Original U.S. Civil War Sharps Vertical Breech New Model 1863 Military Rifle with Excellent Bore - Serial C,34747 Japanese Documents and Books This carbine has the "crescent"

This carbine has the "crescent" style butt plate

Weighs approximately 50lbs

Ersatz Bayonets were considered emergency issue and were easy to manufacture but were typically all steel

a flintlock blunderbuss pistol dating to the last half of the 18th Century

Original U.S. Civil War Sharps Vertical Breech New Model 1863 Military Rifle with Excellent Bore - Serial C,34747 Japanese Documents and Books This carbine has the "crescent"Original Item: Only One Available. This is an great example of an original New Model 1863 Military Vertical Breech 3 band Rifle in the original . 52 caliber, serial number C,34747, which was Sharps way of writing 134,747. (C is the Roman Numeral for 100,000). This model features a later version of the Sharps action with an improved gas seal and vertical breech. The long rifle type was made in far smaller numbers than the carbine, so finding them is