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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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  • Sharps rifle
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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.
  • 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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  • 47.0
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  • 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
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usedby
  • United States
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  • 0(xsd:double)
Weight
  • 9.5
Caliber
  • 0.52
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  • open ladder type
is ranged
  • yes
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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)
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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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