SHARPS carbine taken in HIROSHIMA
I was wondering if there are any Sharps collectors out there that might know how a 1863 Sharps carbine ended up being fired at US troops that landed at Hiroshima after the bomb.Its well documented.I will add pics if I can figure it out.
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While I never underestimate our GB panel of experts, these folks may have the answer:
http://www.sharpscollector.com/about_us.html0 -
Japan used Tanegashima Match Locks until the 1860's. Various Western built percussion rifles, then came into use. Modern firearms weren't actually manufactured in Japan until the 1870's.
My guess your Sharps was sold to Japan, sometime after the mid 1860's.
Get hold of Honeycutt's book, "Military Rifles of Japan". For more indepth enlightenment.
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The marking "RSL" on the barrel. Are the initials of Robert S. Lamotte. He was a the military officer/inspector, at Sharps between 1861 & 69. According to my reference.0 -
Originally posted by Grazier
I was wondering if there are any Sharps collectors out there that might know how a 1863 Sharps carbine ended up being fired at US troops that landed at Hiroshima after the bomb.Its well documented.I will add pics if I can figure it out.
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr211/old1892/DSC01880.jpg
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr211/old1892/DSC01881.jpg
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr211/old1892/DSC01882.jpg0 -
Nice looking Sharps. What sort of documentation does it have? 0 -
Check Google books for The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu and eyeball page 396. 0 -
When Christian Cranmer of IMA purchased the arsenal contents from Nepal, the original Sharps factory tooling was in the inventory. 0
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