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The 'coffee grinder' sharps carbine with a mill right in the stock (10 photos) 02/05/2016 09:27 pm | by chris eger were guessing the union army didnt have a lot of baristas in the lines. See this and many other incredible artifacts on display in coffee:

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In september 1862, confederates obtained seventeen of the machine guns when they captured harpers ferry, and used them sparingly in 1864.

The coffee mill sharps. Civil war sharps percussion new model 1859 coffee mill sharps carbine in fine condition that was in the collection of. Rare sharps new model 1859 coffee mill carbine. An excellent history of coffee's role in the civil war by jon grinspan has kindled interest in guns

Bob, there are reproduction coffee mill grinder parts around, such as the new decorative household coffee mills on the market, which could probably be used to fabricate a coffee mill sharps carbine. The documented coffee mill sharps residing at springfield museum exhibits an iron grinding system, not brass as is the example. Plain and simple, don't buy one today as anything other than a reproduction.

A very rare & desirable u.s. Nippes at mill creek, (philadelphia) pennsylvania, in 1850. Civil war sharps new model 1863 percussion saddle carbine with coffee mill stockthis new model 1863 is fitted with a reproduction coffee mill with the detachable handle attached on the left side.

The sharps rifle manufacturing company was founded in 1851 and produced 20 rifle models before dissolving in 1881. During or after the war, a clever soldier retrofitted the butt of the gun with a coffee mill for grinding on the go! These arms are exceptionally rare and extreme caution.

Serial # 62835 one of the scarcest and most sought after of all civil war era sharps carbines are those altered with. Sharps' initial rifle was patented september 12, 1848 and manufactured by a. The world in your cup & st.

Very rare & desirable u.s. Walter king of the 4th missouri cavalry. Back side of mill in the buttstock.

The documented coffee mill sharps residing at springfield museum exhibits an iron grinding system, not brass as is the example. Civil war sharps percussion new model 1859 coffee mill carbine in fine condition! The coffee mill gun was also used somewhat by the union during mcclellan's peninsula campaign in 1862.

Collectors have come to know these experimental combinations as the coffee mill sharps rifle. And, if you can find a real one, it can be quite expensive. (known examples have handle on the right).

Museum technician fayelee overman positions a circa 1900 coffee ration bag, with a magnifying glass to help see the remaining coffee grounds in the bottom of the bag, while installing an. Beans went in a small hole at the base, the crank was turned, and out fell fresh ground coffee. This mill was invented by lieut.

Some models of the sharps issued during the american civil war featured a detachable coffee mill inside the stock. 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. Sharps coffee grinder carbine | international military antiques.

And, if you can find a real one, it can be quite expensive. You're a clever guy, so i'll bet you could add one to a reproduction sharps carbine. The union army was not the only one to have used the coffee mill guns.

A very rare & desirable u.s. I also know of people fabricating them today with modern technology. Serial #53,855, all original & complete.

Walter king, a soldier with a missouri cavalry outfit, developed a grinding mill that could be incorporated into the buttstock of a sharps. Watch alex from international military antiques evaluate an ultra rare sharps carbine with coffee grinder in. Walter king, a soldier with a missouri cavalry outfit, developed a grinding mill that could be incorporated into the buttstock of.

The panels also include information about the coffee mill sharps rifle, a carbine made in the 1860s that included a small coffee grinder in its stock. Walter king of the 4th missouri cavalry and was actually intended to grind grain to feed the cavalry during raids. True, there were surplus original coffee millparts at the old st.louis arsenal that were assembled onto original sharps carbines by an employee whom had access to the parts.

Less that 100 made for u.s. Collectors have come to know these experimental combinations as the coffee mill sharps rifle.

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