Photo View: (12-470) SHARPS MODEL 1877 SPORTING RIFLE

One of seventy flve Model 77 Sharps manufactured. Orig 28" full oct bbl, single trigger, open sights, very near exc bore. Stocks are in generally VG cond with checkered forearm and shotgun style buttplate. Top of the bbl is marked 'J.P. Lower; Denver, CO'. All 75 of these were shipped to Lower and most generally they were found in really horrible condition: all of them saw frontier use; they were relatively inexpensive at the time and they were used pretty hard. This is one of the better examples that have surfaced. Retains about 75% toning blue on the bbl, receiver has turned mostly a gray coloration, 'Bridgeport, CT Old Reliable' bbl address. Guaranteed all orig and complete with a letter from Dr. Richard Labowskie (a Sharps historian) which states that this particular gun, Serial #D39, has not been found in the Factory Letters but he states that it is one of the group that went to Colorado. Fine gun.

A $ 15,000