Original U.S. Civil War Sharps New Model 1863 Vertical Breech Saddle-Ring Carbine - Serial C,30468 - Unconverted Lee-Enfield (SMLE) but equipped with a finger

but equipped with a finger activated pencil that enabled the navigator to make a number of vertical marks on a piece of roughened gray paper mounted below the index knob

with yellow celeon threads holding in the center of most of the gold ornamentation

Pre-WWII high explosive-filled Mk IIs were painted bright yellow

However it was itself then replaced shortly afterwards by the Webley Mk

There is however no evidence that this example ever had one

Original U.S. Civil War Sharps New Model 1863 Vertical Breech Saddle-Ring Carbine - Serial C,30468 - Unconverted Lee-Enfield (SMLE) but equipped with a fingerOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of an original New Model 1863 Military Vertical Breech Carbine in . 52 caliber, serial number C,30468, which was Sharps way of writing 134,747. (C is the Roman Numeral for 100,000). This features a later version of the Sharps action with an improved gas seal and vertical breech. The carbine has a nice aged look, with no signs of major restoration. The wood stocks are in good shape, showing