Sharps Firearms Volume III Model 1874, 1875 & 1877 Target Rifles and Model Variations. By Roy Marcot, Ron Paxton, Edward W. Marron, Jr. First Edition Signed by All Three Authors. Published by Northwood Heritage Press, Marana, AZ. Hardcover. 425 pages. Illustrated with Color Photographs. 12 inch X 10 inch. Full-color Dust Jacket. Like new condition. Please enlarge photographs for details.

This hardcover book is the third volume of a four-volume series on Sharps Firearms.

Over the past 10 years, Marcot, Paxton, Bailey, Lebowskie and Marron spent countless hours researching all available Sharps records and photographing firearms, including those in the Smithsonian Institution, the National Archives, the Connecticut State Archives, the Connecticut Historical Society, and the McCracken Research Library. In addition to Dr. Lebowskie’s vast Sharps collection of records, the authors have studied Sharps materials in numerous private collections throughout the United States, all willingly shared by collectors and historians

This book covers all Model 1874 Sharps Target Rifles (Creedmoor, Long Range, Mid-Range, Short Range and Schuetzen Rifles), as well as the rarely encountered Model 1874 (Military Target Rifles). It also covers all Model 1875 and Model 1877 Target Rifles.

The book covers all Model 1874 Variations, including the Hunter's Rifles, Express Rifles, "A" Rifles, Business Rifles, Heavy-barrel Rifles, Military Rifles & Carbines, "Old Model" and "Special Model" Rifles, Overbaugh Rifles, and all Conversions and Modification Rifles.