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We have a complete selection of back issues and encourage everyone to buy the issues that cover their collecting
interests or to complete their sets.

Single Issues of the SCA Report are available to current members only. New members are encouraged to purchase
past issues.

Back issue prices are:

Volumes 1 through 6 are priced at $8.00 per issue.

Volume 7 number 1, thru Volume 13 No. 2 are priced at $10.00 per issue. Volume 13 No. 3 thru the current number is
$15.00 each.

The postage is $1.90 per issue in the United States and $2.15 per issue for foreign postage.

The combined issue, Volumes 9 #3 and Volume 10 # 1 is $30.00 and out of print but available via e-mail at the same
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A complete set of the Reports from Volume 1 through Volume 20 is $500.00

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 S. C. A. Reports, Volumes 1 – 22
Vol. 1 No. 1

Hunting with Old Reliable, by Dave Thorn

155,978, by Jerry Mayberry
Some Research on Schuyler, Hartley & Graham, by Jerry Mayberry

Vol. 1 No. 2

The Sharpshooters Match at Virginia City, Montana, by Jim Edwards

Encyclopedia of Buffalo Hunters, by Miles Gilbert
The Yellowstone Expedition of 1863, Pt. 1, from History of Montana
Sharps Bridgeport Checks

Vol. 1 No. 3

Selected Biographies of Buffalo Hunters, by Miles Gilbert

Shipments of Model 1874 Rifles to Montana, by Jerry Mayberry
A Texas Sharps Letter
The Yellowstone Expedition of 1863, part 2

Vol. 1 No. 4

Freund and Bro., Pioneer Gun Makers of the West, by Pablo Balentine
William Thornhill, by Harvey Zikmundt
A Visit to Adobe Walls, by Jerry Mayberry
The Yellowstone Expedition of 1863, part 3

Vol. 2 No. 1

The Original Sharps Rifle Company Records, by R. L. Moore, Jr., M. D.

New Model 1859 Military Rifles, by John McAulay
Report for King Woolsey to General Carleton, Arizona Historical Society
Trout Breeding in Vernon, Vernon Historical Society

Vol. 2 No. 2

Two Shots Would Have Been Nice, submitted by Pablo Balentine

Sharps Metallic Rifle Cartridges, by Jerry Mayberry
An Interesting Carbine, by John McAulay
Survivors, by Dick Chamberlain
Model 1874 Serial Number Sequence, by Dave Thorn
The Big Bear of Hermosa, Forest and Stream, 12/22/1881
Vol. 2 No. 3

Buffalo Guns and Adobe Walls, by Gerald Mayberry

Vol. 2 No. 4

Letter from Captain Wickersham, submitted by Terry Behm

Vol. 3 No. 1

Guns & Ammo, Gale Stockman, 2/4/1927 to 9/1/1995

Sharp’s Breech-Loading Rifles, Scientific American, 3/9/1850
Jimmy’s First Deer, submitted by Terry Behm
What in the World, by Richard Napoli
1995 Summer Tour

Vol. 3 No. 2

W. M. D. Lee, by Jerry Mayberry

Buffalo Skinner’s Song, by Dot Babb
Some Thoughts on the Ethics of Collecting, by Gary Roedl
A Civil War Letter, submitted by Pablo Balentine
Fort Connah

Vol. 3 No. 3

Tom Axtell
Last Effort to Save the Bison, Technical World, 7/1912
Two Letters Relating to the Springfield Sharps

Vol. 3 No. 4

Denver, by Jerry Mayberry

The Other Long Shot, by Jerry Mayberry
An Even Earlier Long Shot, submitted by Terry Behm
Excerpts for American Breech Loading Small Arms, 1872
Some Comments of the “Berdan Sharpshooters”, The Rifle, 12/1886

Vol. 4 No. 1

Reno Battlefield Museum, by Ralph Heinz

Robbins & Lawrence, by Gary Roedl
Vol. 4 No. 2

Things Aren’t Always What They Seem, by Jerry Mayberry

Gored by a Wounded Buffalo, Frontier Times, 4/1924
Rambling Shots from the Past, by Claude E. Fuller

Vol. 4 No. 3

Leo Goodwin, by Gary Roedl

A Buffalo Sharps, by Warren Werner
Some Prejudiced Thoughts on Caliber for Reproduction Sharps, by Jerry Mayberry
Origins of the Rifle Musket, by John K. McBride

Vol. 4 No. 4

Don’t Bow’er Up, by Jerry Mayberry

Life is Good, by Jerry Mayberry
An Eastern Sporting Rifle, by Jim Zupan

Vol. 5 No. 1

1850 Serial Numbers, by Jerry Mayberry

Model 1869 Serial Numbers, by Jerry Mayberry
A discussion of Sharp’s Prices, by Victor Atiyeh
R. S. Lawrence and Christian Sharps
Bison and Sharps Down Under, by Jim Vellenoweth

Vol. 5 No. 2

The Battle of Adobe Walls, from Frontier Times, 6/1924

Some Excerpts from Grann’papys Pistol, by Duncan McConnell
Counteroint, by Robert C. Stump, M.D.
Some Observation on the 50-90 Sharps, American Rifleman, 7/1936
Trajectory Curves of American Sporting Rifles, The Rifle 1/1886

Vol. 5 No. 3

William Mcdole Lee, An Empire from Buffalo Hides, by Jerry Adams

Gored by a Wounded Buffalo, Frontier Times, 4/1924
Just in Case This Is One of Yours
Sharps Long Range Promotional Item, by Jim Gould, Jr.
Vol. 5 No. 4

6th Annual Sharps Collector Association Meeting, by Gary Roedl

Coffee Mill Sharps, American Rifleman, 8/1998
On the Buffalo Range in 1873, Frontier Times, 3/1924

Vol. 6 No. 1

The Rarest Sharps, by Frank Sellers

Theodore S. Myers
J. G. Dow and Walter Cooper
Travels with Pablo, by Jerry Mayberry
Inspectors: Bureau of Ordnance 1850 to 1870

Vol. 6 No. 2

A prejudiced View of Which Sharps has the Best Lines, by Jerry Mayberry
Brass Sharps Door Plates, by Jerry Mayberry
Tang Sight Adjustment
Charlie Home From the Ranch, submitted by Pablo Balentine

Vol. 6 No. 3

Walter Cooper, An Illustrated History of the State of Montana, 1894

Walter Cooper and the Sharps Rifle, by Jerry Mayberry

Vol. 6 No. 4

Fort Griffin and the Buffalo Sharps, by Dr. Robert L. Moore

Vol. 6 No. 4a

Denver Show 1999 and Annual SCA Meeting

Vol. 7 No. 1

The Sharps 1851 Boxlock, by F. J. “Pablo” Balentine

Vol. 7 No. 2

The Perkins Family Sharps Model 1874, by Jim Perkins

Buffalo Rifle Then and Now, by Mel Swanson
Vol 7 No. 3

Thoughts about Jerry ……. By Gary R. Roedl

The Sharps Rifle in Frontier Montana, by Gerald R. Mayberry

Vol. 8 No. 1

Hunting Buffalo, Henry Bierman Story Montana Pioneer, 1860 – 1943

Oscar Brackett: Early Days in the West
The Buffalo Disaster of 1882, submitted by Robert Holter
The Records of Civil War Sharps Carbines, by Dave Thorn

Vol. 8 No. 2

Who is This Man with the Sharps Rifle?, by Harold Layne

Some Thoughts on Sharps’ Cartridges, Powder and Bullets, by Jim Zupan
Sharps 1872 – 3 Catalog

Vol. 8 No. 3

Fraudulent Letter Uncovered, by Dave Carter

Early Screw Driver Update, by Harvey Zikmund
A Unique Presentation of a Sharps Model 1853 Rifle, by Tom Seymour

Vol. 9 No. 1

A Model 1866, Serial # C,50,009, by Chris Scheider

A Deluxe Montana Sharps Rifle, by Bob Butterfield

Vol 9 No. 2

Nathaniel Curry & Bro. and the Model 1878, by Jim Zupan
A Tale of Two Sharps, by Charlie Hill
Sharps Rifle, by Jeff Price
The Powder Measure?, by Gary Roedl

Vol. No. 3 & Col 10 No. 1(Combined)

The Kansas Hunt, by Jim Zupan

The Sharps Rifle and the Kansas Buffalo Hunt
The Kansas Military Rifle, by Stan Anderson
Vol. 10 No. 2

After Fort Griffin, by Jeff Price, M.D.

Also from Fort Griffin, by Terrance Ryckmann, D.D.S.

Vol. 10 No. 3

Reproduction Powder Cans, by Joe Erwin

A M1874 Mid Range #1 Travels to San Francisco, by Matt Sears
A Mid Range that was Shipped East, by Jim Zupan

Vol. 11 No. 1

The First Borchardts, by Jim Zupan

Vol. 11 No. 2

A Farewell to Bill Peace

The Sharps Carbines and Rifles of Company K of the 11th New York Cavalry, by J. A.
(Arnie) Dowd II
Model 1874 Military Target Rifles, by Jim Zupan
Remarks and Update on Sharps Serial Number Documentation, by Richard J. Labowskie, M. D.

Vol. 11 No. 3

A Texas Model Sharps 1874 Sporting Rifle, by John Robinson

A Sharps Lost and Found, by Dave Thorn
The Freund Sharps, by Tom Schiffer and Bob Butterfield

Vol.. 12 No. 1

Jim Ennis – Buffalo Hunter, by Richard J. Labowskie, M.D.

The Sharps Carbines and Rifles of Company K of the 11th N.Y.V.C. by Arnie Dowd
A “Michigan” Sharps, by a Michigan Collector

Vol. 12 No. 2

A New York Model 1869 Carbine, by a Michigan Collector

The Patchbox, by Jim Zupan
SCA Displays at the Denver Show
The Baltimore Gun Show

Vol. 12 No. 3

“Hell Roaring Jake” and his Sharps Borchardt Rifles, by Pablo Balentine
Vol. 13 No. 1

Yung Wing and the Chinese Contract, by Richard J. Labowskie

Vol. 13 No. 2

H & D Folsom and the Buffalo Trade, by Jim Zupan

A North Pole Sharps, by Robert Butterfield

Vol. 13 No. 3

Telescopes and Sharps Rifles

One of a Kind, by Dave Thorn

Vol. 14 No. 1

Six Sharps to Idaho, by Pablo Balentine

A Sharps Four Barreled Pepperbox, by Matt Sears
But the Numbers Don’t Match, by Bob Butterfield

Vol. 14 No. 2

Levi Woodhouse and His Engraved Sharps Model 1853 Sporting Rifle, by Frank Graves
The Sharps Rifles at the Paris Universal Exhibition, by Bob Butterfield

Vol. 14 No. 3

The Kansas Hunt, a Newspaper Perspective, by Jim Zupan

Vol. 15 No. 1

A Clockmaker’s Target Rifle, by Jim Zupan

Gunmaker Had Fertile Mind as Trout-Breeding Pioneer, by Stephanie Reitz
A New Sharps Variation, by Richard J. Labowskie

Vol. 15 No. 2

Remembering Frank Sellers

The Model 1870 Sharps Rifle, by Dave Thorn
Disposing of Collections When the Collector in the Family Dies, by Will Adye-White

Vol. 15 No. 3

Lt. Patrick Henry Ray’s Sharps Rifle, by Bob Butterfield

Vol. 16 No.1

Carson City Guard, Carson City, Nevada, by Jim Zupan

From Hartford to Philadelphia, by Edward J. Marron, Jr.
Two Kansas Billheads, by Richard J. Labowskie, M.D.
Book Review

Vol. 16 No. 2

John Calvin Curtis & His Sharps M1874 Sporting Rifle, by Matt Sears
2009 Colorado Gun Collectors Show and SCA Meeting

Vol. 16 No. 3

Tyrall E. Jackson 1821 - ?, by Pablo Balentine

Vol. 17 No. 1

Life of a Buffalo Hunter, by Fred Fellows

Floyd J. “Pablo” Balentine, 1927 – 2010
History of the American Bison, Selections, by J. A. Allen

Vol. 18 No. 1

Albert S. Nippes Mill Creek Pennsylvania, The First Manufacturer of Sharps

Rifles, by Edward J. Marron, Jr.

Vol. 18 No. 2

Berdan’s Sharpshooters, by Charlie Counts

Col. Berdan’s Sharps-Shooters, The New York Times
Berdan’s Sharpshooters, by E. A. Brininstool
Sharps Rifles at The Little Big Horn, by Dave Thorn
Christian Sharps’ First Letter to the Secretary of War, by Edward J. Marron, Jr.

Vol. 18 No. 3

The Sharps Pistol – Rifle, by Frank Graves

The Christmas Sharps, by Kerry Trauger

Vol. 19 No. 1

Sharps Military Test and Trials 1850 – 1851, by Edward W. Marron, Jr.
Solomon Bock’s Sharps Rifle, by Bob Butterfield
Vol. 19 No. 2

Ben Hubbel’s 15 Kansas Sharps Carbine and Bayonets 1856, by Harold Layne
Bleeding Kansas as Seen in Print
“Beecher’s Bibles” aboard the Steamship Arabia, by Andrew Masich
The Stevens Exhibition 1853 – 54, by Dave Thorn
The First Sharps on the Texas Frontier, by Edward W. Marron, Jr.

Vol. 19 No. 3

The Model 1868 Sharps Carbine “ Repaired and Altered for Metallic Cartridges”, by Jim Zupan
Sharps Carbines at the Battle of Poker Flat, by Douglas C. McChristian
A New Jersey Sharps Military Rifle, by Dave Thorn
The Model #3 Mid-Range Rifle, Model 1874, by Jim Zupan

Vol. 20 No. 1

Sharps Loading Tools, by Jim Zupan

Vol. 20 No. 2

Henry(Silent Jim) Ellis Frontier Scout, Plainsman, Kansas Buffalo Hunter,

By Justin Ellis & Dick Goergen
Sgt. Crain’s Sharps Carbine, by Dave Thorn
Carson Guard verses the Topeka Rifle Club in a Shooting Match on April 26, 1887, by Jim Zupan
The Sharps and Hankins Carbine, by J. Richard Salzer
Matter of Forgery, by Richard J. Labowskie M.D.

Vol. 20 No. 3 Christian Sharps – Patent of 1848, by Edward W. Marron, Jr.

The First of the Last or “2 Military Rifles N.M.”, by Jim Zupan

Vol. 21 No. 1
John Brown’s Model 1850 Sharps by Edward W. Marron Jr. & Ron Paxton
Fred D. Clarke, early Colorado and Montana Frontiersman, by Jim Beman
Denver Show Exhibits

Vol. 21 No. 2
Barney Benjamin Day Soldier – Indian Fighter – Buffalo Hunter – Gold Miner
Homesteader – Father – Politician by Dave Carter
…And now one of the Last! By Jim Zupan

In order to align the Reports with our calendar year no Vol. 21 No. 3 was printed
Vol. 22 No. 1
George Albert Fairfield and His Model 1874 Sporting Rifle by Matt Sears
Sharps Carbines and the Last of the Oregon Cavalry Volunteeers,
1863 – 1866 by Andrew E. Masich

Vol. 22 No. 2
Sharps Model 1874 Barrels by Jim Zupan
William Thornhill Buffalo Hunter by Harvey Zikmund
A Second Life for a Rifle by Rainer Dethloff
Finding a Sharps by Robert Ulbrict
If That Old Bullet Moule Could Only Speak by Tom Quigley

Vol. 22 No. 3
Pre Patent Sharps Firearms by Edward W. Marron, Jr. and Ron Paxton
Two Sharps Rifles Never to be Documented by Richard J. Labowskie, MD
In the Style of…. By Jim Zupan
Adobe Walls 2015 by Bob Butterfield

Vol 23 No 1 – March

How far will a Sharps Rifle shoot?, by Mike Ventuino

Robertson Collection auctioned by Heritage Auctions, by Jim Zupan
Making the big-bores shoot, by Frank H. Mayer
N.R. Davis and his Sharps of 1879, by Dave Thorn
A day at Fort Griffin and the flats, by Jim Zupan
Peter Bergersen, gunsmith – Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, by Bob Butterfield
Isaac Coates – physician, soldier, hunter, lecturer, adventurer, by Richard J. Labowskie, MD

Vol 23 No 2 - July

Early Sharps screwdriver, by Harvey Zikmund

Evolution of the Model 1850 Sharps, by Edward W. Marron Jr. and Ron Paxton
Andrew Kelly’s Sharps at Fort Craig, New Mexico, by David L. Bradshaw
The Sharps Rifle, by L.D. Satterlee (American Rifleman-Sept., 1928)
A Sharps rifle lost ……and found, by Dave Thorn

Vol 23 No 3 - October

First military reports of the Sharps carbine in service, by David Carter, Edward W. Marron Jr. and Ron Paxton
Shooting the 1851 Sharps carbine, by Dave Thorn
Sharps, by Elmer Keith (American Rifleman-March, 1926)
Follow up to Sharps by Elmer Keith, by Dave Thorn
Dakota Territory Sharps, by Bob Holter
The Cody Winchester and Sharps show 2016