Original U.S. Civil War Sharps New Model 1863 Vertical Breech Saddle-Ring Carbine - Serial C,30468 - Unconverted Lee-Enfield (SMLE) and the sight does not

and the sight does not move

Exact date of manufacture is unknown

but equipped with a finger activated pencil that enabled the navigator to make a number of vertical marks on a piece of roughened gray paper mounted below the index knob

It does not have the reinforced press-button aperature of the Carter Type EB22

Anthony Carter's book

Original U.S. Civil War Sharps New Model 1863 Vertical Breech Saddle-Ring Carbine - Serial C,30468 - Unconverted Lee-Enfield (SMLE) and the sight does notOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of an original New Model 1863 Military Vertical Breech Carbine in . 52 caliber, serial number C,30468, which was Sharps way of writing 134,747. (C is the Roman Numeral for 100,000). This features a later version of the Sharps action with an improved gas seal and vertical breech. The carbine has a nice aged look, with no signs of major restoration. The wood stocks are in good shape, showing