Sharps rifle

Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848 and ceasing production in 1881. They were renowned for long-range accuracy. By 1874, the rifle was available in a variety of calibers, and it was one of the few designs to be successfully adapted to metallic cartridge use. The Sharps rifles became icons of the American Old West with their appearances in many Western-genre films and books. Perhaps as a result, several rifle companies offer reproductions of the Sharps rifle.

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1848 — 1881  Wikimedia, Wikidata
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Gfp-civil-war-era-rifles

NMAH-ET2012-13903

Unidentified soldier in Confederate cavalry uniform with Sharps carbine, pistol, and knife LCCN2012650038

Sharps 1852 Verschluss offen

Calamity Jane

Corporal Elias Warner or Warnear of Company K, 3rd New York Cavalry Regiment with 1852 Slant Breech Sharps carbine and cavalry saber LCCN2011648538

Calamity Jane, c. 1880s

Sharps 1852 Slanting Breech

Sharps Carbine close-up

Sharps 1852 Verschl offen

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Gfp-civil-war-era-rifles		Commons
commons	image		NMAH-ET2012-13903		Commons
commons	image		Unidentified soldier in Confederate cavalry uniform with Sharps carbine, pistol, and knife LCCN2012650038		Commons
commons	image		Sharps 1852 Verschluss offen		Commons
commons	image		Calamity Jane		Commons
commons	image		Corporal Elias Warner or Warnear of Company K, 3rd New York Cavalry Regiment with 1852 Slant Breech Sharps carbine and cavalry saber LCCN2011648538		Commons
commons	image		Calamity Jane, c. 1880s		Commons
commons	image		Sharps 1852 Slanting Breech		Commons
commons	image		Sharps Carbine close-up		Commons
commons	image		Sharps 1852 Verschl offen		Commons