the coffee mill sharps

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Each soldier was issued 36 pounds of beans a year and brewed it by the one-quart tin cupful strong enough to float a horseshoe and. Less that 100 made for us.

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. A very rare desirable us. In 1859 Sharps Rifle Company began to manufacture a carbine with a hand-cranked grinder built into the butt stock or handle of the rifle. Pin On Butterfly Burning Wings It slid horizontally or vertically.

For the sake of accuracy the Coffee Mill Sharps was an experimental model intended to grind corn not coffee. The sharps coffee mill carbine was the idea of lt. Grinder attachment designed by Lt.

Louis circa 1864 or at the very least assembled by the St. Rare Sharps New Model 1859 Coffee Mill Carbine. This 52-caliber Sharps New Model 1863 Carbine from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West shows an exploded view of buttstocks coffee grinderBuffalo Bill Center of the West.

Also in my experience every one made after the Civil War was done so to defraud. Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore single-shot falling-block breech-loading rifles beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848 and ceasing production in 1881. Civil war sharps percussion new model 1859 coffee mill sharps carbine in fine condition that was in the collection of former secretary of the treasury william e.

Walter King who was on loan from the 4th Missouri Cavalry from 1864-65 found it thoughtful to install a hand-cranked mill to the stock of a 52 caliber Sharps carbine. Union soldiers would fill the stock with beans grind them up dump them out and use the grounds to cook the coffee. An 186352 caliber sharps carbine with a coffee grinder built into the stock the blurb explains it all.

Post by Marshal Deadwood. According to Arsenals records Lt. Less that 100 made for us.

To the best of my knowledge there are no commercially available Coffee Grinder Sharps parts available. Talk with other Shiloh Sharps shooters. Coffee Mill Sharps Carbine An enterprising cavalry colonel came up with the idea of putting a mill in the stock of a Sharps carbine during the Civil War to grind feed.

Sun Oct 28 2007 730 pm Location. 4 posts Page 1 of 1. The Union Army ran on coffee.

Serial 62835 One of the scarcest and most sought after of all Civil War era Sharps carbines are those altered with the experimental grinding system set into the. For the sake of accuracy the Coffee Mill Sharps was an experimental model intended to grind corn not coffee. During the Civil War the Sharps Rifle Company made rifles and carbines for the North and a limited number of guns did have coffee grinders in the stock Sellers book page 77 Ive seen this gun in the Springfield Museum.

The Sharps rifles became. Union soldiers would fill the stock with beans grind them up dump them out and use the grounds to cook the coffee. Manufactured by Sharps Rifle Co Hartford Ct.

As the morning began one Civil War diarist described a scene of little. Model 1859 Sharps single-shot breechloading carbine with iron furniture and iron patchbox. Therefore this is either an original Coffee Mills Sharps as assembled in St.

Bob there are reproduction Coffee Mill Grinder parts around such as the new decorative household Coffee Mills on the market which could. Our Coffee to your door. The idea was that each company would get such a rifle to grind coffee beans for the unit.

By 1874 the rifle was available in a variety of calibers and it was one of the few designs to successfully be adapted to metallic cartridge use. They were renowned for long-range accuracy. Plenty of outdoor seating available.

Walter king of the 4th missouri cavalry. Check out our coffee grinder sharp selection for the very best in unique or custom handmade pieces from our shops. Attach a coffee mill in the buttstock of the 52 Sharps carbine.

Coffee grinder Sharps. Northeast- New York. More like this 2 Brass Cast Iron Table Top Coffee Mill Grinders.

He placed his orders in 1865 and less than 100 Sharps carbine were modified to include the coffee grinder before the war ended. Louis employee in the 1920s with no way to determine which is correct. United States England 20th Century.

Watch Alex from International Military Antiques evaluate an ultra rare Sharps Carbine with coffee grinder in the butt stock. Attach a coffee mill in the buttstock of the 52 Sharps carbine. For the sake of accuracy the Coffee Mill Sharps was an experimental model intended to grind corn not coffee.

About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. Given the originality of the carbine along with its aged parts and the circumstances surrounding its consignment we feel this is an extremely fine example of one of the most talked about Civil War weapons ever manufactured. Talk with other Shiloh Sharps shooters.

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