Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2024 : Sale A0324 Lot 755
A .50-70 METALLIC CARTRIDGE CONVERSION OF A SHARPS M1865 CARBINE, serial no. 85842,

Product Details

A .50-70 METALLIC CARTRIDGE CONVERSION OF A SHARPS M1865 CARBINE, serial no. 85842,
circa 1868, with round 22in. relined (when converted) barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, vertical dropping breech-block operated via an under-lever forming the trigger-guard, side mounted lock-plate with redundant pellet primer feed, replacement (at time of conversion) walnut butt-stock, iron furniture and walnut splinter fore-end with single barrel-band



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Estimate £600-800

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament