Dear members of the Double Gun Journal;
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During the past decades the Double Gun Question & Answer Open Forum belongs to my favorite literature and I learned a lot of things and secrets about the history of guns, how to maintain and repair them.
I always was both, surprised and impressed, about the immense knowledge of all your specialists in this forum and this is what encourages me to ask you these two questions:
I’m a proud owner of an original Sharps “Old Reliable” rifle, cal. 45-70, since a couple of years and I’m interested to get more information about originally cased Sharps rifles.
Pictures and reports are very rare and I found not more than two pictures of cased guns over the past years.
Does anybody of you collectors know whether the Sharps Factory offered such cases as a “Special” or “Extra” with the rifle and did they use labels, beside their letter heads, like numerous gun makers in UK do?
If they used labels, do you know where to buy a good reproduction or even an original?
All your answers are most welcome and I thank you all in advance.
Dieter
