Original U.S. Civil War Barn Find Sharps New Model 1863 Vertical Breech Saddle-Ring Carbine - Serial C22655 Display Guns & Parts Sets with orders for 3538 guns

with orders for 3538 guns cancelled

Known by collectors as "ice cream cone" binoculars (due to the shape)

The sweatband is present but deteriorated due to age and use

early automobiles or even for use in the trenches of WW1

This slightly effects folding and carrying when erected but would be an easy fix should someone want to use it

Original U.S. Civil War Barn Find Sharps New Model 1863 Vertical Breech Saddle-Ring Carbine - Serial C22655 Display Guns & Parts Sets with orders for 3538 gunsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a somewhat worn "barn find" example of an original New Model 1863 Military Vertical Breech Carbine in . 52 caliber, serial number C22655. This features a later version of the Sharps action with an improved gas seal and vertical breech. From the looks of it, after the war was over, it was brought home by a soldier, and then used, before it was then mostly left to itself in a country barn. This unfortunately