Sharps Rifle

Overview

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Sharps Rifle
General Information
Type	Breech loaded rifle
Place of Origin	United States of America
Manufacturer(s)	A. S. Nippes at Mill Creek, R&L in Windsor, Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company
Designer	Christian Sharps
Designed	1848
Number Built	120,000+
Produced	1850 - 1881
In Service	1850 - 1881
Wars	American Civil War
Specifications
Cartridge(s)	.52-caliber 475-grain projectile with 50-grain (3.2 g) cartridge, .45-70 Gov't
Rate of Fire	8 - 10 rounds per minutes
Muzzle Velocity	370 m/s
Action	Falling Block
Fire-Modes	Single-shot
Feed System	1 round
Effective Range	460m
Maximum Range	910m
Dimensions
Length	1,200mm
Other
Default Sights	Iron Sights
Rifling	Yes

The Sharps rifle is a breech loading single-shot rifle developed by Christian Sharp in 1848. They are renowned for long-range accuracy and was available in a variety of calibers and had been adopted by the armies of a number of nations and was one of the few successful designs to transition to metallic cartridge use.

American Civil War
Firearms	Breech Loaded Rifle	Sharps Rifle
	Rifle Muskets	Lorenz Model 1854 • Springfield Model 1861 • Springfield Model 1863
	Revolvers	Colt 1851 Navy Revolver
Artillery	Field Guns	3-inch Wrought Iron Rifle

Weapons of the United States of America 19th Century (1800 - 1899)

Infantry Weapons
Semi-Automatic Pistols	[[]]
Revolvers	Colt 1849 • Colt 1851 • Colt 1860 • Colt 1861 • Colt 1862 • Colt 1871 • Colt 1873 • Colt 1877 • Colt 1878 • Colt 1892 • Colt 1889 • Colt Dragoon (Baby Dragoon) • Colt New Line • Colt New Pocket • Colt Paterson • Colt Walker
Bolt-Action Rifles	Springfield M1896 • Springfield M1898
Breech-Loading Rifles	Burnside Carbine • Hall M1819 (M1833 Carbine • M1843 Carbine) • Jenks M1841 (M1841 Carbine) • Marlin–Ballard (No. 0 • No. 1 • No. 1-1/2 • No. 1-3/4 • No. 2 • No. 3 • No. 3-1/2 • No. 4 • No. 4-1/2 • No. 4-1/2 A-1 • No. 4-1/4 • No. 5 • No. 5-1/2 • No. 6 • No. 6-1/2 • No. 7 • No. 7 A-1 • No. 8 • No. 9 • No. 10) • Sharps Rifle
Repeaters	Evans (Old Sporting • Old Military • Old Carbine • Transitional Sporting • Transitional Military • Transitional Carbine • New Sporting • New Military • New Carbine) • Henry 1860 • Jennings Rifle • Marlin 1881 • Marlin 1889 • Marlin 1894 • Whitney–Burgess–Morse • Whitney–Kennedy • Whitney–Scharf
Rifled Musket	Springfield M1861 • Springfield M1863
Light Machine Guns	[[]]
Heavy Machine Guns	Colt 1895
Anti-Personnel Grenades	[[]]
Flamethrowers	[[]]
Anti-Tank Rifles	[[]]
Infantry Mortars	[[]]

Artillery
Anti-Aircraft Guns	[[]]
Field Guns	3-inch Wrought Iron Rifle
Howitzers	[[]]
Infantry Guns	[[]]
Mortars	[[]]
Railroad Artillery	[[]]
Siege Artillery	[[]]

Land Vehicle Weapons
Vehicle Machine Guns	[[]]
Automatic Cannons	[[]]

Aircraft Weapons & Munitions
Aircraft Machine Guns	[[]]

Naval Weapons & Munitions
Naval Cannons	[[]]