.45-100. 29.5" heavy octagon barrel. SN: 411?0. Blued and color casehardened finish, smooth straight-gripped walnut stock and Schanbel forend. Heavy barreled cartridge target rifle alteration of a Civil War period Sharps percussion carbine action. Unlike Meecham alterations which altered the percussion lock plates by cutting them down and removing the pellet priming system, this lock retains the basis of that mechanism, although the feed arm and spring have been removed. Standard Civil War era lock and receiver markings, top flat of barrel marked "WHEN A FRIEND COULD TRUST A FRIEND". Barrel measures 1.25" across the flats at the muzzle. Equipped with a Vernier tang sight, a globe front sight and double set triggers. Carbine sling bar recess in reverse stock filled with a blank plate. Triggerguard marked with the museum accession number "79.176.10". Consignor's notes indicate the gun was deaccessioned from the collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH. The marking on the barrel could be a reference to the 1923 silent film The Covered Wagon which includes a scene where two drunk friends shoot tin cans from each other's heads at 100 yards to celebrate "the days when a friend could trust a friend". The film also includes a buffalo hunt scene, which would be appropriate for a heavy barreled Sharps.