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Therefore, all of Ancestry Guns' antique guns may be shipped to all US States and most nations around the world. All firearms sold by Ancestry Guns that were manufactured prior to 1899 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms). No FFL, C&R, or any license is required to possess, transport, sell or trade antique guns. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. Guaranteed AUTHENTIC & Includes CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.Īncestry Guns considers all of our antique firearms as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. Delivered directly to your door by express mail! Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction. The front sight blade is an ad hoc replacement. The rear sight assembly is absent as is the rearmost tang screw. The stock is solid with an average amount of wear, but does contain a stable crack on the right wrist between the rear tang and the rear of the lock plate. 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 movies and books. These powerful, accurate and reliable rifles certainly saw history from a firsthand perspective during the conflicts leading up to the Civil War, the war itself, and beyond on the Western Frontier. Over 100,000 Sharps rifles and carbines were purchased and used by the federal government during the American Civil War. Without a doubt, nearly all of these carbines saw service with both Union and Confederate regiments and was the most widely used cavalry arm of the Civil War. The most famous, single-shot percussion firearm used during the Civil War was the Sharps carbine, a. They were, and still are, renowned for their long-range accuracy. Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore single-shot rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848, and ceasing production in 1881. Here we present an antique Sharps New Model 1863 Carbine, made circa 1863 in Hartford, Connecticut. ICONIC Carbine in Original Percussion Configuration CIVIL WAR Era Antique SHARPS NEW MODEL 1863 Saddle Ring Percussion CARBINE