Limited-Edition First Sergeant Ryan Sharps RifleC. Sharps Arms Company in coordination with artist Ralph Heinz has crafted a limited-edition New Model 1874 Sharps rifle with matched serial number to a signed and serialized print of Ralph Heinz’s First Sergeant Ryan. This rifle remains true to the limited information known about First Sergeant Ryan’s privately purchased heavy barrel and scoped Sharps rifle, as depicted in Ralph Heinz’s painting from the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The rifle is a C. Sharps Arms Co., New Model 1874 Hartford Sporting Rifle, chambered in 45-70 and weighing approximately 15 pounds. The rifle is equipped with a full-length traditional style scope, following the designs available in 1876. This limited-edition Sharps rifle can further be identified by its unique 1SGT-1 through 50 serial number and period First Sergeant bars engraved on the right flat. These limited-edition Sharps rifles are all optioned with American walnut stocks, traditional pack hardened receivers, flame blued screws, #1 ½ 30” barrel with rust blue finish, Hartford barrel collar, and Hartford silver forend cap. No options or modifications are available with this limited edition rifle. The price noted includes the cost of the rifle, traditional style scope, the signed and serialized print, shipping, and 8.25% federal excise tax.First Sergeant Ryan Print By Ralph HeinzRalph Heinz is an American Artist and Military Historian. Heinz is best known for his research and artwork from the Battle of the Little Big Horn such as “Last Stand,” “With Their Backs to the Wall,” “Trumpeter Fisher and LT. Hodgson,” and now for the first time in limited print, “First Sergeant Ryan.” Heinz is also recognized for his other notable western artwork such as “The Hide Hunter,” “The Scout & The Tenderfoot,” and “Last of Their Kind.” Heinz’s original work hangs in the collections of C. Sharps Arms Co., the Little Big Horn Battlefield Museum, and The Pentagon. In his work, First Sergeant Ryan, Ralph Heinz in meticulous detail captured the moment on the second day of the battle as Ryan brings his Sharps to bear against the accurate fire of their opponents in the field.
