Product Details
SHARPS, USA
A .52 PERCUSSION CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL '1853 SLANT-BREECH', serial no. 10114,
circa 1855, with 21 1/2in. round tapering barrel, blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with additional folding leaf, sloping dropping breech operated by an under-lever also forming the trigger-guard, Sharps patent pellet primer, external lock and hammer, walnut butt-stock with brass patch-box and heel-plate (toe of stock repaired), splinter fore-end with brass barrel-band joined by a long saddle-ring bar, the whole stripped of finish and heavily cleaned with areas of dark pitting, some deep
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Estimate £700-900