston, Mass. CONDITION: Fine. No orig finish remains on the metal being an overall mottled silver/brown patina. Lockplate & receiver have traces of case hardening turned silver. Wood is sound with forearm retaining about 50% orig varnish & buttstock about 90%. There is a gouge on the wrist & a couple small dings on the comb. Mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bore with 3 or 4 scattered spots of pitting. 4-56676 JR441 (5,500-7,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006 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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