Manufacturer markings and patent designations are visible but thin on both sides of frame. No original coloring on metal surfaces of the carbine. All frame screws are in fine condition save one. In very good condition, this carbine has a 22” long round barrel and a ‘straight-breech’ type lockplate fitted to its walnut stock and forend. Weapon bears serial # C, 28688 and features a fine, single cartouche stamping “DFC” ( initials in a banner). Stock appears to have been replaced at the factory and has no patchbox on the obverse side. This weapon is in excellent condition and exhibits a factory-like overall appearance. This weapon most likely was part of the Octocontract to Sharp’s Rifle Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Connecticut for standard carbine conversions which included a relined bore and a cam-operated firing pin at the breech. Sometimes referred to as the Model 1867, the conversion process started in February 1865 and continued into the early 1870s with various enhancements and modifications. Presented here is a very fine carbine conversion specimen designed to use a rimfire, metallic, self-contained cartridge. In 1867, over 31,000 of the original Sharps carbines and rifles (of all three styles, NM1859, 1863, 1865) were considered obsolete for government service and were sold or converted to a. 52 caliber, breechloading carbine invented and patented by Hartford, Connecticut native Christian Sharps. The most famous, single-shot, percussion firearm used during the Civil War was the.
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