Perhaps as a result, a number of different rifle companies currently offer reproductions of the Sharps rifle. The Sharps rifles became icons of the American Old West due to their appearances in many Western-genre movies and books.
It was one of the few designs to successfully transition to metallic cartridge use. By the rifle was available in a variety of calibers, and had been adopted by the armies of a number of nations.
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Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore single-shot riflesbeginning with a design by Christian Sharps inand ceasing production in They were renowned for long-range accuracy.
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