The TV show Sharpe’s Rifles is a different thing. Lt Sharpe, was leader of a unit armed with Baker Rifles set in 1809.
New Jersey man Christian Sharp started patenting rifle designs in 1848.
Two different things.
Oh, yes, I’m completely aware of that, I was simply responding to the comment regarding Sean Bean from LYDIAONTARIO. Sean Bean starred in the Richard Sharpe series produced by Masterpiece Theater back in the 90s.
Thank you, though.
I remember reading about long-range Sharp rifles being used by the buffalo hunters (”buffalo runners”, as they called themselves) during the 1870s. And of course, the famous Sharp rifle used by Tom Selleck in “Quigley Down Under”.