VINTAGE DENIX #1142 SHARPS CARBINE 1859 REPLICA PROP RIFLE withWOODEN STOCK

  
THIS IS WITH THE GREY GUN METAL FINISH AND LOOKS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. All our toy guns are fitted with "blaze orange" barrel plugs that conforms to United States Department of Commerce regulations, and it should not be altered. Can NOT be altered to shoot a projectile. FYI, pre-1898 replica does not require an orange plug. Reproduction of a carbine made of metal and wood, with simulated mechanism of loading and firing. The Sharps carbine, created from the design of Christian Sharps in 1848, was a bolt-draw carbine that in addition to being able to use the standard fulminating capsule, had a rather unusual mechanism of priming. It contained a column of fulminating capsules and put one on the chimney each time the trigger was tightened and the hammer fell, making it easier to fire. The carbine version of the Sharps rifles was very popular in both the Union and Confederation cavalry, and unlike the rifle, about 90,000 of the Model 1859 were made. Its draw bolt lent itself to conversions.

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