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

1945 when the war ended

with a history dating back to the middle ages

The BAR never entirely lived up to the original hopes of the War Department

Manufactured in approximately

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