Original U.S. Pennsylvania Long Rifle with Set Trigger and Cheek Rest circa 1840 Discount The Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 is

The Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 is a single shot hammerless falling block action rifle designed by Hugo Borchardt and made by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company

An element of the 88th is credited with being first to enter the Eternal City

dated 1938 and marked ROMA

These cans in general terms are still serviceable but will have defects that may include:

It happens to have been made in Liège in what is today Belgium

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Long Rifle with Set Trigger and Cheek Rest circa 1840 Discount The Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 isOriginal Item: Only One Available. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage, together with a couple of hundred other guns. Here is an octagonal barreled Rifled "Kentucky" style rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. The Rifled . 39 caliber octagonal barrel is 37" long and the rifle measures 52 1 2" in overall length. The percussion lock looks to be a British "Trade" lock, but the maker marking is worn