Uberti 1874 Sharps Carbine Rifle U71010, .45-70, 22", A Grade Stock

71010 037084710105
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Description:

Capacity: 1
Total Length:
38.3"
Weight:
8 lbs.
Barrel:
Round Blued
Buttplate:
Blued
Lever:
Case-hardened.

Christian Sharps' original design, patented in 1848, was loaded with a linen cartridge and percussion cap. The sturdy action was faster and easier to load than a conventional muzzleloader and the first military order for 900 Sharps rifles came from the U.S. Navy in 1859. That same year John Brown's raiders carried Sharps carbines at Harper's Ferry. When the Civil War began, orders flowed in for carbine versions for issue to the cavalry.

After the war Sharps rifles, adapted to fire metalic cartridges, were used by the American Rifle Team to win the first international long-range rifle match at Creedmore, New Jersey. By the late 1870s and early 1880s the long-range models became the favorites of professional buffalo hunters. These heavy barreled Sharps could be employed at long range to take selected buffalo without spooking the herd. But, it was the fight at Adobe Walls that made the Sharps rifle a legend. In 1874 more than 700 Comanche warriors attacked 30 buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls in the Texas panhandle. The hunters' Sharps rifles had extracted a punishing toll by the second day and the only Indians in sight were a small group on a distant bluff. Hunter Billy Dixon took aim with his Sharps and rolled one of the braves from his saddle at, what legend has it, was a mile away. Chambered in classic .45-70, the Uberti Sharps is true to the original. Six models are available ranging from the top of the line "Long-Range Model," with 34" half octagon barrel, Creedmore sight and double set-triggers, to the Sharps Hunter with rear ladder sight.

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