They are used in Civil War re-enacting, hunting and target shooting. Reproductions of the paper cartridge Sharps M1859 and M1863 Rifle and Carbine, the metallic cartridge 1874 Sharps Rifle, and Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 are being manufactured today. Hugo Borchardt designed the Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878, the last rifle made by the Sharps Rifle Co. 50-caliber cartridges in a variety of loadings and barrel lengths. The 1874-pattern Sharps was a particularly popular rifle that led to the introduction of several derivatives in quick succession. Lawrence continued as the chief armorer until 1872 and developed the various Sharp models and their improvements that made the rifle famous. Christian Sharps left the company in 1853 Richard S. All Sharps rifles were manufactured in Windsor until October 1856. The Model 1851 was replaced in production by the Model 1853. Sharps was to be paid a royalty of $1 per firearm and the factory was built on R&L's property in Hartford, Connecticut.

Lawrence as master armorer and superintendent of manufacturing. Palmer as president, Christian Sharps as engineer, and Richard S. In 1851 the 'Second Contract' was made for 15,000 rifles and the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company was organized as a holding company with $1,000 in capital and with John C. This is referred to as the 'First Contract', which was for 5,000 Model 1851 carbines - of which approximately 1,650 were produced by R&L in Windsor. invented the knife-edge breech block and self-cocking device for the 'box-lock' Model 1851. In 1850 the second model was brought to the Robbins & Lawrence Company of Windsor, Vermont where the Model 1851 was developed for mass production. The second model used the Maynard tape primer, and surviving examples are marked Edward Maynard - Patentee 1845. Nippes at Mill Creek, (Philadelphia) Pennsylvania. Sharps' initial rifle was patented Septem and manufactured by A. 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. 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. Sharps rifles have been historically renowned for long range and high accuracy. Sharps rifles were a series of large bore single shot rifles that began with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848.

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