Sharps carbine

Doc Hoy · June 6, 2013, 01:37 PM

It arrived

I think this rifle was never fired. The condition of the metal surfaces is perfect. Bore like a mirror. Bluing is still present on the muzzle which by the way has a flat crown. The wood is as near perfect as a used firearm can get.

Doc Hoy · June 6, 2013, 01:38 PM

New place for it

Grant D · June 6, 2013, 02:13 PM

Sweet! looks like you have a few other rifles hanging on that wall also.

Doc Hoy · June 6, 2013, 02:30 PM

Two trapdoors. One of which is a completed Saddle Ring Carbine, the other of which needs the barrel cut down to be complete.

There is a Rossi M92 in .45 LC and a Henry Big Boy in .357.

Now I am looking for a deal on a Remington Rolling Block in .45-70.

bedbugbilly · June 6, 2013, 02:38 PM

Mighty fine looking Sharps Doc. I think you did extremely well on that one. We'll be interested to hear how it shoots. I give you a big A+ on it!

Hawg · June 6, 2013, 06:43 PM

Looks good. Now go shoot tha thang.

Tidewater_Kid · June 6, 2013, 07:17 PM

Beautiful rifle, Doc. We need a range report.

TK

Doc Hoy · June 6, 2013, 07:51 PM

I am gonna try to go out on Sunday.....weather permitting

BirchOrr · June 8, 2013, 11:19 PM

Beautiful Doc!!!!

Birch

Rifleman1776 · June 10, 2013, 08:45 AM

New place for it is on the wall?
It should be in your hands at the range.

Doc Hoy · June 10, 2013, 09:48 AM

.....it is.

Dan_D · June 10, 2013, 08:55 PM

Looks very nice. Who is the manufacturer?
Thanks,
Dan

duelist1954 · June 10, 2013, 09:44 PM

Very nice. I prefer the Sharps carbines to the full-size rifles.

Doc Hoy · June 11, 2013, 04:14 AM

I do too, because it is closer in description to what a person in the 1882 and later time frame might have had access to. I don't know the numbers and models manufactured by Sharps, but I am assuming there were far more rifles and carbines than there were types with 32 inch octagon barrels and long distance sights.

When I think of those times I try to apply as much reason as I am able, given that I don't study the period as much as others do.

For example:

How many Sharp's Carbines of the 1874 model were manufactured in total?

What was the population of what we could have called the "frontier" or the "wild west" in 1882?

If every Sharps that was manufactured found its way into the hands of a "frontier" or "wild west" family (which is unlikely) what is the likelihood that any given family would have had one?

Take it one step further.

Lets say an operating Sharps was owned by a given family in, say Kansas in 1882. What is the likelihood that that family consistently had ammunition to shoot it? Ability to afford it? Availability of the ammunition?

I know how much I have to shoot in order to stay at a minimum level of competence. Could that Kansas family afford to buy enough ammo to get good with the rifle?

My vision began to decline once I reached the age of 20. I think that a decline in vision associated with age is and has always been a part of human development. Certainly some have good uncorrected vision into their senior years, but I think the decline is a more common phenomenon.

So if 60% of the population who would use a Sharps also has vision which is a good bit less than perfect, what percentage of that population in Kansas, could afford, would have access to corrective lenses? How many of them would even be conscious of the decline in vision? Mine declined so slowly that I needed glasses long before I got them.

Doc Hoy · June 11, 2013, 04:16 AM

It is a Navy Arms, manufactured by Pedersoli.

Dan_D · June 11, 2013, 10:27 AM

Thanks Doc,
Congrats again,
Dan

June 6, 2013, 01:37 PM	#1
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Sharps carbine It arrived I think this rifle was never fired. The condition of the metal surfaces is perfect. Bore like a mirror. Bluing is still present on the muzzle which by the way has a flat crown. The wood is as near perfect as a used firearm can get. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

June 6, 2013, 01:38 PM	#2
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Sharps carbine New place for it __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

June 6, 2013, 02:30 PM	#4
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Just starting my rifle collection.. Two trapdoors. One of which is a completed Saddle Ring Carbine, the other of which needs the barrel cut down to be complete. There is a Rossi M92 in .45 LC and a Henry Big Boy in .357. Now I am looking for a deal on a Remington Rolling Block in .45-70. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

June 6, 2013, 02:38 PM	#5
bedbugbilly Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Posts: 3,287	Mighty fine looking Sharps Doc. I think you did extremely well on that one. We'll be interested to hear how it shoots. I give you a big A+ on it! __________________ If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways. Hiram's Rangers Badge #63

June 6, 2013, 07:51 PM	#8
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Thanks, Y'all I am gonna try to go out on Sunday.....weather permitting __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

June 6, 2013, 02:13 PM	#3
Grant D Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2011 Location: Brazos County, Texas Posts: 1,038	Sweet! looks like you have a few other rifles hanging on that wall also.

June 6, 2013, 06:43 PM	#6
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	Looks good. Now go shoot tha thang.

June 6, 2013, 07:17 PM	#7
Tidewater_Kid Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 925	Beautiful rifle, Doc. We need a range report. TK

June 8, 2013, 11:19 PM	#9
BirchOrr Senior Member Join Date: November 25, 2012 Location: Eaton Rapids, MI Posts: 445	Beautiful Doc!!!! Birch __________________ Black Powder: Not because it is easy, but because it is hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win...

June 10, 2013, 08:45 AM	#10
Rifleman1776 Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 3,309	New place for it is on the wall? It should be in your hands at the range.

June 10, 2013, 09:48 AM	#11
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	When it is not on the wall.... .....it is. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

June 10, 2013, 08:55 PM	#12
Dan_D Member Join Date: June 10, 2012 Posts: 34	Looks very nice. Who is the manufacturer? Thanks, Dan

June 10, 2013, 09:44 PM	#13
duelist1954 Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2011 Location: Central Pennsylvania Posts: 567	Very nice. I prefer the Sharps carbines to the full-size rifles.

June 11, 2013, 04:14 AM	#14
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Duelist.... I do too, because it is closer in description to what a person in the 1882 and later time frame might have had access to. I don't know the numbers and models manufactured by Sharps, but I am assuming there were far more rifles and carbines than there were types with 32 inch octagon barrels and long distance sights. When I think of those times I try to apply as much reason as I am able, given that I don't study the period as much as others do. For example: How many Sharp's Carbines of the 1874 model were manufactured in total? What was the population of what we could have called the "frontier" or the "wild west" in 1882? If every Sharps that was manufactured found its way into the hands of a "frontier" or "wild west" family (which is unlikely) what is the likelihood that any given family would have had one? Take it one step further. Lets say an operating Sharps was owned by a given family in, say Kansas in 1882. What is the likelihood that that family consistently had ammunition to shoot it? Ability to afford it? Availability of the ammunition? I know how much I have to shoot in order to stay at a minimum level of competence. Could that Kansas family afford to buy enough ammo to get good with the rifle? My vision began to decline once I reached the age of 20. I think that a decline in vision associated with age is and has always been a part of human development. Certainly some have good uncorrected vision into their senior years, but I think the decline is a more common phenomenon. So if 60% of the population who would use a Sharps also has vision which is a good bit less than perfect, what percentage of that population in Kansas, could afford, would have access to corrective lenses? How many of them would even be conscious of the decline in vision? Mine declined so slowly that I needed glasses long before I got them. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath. Last edited by Doc Hoy; June 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM.

June 11, 2013, 04:16 AM	#15
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Dan D... It is a Navy Arms, manufactured by Pedersoli. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

June 11, 2013, 10:27 AM	#16
Dan_D Member Join Date: June 10, 2012 Posts: 34	Thanks Doc, Congrats again, Dan