Original U.S. Sharps Borchardt Old Reliable Model 1878 Breechloading Military Rifle - Serial 16919 Other European Militaria so it was decided to

so it was decided to re-issue them to the British Home Guard (Dad's Army) to meet the expected NSDAP invasion

with a brief period of combat in the Haitian Revolution

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

1945 when the war ended

The serial number indicates that it was built at Springfield in 1878

Original U.S. Sharps Borchardt Old Reliable Model 1878 Breechloading Military Rifle - Serial 16919 Other European Militaria so it was decided toOriginal 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