How to Load and Fire a Sharps Carbine or Rifle 💥💥😁
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- čas přidán 11. 01. 2023
- Christian Sharps developed the Sharps rifle in 1848. Since then the Sharps carbines and rifles were used in the American Civil War, the Native American wars, and by hunters. It was a very significant rifle developed before the invention of smokeless powder. It was first designed to use paper cartridges but would be later converted and manufactured to fire metallic cartridges. This video shows how to load most Sharps Rifles and Carbines that fire metallic cartridges.
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One of my favorite rifles. Got the pleasure to hold one but I am unfortunately not a collector of pre WW1 items.
Why not
@@MediocreMedic123 finicky as heck and not entirely useful other than for fun. Expensive ammo like the 45lc and 45-70. Shotguns of that era? Forget about safely shooting them for longevity.
@@MediocreMedic123 because it cost a lot of money
If I hold a rifle that's obtainable and call it "one of my favorites" then that rifle is coming home with me.
I looked it up theyre $1300 msrp
The sharps carbine in a nutshell...
We went from musket to slightly better musket.
Musket? Brah you need to do some research on what a musket is lol
Not a musket first o e was a carbine second one was a actual rifle
This is more like we went from musket to a rifle
@@Ilikemeth770 it's a joke. The hammer looks exactly like one from the musket.
@@justajanitor7606 what musket
It’s so cool to think how far firearms technology has come
invention of smokeless powder changed a lot about the industry!
Or that the sharps was really outdated when it came out. I mean come on thats just a few years short of second gen breachloaders.
@@hannesromhild8532 what do you mean? When first developed in 1848 it was certainly the best breechloader
@@SStupendous It was certainly not! The Dreyse was way better and guess wich one of the two became the grandpa of every important millitary rifle until semiautos came along in ww2. The Dreyse stayed the king till the chassepot came along.
The Sharps was a rare sight while the Dreyse became the main gun of the best army in the world.
@@hannesromhild8532 Yeah you clearly do not know what you're talking about...
The only connection the Dreyse really has to most bolt-action rifles is the bolt in the action. Aside from that, you can't really act like it's that amazing.
Second, the Dreyse was very leaky, to the point where soldiers would prefer to shoot from the hip to protect their faces from the burns that could come from the gases hissing from the breach after half a dozen rounds. That is well documented, actually. And undeniably. The Sharps meanwhile managed to seal the gases correctly, like any half-good modern rifle.
False comparisons. The Dreyse was hardly seen in the US or anywhere but Europe, the Sharps was the opposite case. The Sharps' mechanism is still used in common artillery up to 108mm by the way. The bolt on the action is the only thing it passed on. It was very much inferior to the chassepot and all bolt guns that came after it.
“The Sharps Carbine is an instrument of uncanny balance and precision”
The 7th cavalry’s weapon of choice. Meanwhile the native Americans had repeating winchesters and the numbers. It was a foregone conclusion at the Little Bighorn!
The 7th cavalry had trapdoor springfields at the battle of Little Bighorn.
It wasn't a foregone conclusion. Not due to the weapons. Custer split his fellas up in three groups and left his heavy weapons behind. Than it became a foregone conclusion.
I'd much rather a repeater over all these steps to reload. Get er' done
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Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Think they would of been better off just shooting custard an saying we're on your side dudes.,..blamo..see. do you want me to scalp him too cos I will he was a turd burglar anyways
“The Texas Ranger presses on.”
Preserving the physical history of firearms is just As essential as history itself
Indeed 🍻 😁
Trust me there are more important artifacts worth preserving than firearms
And believe me there's no shortage of old guns - how about we don't compare firearms history to history as a whole, because they're really not that interesting
@@rambo-cambo3581 🤓
@@rambo-cambo3581 that is your personal opinion, but there is a lot of world changing history tied to weapons innovation
@@rambo-cambo3581 it’s all part of one story so it’s just as important as history is because it is history
90 % of the people have no idea what that is
A guy at my local Cabela's had no idea what a rolling block was. He called it a flint lock
I play Hunt Showdown and that got me into those kinda guns a bit lol
@@andrewlavoie3639 Amateurs, Retvrn to hunting spear
I am the 10%
@@Basedlocation *B A S E D*
*LEGENDARY SHARPS!!!!!*
i shot a sharps carbine that was used in the battle of Gettysburg. full authentication and all. to this day still shoots straight and i loved the smell of that black powder
"I've killed fiddy men"
@@hipjoeroflmto4764 “Now fix me a sandwich woman.”
watch my two newest shorts. i launched a pen outta mine lmfao, that hammer is HEAVY.
I mean to say it launches out via the firing pin smacking it. Super clever design to make them into cartridge firing rifles too
_Pass the whiskey_
A game called Hunt:Showdown uses a variant of the Sharps, renamed too Sparks in the game. It is known for its damage of 149 in a game which your health is 150 with a long reload and low damage drop off, offset by its long reload of 4 seconds and its limited ammo of 17 bullets.
Lol
He wrote us a short novel, we should be proud.
Watch Quigley down under for full demonstration!
great movie!
Holding the rifle like a video character just unlocked a new weapon
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This is just like total war: shogun 2 Fall of the samurai
almost reminds me of the martini henry. First learned of the MH in BF1 and fell in love with one. just bought one last year and its a blast at the range. Ive even had some success with it while deer hunting.
Awesome! You reload for it?
I normally only like modern small arms but there's something special and satisfying about this particular firearm
Indeed 😎
"Any sharps rifle" *anger percussion sharps noises* missing a step or two for all sharps
Correct, I should have specified.
Such a weird thing. It's like a modern rifle mixed with a musket.
Yep it was in that transitional period of single shot rifles
as a hunt player i can say
very nice rifle
149 body damage in cost of one bullet charge... kinda meh, thought it's pretty cheap and is a large caliber. would still need a stalker beatle + poison bullets
I love the “kablammy” 😂
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Those are some damn fine rifles Sir! Kudos to you for sharing!
Thanks 🍻
real life: sharps rifle
me: Ohhh sPArKs?!
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Didn’t know there was a gun that takes 15 buttons, trigonometry, and extensive knowledge about the after life just to load. Just give me an axe at this point lmfao 😂😂
😂 that’s the way it was 😆
Don't tell this guy about muzzle loaders, he'll have a fit.
You should have covered this dressed as Matthew Quigly
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I’m imagining him doing this in like the conference room at his work place 😂
Lol 😂
I see why they died so fast at war back then. Jesus you better make every shot count lmao
yea! but imagine you having this vs enemy with muzzle loaders like the Enfield Pattern 1853
@@BattlefieldCurator Or if you were packing a Spencer?
Sir you can't have that. That's a weapon of war.
Lol 😂
Wonder how many Buffalo fell to the rifle
The Army actually picked it because it will knock a horse down. .45-70. There's a bunch more bigger cartridges out there for those rifles.
i love Sparks LRR
the sharps rifle had a good range and was fairly accurate for its time
Thats like 8 actions to reload and fire holy
Lol
Jeremiah sharp had to be one of the best firearm designers in the late 19th century
By the time im done reloading, the enemy gave me at least 6 bullet holes
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I can only imagine the stress while reloading this
*during a battle*
It was definitely faster than the majority of the rifles seen on the battlefield during the civil war as they were muzzle loaded.
Thought this was VR for a sec.
"And not touch" was an expertly accidentally broke in tone.
Lol
Beautiful!
This just makes Billy Dixon's feat all the more impressive.
Wild west podcast
This just makes me want to play hunt showdown
The set teigger is my favorite part I've always wanted one
It’s very fine, a light touch and it goes bang ❗️
Sure makes me jealous to see the ones that have these at CW reenactments, but It thrills me to see how much the spectators love to hear them talk. Great video, lovely rifle.
Basically a martini henry with a extra step
I love the sharps
Wish I had one.
i actually knew this because the Sharps is in hunt showdown
Love this gun so much
My go to for Heat type shootout
No matter how far we've come, never forget where we began. Who knows, learning how these work could rebuild society someday in the future lol
Reminds me of the Martini Henry.
They are fun to shoot. They drop a lot in 100 yards. But it fun to hunt with one shot one kill no scope.
Easy and quick 👌🏻
Death by enemy knife not an option😆😆
Beautiful, I have a Wilder brigade Spencer from the 17th Indiana. My tactical buddies will never understand the coolness of these pieces of history.
Lol well maybe one day they will understand history then understand the coolness of historical things
KA-blamy!
The 1859 and 1863 Sharps rifles and carbines are all shot in competition in the North-South Skirmish Assoc. You don't have to pull it to half cock to load it but it's helpful to do so after the first round is fired bc the cap will stick and fall into the action making it a bugger to dig out, also HIGHLY recommend flipping the rifle on its side after loading bc its designed to clip the very tail section of the combustible cartridge and a small ammount of powder will end up just in front of the nipple, meaning you get some powder flashing back towards you when you shoot that was lying on top of the action. The 1863 actually had a semi circle of wood cut out of the forend where with meets with the action because in the heat of battle, powder would accumulate in the small area below the action from the cut cartridges and eventually, with sustained fire, would ignite and blow the forened off. Which is disconcerting at best but makes life difficult if you have a bunch of people trying to kill you at the same time and your gun seems to try to do the same.
Ah yea I remember reading about the forend thing... lol yea not good if that happens in combat! Thanks for sharing the info
How much faster was this than a trained musketeer?
Cause it would be difficult to just instinctively fire this gun.
I’ve got an 1884 Springfield trapdoor rifle and it has brought me such an appreciation of these older guns
Playing history's american civil war on the ps2 introduced me to lots of different firearms used during the war, this was my favorite to use. Have anyone review the revolver rifle yet?
That thing looks crazy never seen one
Yep, it had a great deal of fame during the Civil War and into the late 1800s.
So simple, so elegant
Wasn’t that the rifle he used in Valdez is coming??
Yknow this was helpful I always wondered how to reload my 1800s standard issue rifle that can be found in every household
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As a HUNT player this brings me joy
The Hair Trigger is a nice touch.
The „set“ trigger is actually called „Deutscher Stecher“
love to have one!!!
Me too lol
I want a sharps carbine & a Spencer Carbine. Wish reproductions were available/ still being made.
The Spencer could hold multiple rounds right? Didn't they call it the week rifle cause you could shoot 7 rounds? Monday through sunday?
@@codemcloud6073 That was the Original Henry Rifle I believe. The Henry 1860. Reproductions of that are expensive but still being made regularly by Taylor Co. Or Henry Repeating Arms.
At the time they were both favored by many troops. Lincoln himself I believe fired a Spencer once.
@@codemcloud6073 Colonel John Mosby stated, “that damned Yankee rifle that they load on Sunday and shoot all week.” But that was in reference to the Henry repeating rifle
When did they stop making them, this year? Recently, right?
That's right. He shot one that was rusty and jammed, then did a second test in person WITH Spencer himself. That's how we got 106,667 spencers ordered for the war, most of which saw service.@@Dellloga
Love those old style rifles
This is more complex than 3 grade university mathematics 💀
OMG what a beautiful rifle for a collection. I'd love to have one under glass.
It may be a little rough but it’s the character 😎
great gun for shooting peekers in, The Hunt
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Nice.
I think I'll stick to a Winchester
What Chads those old school snipers were. "No scope? No problem we will set the sight back as far as possible and same for the front sight". In that sense it makes aiming as if you are aiming from the barrels pov.
well done good video
Great rifle but a little redundant. Thank God for the lever action.
Mepen Wesson made a beautiful 9mm carbine.
So it's pretty much the same principle used for large cannons but with a handheld rifle
Such a beautiful rifle
Was expecting more hunt showdown comments, so I'm here to fill the gap
What a great gun in American history.
Would be so neat to own one.
They have replicas by pedersoli that seem really nice and fire modern ammo
I’ve got the original 1874 Shiloh Sharps 45-70, with Vernier sights. Never had the carbine, but it must be a lot lighter.
this'll be useful if I ever find myself on a mid 19th century battlefield, thanks!
Info that will never matter when you need to defend yourself. 😂
Cross between Ice Cream Scoop and Baseball Bat ⚾️
Bro really for that Quigley sown under drip
Haha 😁
I got to shoot a pedrosoli 1874 last week that lever on the bottom snaps back into place forcefully. I found that out the hard way. 14 lbs doesn't seem like much but I found out it's a shit ton.
I absolutely love late 19th early 20th century breach loading rifles. My absolute favorite is the Remington Rolling Block. In my humble opinion is simply the best design for military use.
Not in a world were needle guns existed.
Wow they turned the gun from hunt into a real thing
What a wonderful rifle.
Stunning weapon
Where my fellow Fistful of Frags enjoyers at?
It is the tool that almost made the American bison extinct.
Sadly yes, it had been a favorite rifle of choice among hunters
Alone want to cut the tail of the paper cartridge with the breech-block. gives better ignition comes from the civil war memoirs, manuals and personal experience.
Sparks uppercut
Sharps rifle with 100% more trigger per trigger
I have an original black powder version that takes the paper cartridges.
Nice! Ever heard of the Paper Lady? She makes hand rolled paper empty cartridges for them. You just add your black powder of choice after your order a box. Her name is Mary Whisante
You mean the sparks LLR
😂 yea I’ve heard it’s a “Sparks” from Hunt Showdown
Those set triggers are no joke.
Yep! 😂
perfect, this'll come really useful in my next deployment to the lawson delta
Lol
First thing you wanna do is put it back in your gun safe because it's extremely rare and cost more then everything I own put together
Lol 😂 you’re not wrong. This one is actually available on the shelf at All American Firearms in Aiken
@@BattlefieldCurator I love the content my friend. I didn't know they made reman versions. My wife's gonna kill me but I have to have one lol