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The Sharps rifle was the first succesful breechloading rifle. Christian Sharps designed and created the Sharps rifle in the late 1840's. It was widely used in the American civil war in the 1860's and on the American fronteir.

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rdf:type	Weapon
rdfs:label	Sharps rifle
rdfs:comment	The Sharps rifle was the first succesful breechloading rifle. Christian Sharps designed and created the Sharps rifle in the late 1840's. It was widely used in the American civil war in the 1860's and on the American fronteir. Sharps rifles were a series of large bore single shot rifles that began with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848. Sharps rifles have been historically renowned for long range and high accuracy. By 1874 the rifle was available in a variety of calibers and had been adopted by the armies of a number of nations and was one of the few successful designs to transition to metallic cartridge use. Reproductions of the Sharps rifle are currently made by different rifle companies and the rifle has become an icon of the Old West due to its use in a number of movies in the Western genre.
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Length	47.0
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manufact	Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company
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Number	100000(xsd:integer)
Origin	United States
Rate	8(xsd:integer)
Design	1848(xsd:integer)
Service	1850(xsd:integer)
Name	Sharps Rifle Sharps rifle
Maker	Christian Sharps
Type	Rifle Carbine dbkwik:resource/4jjtpmWGxxRKpQn6yqNLlg==
usedby	United States
Cartridge	0(xsd:double)
Weight	9.5
Caliber	0.52
Sights	open ladder type
is ranged	yes
Action	dbkwik:resource/C6Aq1uQUYpxYodB1ySdVPw== Falling block
design date	1848(xsd:integer)
Magazine	1(xsd:integer)
Variants	Double set trigger Single set trigger carbine
Death	1881(xsd:integer)
feed	1(xsd:integer)
Birth	1848(xsd:integer)
Designer	Christian Sharps
abstract	The Sharps rifle was the first succesful breechloading rifle. Christian Sharps designed and created the Sharps rifle in the late 1840's. It was widely used in the American civil war in the 1860's and on the American fronteir. Sharps rifles were a series of large bore single shot rifles that began with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848. Sharps rifles have been historically renowned for long range and high accuracy. By 1874 the rifle was available in a variety of calibers and had been adopted by the armies of a number of nations and was one of the few successful designs to transition to metallic cartridge use. Reproductions of the Sharps rifle are currently made by different rifle companies and the rifle has become an icon of the Old West due to its use in a number of movies in the Western genre.

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