£500
A rare American .54" rim fire Sharps & Hankins Army Rifle, number 9545, 38½" overall, barrel 24" with ratchet rearsight, fore sight on separate barrel band, and original leather covering and correct leather sling, the under lever slides the barrel forward for loading, the frame marked "Sharps Patent 1859" and "Sharps & Hankins, Philada", the left frame also stamped "P" above "WCW", plain walnut butt with brass butt plate. GWO & C Frank Sellers in "Sharps Firearms" states that only 500 were made. £500-600
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