Original U.S. Sharps Borchardt Old Reliable Model 1878 Breechloading Military Rifle - Serial 16919 Other European Militaria What a piece of nostalgia

What a piece of nostalgia from on old man’s childhood and maybe also from yours

Manufactured in approximately

with a brief period of combat in the Haitian Revolution

for use of horseback and a lanyard ring to the butt

which is obtained without any complicated arrangement

Original U.S. Sharps Borchardt Old Reliable Model 1878 Breechloading Military Rifle - Serial 16919 Other European Militaria What a piece of nostalgiaOriginal Item: Only One Available. 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. It closely resembles older Sharps Rifle but has firing mechanism uses a hammerless striker rather than a hammer and firing pin like the old Sharps Rifle. It was the last of the Sharps single shot rifles, and the Borchardt did not sell very well. Some