Original U.S. Civil War Sharps & Hankins Model 1862 Sliding Breech Naval Carbine with Leather Cover Remnants - Serial No 691 Receivers or Field Air District

or Field Air District

This very nice example features a 7½” barrel and all matching serial numbers of 169077 indicating manufacture in 1863 and bears the bears on the top of the barrel:

The LSSAH participated in combat during the invasion of Poland

with an eagle with down-swept wings clutching a Balkan cross in its talons and with a mobile swas to its breast

The wounded soldiers had difficulty undressing

Original U.S. Civil War Sharps & Hankins Model 1862 Sliding Breech Naval Carbine with Leather Cover Remnants - Serial No 691 Receivers or Field Air DistrictOriginal Item: Only One Available. Straight out of an old barn and still mostly uncleaned! We have had several examples of the Sharps & Hankins Model 1862 carbine before, however we have never had one that had even a PIECE of the original leather cover. This example however still has some great remnants around the receiver area, and probably has about a third of the cover still present! Originally the cover would have gone all the way to the muzzle,