Sharps Firearms Frank M Sellers Illustrated Gun Collecting Rifles Book 1995 Vtg

by Frank M. Sellers

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One of the most definitive and beautiful illustrated hardcover references, Sharps Firearms by Frank M. Sellers, a well-indexed documents the design, production, and use of rifles, carbines, pistols, shotguns, and other arms produced under the Sharps name. Draws on decades of research in original factory records and surviving specimens to present a full manufacturing history of Christian Sharps and the companies that carried his name. Table of contents covers topics from the early percussion models and Robbins & Lawrence through slant breech and straight breech arms, the War Years, John Brown and the Border Wars, and the Philadelphia story. Later chapters examine cartridge models such as the Model 1874 and Model 1878, Sharps & Hankins, conversions, the Sharps magazine rifle, the Sharps shotgun, target rifles and ranges, Sharps cartridges, and Sharps loading tools. Model-by-model entries provide specifications including production dates, total quantities made, calibers, barrel lengths, stock styles, furniture, markings, serial number ranges, and notes on major variations. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of black-and-white photographs, technical drawings, and reproduction documents showing actions, lockwork, barrels, sights, cartridges, loading tools, and period images of famous Sharps users. Narrative sections discuss Sharps arms in the Civil War, buffalo hunting and life on the plains, organized target shooting, and other aspects of American military and frontier history.

• Publisher: Frank M. Sellers
• Year: 1995
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780960812202
• Condition: Very Good

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