Old West Sharp
First produced in late 1876, Sharps’s M-1877—the so-called “English Model”—is among the rarest of Sharps rifles and is considered the most elegant by many collectors, due to its graceful British-style hammer and sleek English lines, as evidenced in this original Sharps Long Range No. 1 rifle. Although the ’77 employed British-made lockplates and barrel blanks, it was actually manufactured at Sharps’s Bridgeport, Connecticut, factory.
Although Shiloh’s 1877 #1 comes standard with a single trigger, a pistol grip-style, straight-grained American black walnut stock and forearm, and a beautifully color case hardened receiver, this custom model uses finely figured Turkish walnut. Its Rigby rib (on top of barrel), tang rear sight and hooded blade front sight are also optional extras, as is the engraving, as shown in the inset.
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