SHARPS AND HANKINS NAVY CARBINE – SERIAL NO. 11813

SHARPS AND HANKINS NAVY CARBINE – SERIAL NO. 11813

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Item Code: 490-7435

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This is a good example of the single-shot, breech-loading .52 Caliber rimfire Sharps and Hankins Navy Carbine, also known as the Second Model or Model 1862, complete, all original, and showing some faded case colors on the frame. These carbines used a 24-inch barrel with waterproofed leather covering for the barrel and forward part of the frame, with sewn seam and held by screws on the lower portion of the barrel assembly. Both sights are in place. The front sight is a simple blade on short block mounted on a band around the muzzle. The rear sight is a tangent style with single long leaf having a notched block at the rear and pivoting forward with the range graduated from 100 to 800 yards on the side of the pivot housing. It is complete and in good condition with distinct notches and markings, showing gray, surface oxidation, and some thin, faded blue. The leather is good, showing crazing to the surface and some minor rubs and flakes, but generally good color and surface - though the edge of the frame covering shows crazing of leather and finish at the base of the seam area from the movement of the lever, barrel, and frame.

The frame, breech, and hammer show some gray and brown, but also mottled blues, grays, and lighter colors of case hardening. The rounded screw heads show lighter from rubbing. The markings are sharp: “SHARPS / & / HANKINS / PHILADA” on the right and “SHARPS / PATENT / 1859” on the left. The upper and lower tangs show good thin blue, with blue on the screwheads. The serial number “11813” crisp on the upper tang. The lower tang shows a little lighter from handling. The buttstock has a tight fit to the frame, good surface, finish, and color. The brass buttplate has a nice, mellow color with some thin brown age spots from the iron mounting screws. The sling swivel is in place on the bottom of the butt stock- these were used with a shoulder sling adjusting through the swivel on one end and buckling around the barrel on the other.  Mechanics function well; bore shows strong rifling but is dull with spots of surface oxidation.

Sharps and Hankins Navy Carbines saw use in extreme conditions during the Civil War and finding an example this complete is a rarity.  [cm][ph:L]

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