created on October 9, 1851
Hartford, Connecticut

• 1848 – Christian Sharps (1810–1874), patented his rifle
  – used paper cartridges
• 1850 first contract for 5,000 rifles
• 1851  manufacturing started
• second contract for 15,000 rifles
  – purchased 25 acres in Hartford, Connecticut for a factory building
• 1853 Christian Sharps left the Company
• 1855-1876 manufacturing was moved to Hartford
• 1872 Sharps introduced the .50-90 Sharps cartridge
• 1876 moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut
• 1878 the last rifle made y Sharps
  – Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878