11th ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S FIREARMS, MILITARY, AMMO, MARBLES & QUALITY ANTIQUES AUCTION
Bidding starts: January 2, 2016 at
09:00 AM CST
Arapahoe, Nebraska
Auction Type: Live
Item # 389P
Sharps & Hankins Single Shot Carbine Rifle
- 24" Bbl with Protective Leather Barrel Cover for Naval Usage to keep the sea spray from barrel - Intact up to Receiver & Rear Sight
- Some 6,000 Produced
- .52 Cal. Carbine firing the .56-52 Spencer Rimfire Cartridge
- SN#6319
- The following link from the NRA Museums has more info on this rifle http://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/a-nation-asunder-1861-to-1865/case-14-union-carbines/sharps-hankins-m1862-single-shot-breechloading-percussion-carbine.aspx