My girlfriend’s grandfather let me take a look at this rifle. Don’t know much about guns this dang old. The stamp says Harpers ferry 1818 and is definitely the oldest gun I’ve ever held. Has anyone else had any experience with these old guns?
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Originally posted by Rose View PostWOW, awesome piece of history !!!!! I'd be all over the internet searching for info
Yep, as I suspected. Do a web search. LOT'S of info on that rifle.
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Harper's Ferry was a armory. Brown's raid was sometime in 1859, the firearms at that particular armory were "Sharps Carbines". Without a full picture of the rifle, not sure of the caliber. I believe 58 caliber was popular during the Civil War. Definitely a heirloom worth holding on to
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