Palmer as president, Christian Sharps as engineer, and Richard S. In 1851 the "Second Contract" was made for 15,000 rifles and the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company was organized as a holding company with $1,000 in capital and with John C. This is referred to as the "First Contract", which was for 10,000 Model 1851 carbines - of which approximately 1,650 were produced by R&L in Windsor. invented the knife-edge breech block and self-cocking device for the "box-lock" Model 1851. In 1851 the second model was brought to the Robbins & Lawrence Company of Windsor, Vermont where the Model 1851 was developed for mass production. The second model used the Maynard tape primer, and surviving examples are marked Edward Maynard - Patentee 1845. Nippes at Mill Creek, (Philadelphia) Pennsylvania, in 1850. Sharps' initial rifle was patented Septem and manufactured by A. The Model 1874 rifles and carbines were available in a variety of calibers, including. ![]() 52-caliber 475-grain projectile with 50-grain (3.2 g) cartridge, later converted to.
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