okay general store where the guns
there's holsters I imagine guns are
close by okay hey how's it going yeah
good how you guys doing I'm pretty good
we heard you might have some cool guns
here for sale well yeah we got a we got
a bunch of stuff here for you to look at
I own Pioneer market we like guns of all
kinds we especially like the old guns
you got a lot of cool guns here Rick
check it out we have a look at the
sharps have yeah that's cool that's the
1863 sharps carbine the Union Army
wanted to equip all of their troops with
them that they could once they were
proficient at using this weapon they
were unstoppable the sharps carbine is
in beautiful condition it was used
throughout the Civil War in my opinion
it's worth quite a bit of money I'm
asking $2,500 for this changed so many
of the outcomes of the battles during
the Civil War especially the Battle of
Gettysburg the Union Calvary was hiding
in the ridgeline and they had the sharps
carbine and they were able to fire off
you know ten shots in a minute which
gave the impression that the Union had a
lot more guys there at five times as
many guys there yeah and then the
Confederates were just you know it
stopped them in their tracks which gave
the Union more time to prepare this was
the gun of choice the ignition system
was just icing on the cake yeah the
falling block was really just an amazing
advance because you'd put your bullet in
there you would have a piece of paper
that had gunpowder in it you'd push it
in there this would cut the back of the
paper off you'd slide up another primer
which was like a cap that's sent a spark
down a hole pulled the hammer back BAM I
mean it was literally just Bam Bam Bam
Bam Bam that would have been the assault
rifle of its day if you collect Civil
War guns this is one you have to have
you got to have you got a place right
here to shoot these things absolutely
these carbines were really accurate it
would look great in my showcase okay I
can't wait anymore what are we shooting
okay this is the this is a surprise it's
an exploding target
okay set it up downrange about a hundred
yards and that would be typically the
distance that they'd be fighting at okay
today we're gonna be shooting a rather
unique target it's a binary product two
parts being mixed together to form one
this is an impact target so in other
words each projectile has to hit this
element to make it explode
alright you ready to do this I'm ready
you walk with that damn thing no problem
the one thing I have to stress is the
safety element of this this is an
explosive it could kill you
we're taking every safety precaution
that is necessary all right Rick so
Confederates are advancing you see an
exposed powder keg so you can't miss
alright that's your target all right
here we go we're gonna take them out
okay range is hot okay locked and load
three
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fire in the hole I can understand why
they use this gun in the Civil War
straight shooter not a big kick easy to
reload great gun so I give you 1,500
bucks for solid gun good right when you
shot it you know it's you yeah yeah it's
good rifling saw a gun but 1500 bucks I
think Saul the money on the Sharps 1500
is a little light on that I'm sorry I
can't do that what can you do well 2500
is a realistic price on that and they
said they sit and they sit and they said
yeah but when you when you find the
right guy you're gonna get the money out
of it
how about 1700 bucks with a sharps I was
thinking 2 grand
how about 18 cash right now
all right how about 1900 you drive a
hard bargain I can do that okay sweet
300 miles and I'm leaving with something
after a long drive into the middle of
nowhere I'm really glad to be bringing
something home with me and that alone
made this whole day worth it
I had a great day oh yeah I mean the
stories we're gonna come back with yeah
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