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Sharps rifle
Description
A falling-block breech-loader renowned for its accuracy. Its carbine version was prized by Union cavalry.
Historical use
- American Civil War
- Buffalo hunting
Technical data
- Year
- 1848
- Service
- 1848–1881
- Country
- United States
- Maker
- Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company
- Designer
- Christian Sharps
- Type
- Carbine
- Mechanism
- Single-shot breechloader
- Calibre
- .52 (13,2 mm)
- Weight
- 3.6 kg
- Length
- 990 mm
- Units made
- ≈ 100,000
Source: Wikidata Q968374
