Sharps Model 1874 Rifle
TITLE: Sharps Model 1874 Rifle
MAKER: Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Co.
MADE IN: Bridgeport, CT
CALIBER: .44-.90 Bottleneck Cartridge
DATE: ca 1874
DIMENSIONS: Barrel: 31 ¼” Length: 49” Height: 6”
INSCRIPTION: Serial Number 58642C / Barrel: “C. Sharps’ pat / Sept. 12th 1848
CREDIT LINE: Guns from the Browning-Cowan Family
OBJECT ID: 986-12-037
Sharps was originally organized in the 1850s by Samuel Robbins and Richard S. Lawrence. In 1848, Christian Sharps developed a single shot rifle that would become a favorite gun of the buffalo hunters in the American West.