'63 I.A.B. Sharps Sporting rifle

WV SCROUNGER · July 28, 2008, 07:43 PM

I just acquired a '63 I.A.B. Sharps Sporting Rifle thru a trade...it was onlu shot 5 times.....I am told it does not have the sliding gas sleeve in the barrel.
ARE THEY produced without the sleeve?
At the breach it looks just like my '63 Pedersoli Buisness rifle which DOES have the sliding sleeve....
any I.A.B. Sharps afandicios HERE?

Hawg · July 28, 2008, 08:48 PM

I don't know much about them but from what I could find it does have a sleeve as did original Sharps.

Fingers McGee · July 29, 2008, 01:27 AM

Mine does. But, I've had it about 15 years. It was made in 1991.

July 28, 2008, 07:43 PM	#1
WV SCROUNGER Member Join Date: July 28, 2008 Posts: 17	'63 I.A.B. Sharps Sporting rifle I just acquired a '63 I.A.B. Sharps Sporting Rifle thru a trade...it was onlu shot 5 times.....I am told it does not have the sliding gas sleeve in the barrel. ARE THEY produced without the sleeve? At the breach it looks just like my '63 Pedersoli Buisness rifle which DOES have the sliding sleeve.... any I.A.B. Sharps afandicios HERE?

July 28, 2008, 08:48 PM	#2
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,380	I don't know much about them but from what I could find it does have a sleeve as did original Sharps.

July 29, 2008, 01:27 AM	#3
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2008 Location: High & Dry in Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2,113	Mine does. But, I've had it about 15 years. It was made in 1991.