To commemorate Lyman’s 140th year in business, we are proud to introduce our new Lyman Sharps Carbine – 140th Anniversary Model. This beautiful rifle is being made for us by Pedersoli, who several years ago began making our 45-70 caliber 1878 Sharps rifle. Our new Sharps Carbine is a streamlined, lighter weight version of the 1878 model, and will be chambered in 30-30 Winchester. The rifle will be equipped with a Lyman #2 Tang sight, which was one of the original sights that gave us our start 140 years ago.
Limited to only 140 units, serialized 1-140
Rifles will be engraved with
“Lyman Gun Sight Company 1878 - 2018
140 years”
Caliber – 30-30 Winchester
Streamlined, lighter version of our 1878 Sharps Rifle
24” barrel
7 pound weight
Front sight pivots to allow the shooter to choose between a blade sight or a globe style bead sight
Caliber Dictionary
The Below Information Has Been Provided From Our Gun Caliber Dictionary And Is Meant For Informational Purposes Only. It Is Not Intended to Describe The Unique Specifications For This Ammunition.
The 30-30 Winchester (30 Winchester Center Fire or WCF) was introduced in Winchester's John Browning-designed Model 1894. The rifle was intended for smokeless powder…but the first smokeless powder sporting cartridges, the 30-30 and 25-35, weren't ready for release until 1895. Its "30-30" designation meant ".30-caliber, 30 grains of powder." This is a carryover from blackpowder designations, but 30 grains of smokeless powder gave the 30-30 unprecedented velocity for its day. The 30-30 quickly became America's gold-standard deer cartridge--and despite the many faster cartridges now available, it remains a very effective deer cartridge out to perhaps 150 yards. It has been chambered in single-shots and bolt-actions, but its traditional home is the tubular-magazine lever-action...which requires very blunt-nosed bullets, the lone exception being Hornady's FTX with a compressible polymer tip. All major manufacturers offer 30-30 ammuntion, and rifles are available from multiple sources. — Craig Boddington
