4310 SCARCE MODEL 1852 MILITARY SLANT BREECH SHARPS

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[?]Live Online Auction Starts In 2025 May 11 @ 10:00 (UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT)
Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 1,000.00 USD
Estimated at 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
CARBINE. Cal .52. S# 2169. Standard configuration and early serial range found on the very rare US government inspected documented survivors (Marcot, Paxton, & Marron in their exceptional recent text "SHARPS FIREARMS, vol 1, only cite S#s 2092 & 2109 as authenticated US Ordnance), 21.5" barrel, tall brass blade front sight, Sharp's patent adjustable 2-position long ladder rear sight, "ROBBINS & / LAWRENCE" stamped near breech, earliest breechblock with large platinum seal and larger powder channel mortise (p 167, Sharps Firearms, Marcot) Brass furniture, 9" long saddle ring bar. Serial range on model 1852s range from about 2041-7500, and these earliest examples are scarce and many can be identified to state purchases. The 3rd NY Cavalry carried many of this model. About 75 S#s ranging from 2000-3837 are known including 9 from 2111-2194. The 3rd NY Cav was served 1861-1865 in several theaters of war, east and west. "C SHARPS' / PATENT / 1848" & S# 2169 stamped on rear tang. Lock marked "C SHARPS' / PATENT / 1852", Sharps' patent pellet priming ignition system. Brass toolbox and mortise have matching batch number 144 stamped internally. CONDITION: very good overall, all matching, complete & original, barrel has plum/brown cleaned patina, balance of metal cleaned gray/bright, stock is very good & sound with scattered cosmetic blemishes. Mechanically sound, sharp rifled bore with pitting. (01-26023/JS). ANTIQUE. $2,000-4,000.