"P. Bergersen"-merket Sharps-rifle på Forgotten Weapons (YouTube):

[Cap'n Redneck]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxdGExIJntI&list=TLPQMTIwOTIwMjZZTzKEJ4LUHw&index=3

This 1874 Sharps rifle is a great example of a been-there, done-that authentic western buffalo rifle. It was shipped from Sharps in 1879 with double set triggers, open sights, and a medium-weight .45 caliber barrel, but rebuilt by a Cheyenne gunsmith with a much heavier barrel in .40-100 caliber, and fitted with a Rice telescopic sight in a free-floating mount. While this was built just too late to have been used in the heyday of the slaughter of the wild buffalo, it is a fine example of the rifle configuration used by serious hunters and target shooters alike at that time.

Etter å ha scrollet gjennom ca. 880 kommentarer av varierende interesse klippet-og-limte jeg inn en håndfull nedenfor som jeg syntes var relevante..:


@viking1ur
6 years ago
Petter Harry Bergersen, Born in Oslo (at that time Christiania) Norway in 1852. He was educated gunsmith by trade and emigrated to America in 1876. Gun production was big at that time and Norway also tried to make guns the best they could. Several gunsmiths emigrated to America like also Iver Johnson from Nordfjord in Norway.


@1hillbilly
8 years ago
I read that Peter Bergersen was a very active competitive riflemen, for a time he held several national records using the Standard American Target.


@ElCrab
8 years ago
Just before setting out on the 1876 campaign, 1st Sgt. John Ryan of Company M, Seventh Cavalry spent 100 dollars (around 4 months worth of pay) for a .45 caliber 15 lbs Sharps rifle with a telescopic sight.

He used it in the Valley Fight and during the defense of Reno Hill, the 2 day engagement the Seventh Cavalry fought against the Lakota and Cheyenne at Little Big Horn.  Sgt. Ryan, having one of the few rifles that could deal with Indian sharpshooters out of range of the .45-55 Springfield carbines (along with his CO, Capt. Thomas French, who had a .50 caliber Springfield infantry model), drew a bead on warriors some 600 yards out and was able to stop the long range sniping.

The Indians firing from those far off positions were thought to also have Sharps buffalo rifles, given the noise they made and range at which they were firing from.


Tilslutt en humoristisk kommentar som jeg kan relatere til...:

@dank8865
6 years ago
I've seen what seems hundreds of videos here.
Very seldom, as in never, have I wished I could actually acquire any of these firearms up for auction.
Until now. My mouth is watering. My toes hurt. I want that rifle sooooo badly.
If only the auction wasn't long over. If only I wasn't poor.
Like dear old dad used to tell me as a wee lad: "Wish in one hand & sh*t in the other & see what you get the most of."
Oh well.
Nice rifle though.

[Cap'n Redneck]

På side 50-52 i Black Powder Cartridge News fra høsten 2016 finnes mer info om Peter Bergersens karriere som børsemaker, profilert konkurranseskytter og bymarshal i Cheyenne.
Han var tydeligvis en nær bekjent av Deputy US Marshal Joe LeFors og innkalt som våpensakkyndig i rettssaken mot Tom Horn for drapet på unggutten Willie Nickell...

https://www.scribd.com/document/474647137/The-Black-Powder-Cartridge-News-Fall-2016


Her en annonse fra Collectors Firearms i Houston, Texas som omtaler rifla med en tidligere salgspris, "Factory Letter" fra Sharps og et avisutklipp som omtaler Bergersens sykkelulykke i 1930 som førte til hans død:

https://collectorsfirearms.com/product/buffalo-sharps-1874-wyoming-shipped-rifle-al4433/


Enda et våpen med dokumentert P.Bergersen-tilknytning: (dessverre intet bilde av denne..)

Factory Engraved Colt Single Action Army, with Period Holster

Lot #1075 (Sale Order 74 of 531)

Serial no. 148640, .44-40 cal., 5-1/2" barrel, blue and case hardened finish, factory checkered black hard rubber grips with embossed rampant colt logo type.  Mfg'd in 1892.  Revolver is engraved in the classic Helfricht style with Germanic scrolls to frame and punchdot decoration.  Cylinder shows alternate scroll and sunbrust motifs to highpoints between flutes, backstrap is lightly engraved, buttstrap is engraved with the initials "B.R.N.", triggerguard shows wavy line and punchdot motifs, as does the entire length of the ejector rod.  Pistol shows approx. 3/4 total coverage.  Brown leather holster shows continuous wheel-applied edge border with maker's monogram stylishly applied to front of holster, and the number "44" applied to the belt loop which is double brass riveted to body.  Factory letter verifies all features, including engraving, shipped to P. Bergersen, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Nov. 30, 1892, two guns in shipment.

Condition:
Very good to almost fine. Retaining approx. 70% factory blue. Case colors have thinned to approx. 20% but remain vivid in protected areas. Backstrap shows light thinning and toning, with cylinder having mostly gone a matte grayish blue. Barrel retains approx. 75% blue, with ejector rod showing finish loss at high edges. Grips show light flattening to checks but with no losses. Action is crisp, bore is excellent. A nice early Helfricht engraved Single Action in a scarce configuration with factory hard rubber grips. Holster remains in very good condition and appears original to the gun in every way, with light general scuffing and high edges losses to finish. Stitching has split from triggerguard area approx. 50% down back edge.

Estimate: $ 8000.00-12000.00   (solgt for $ 75.000,-)


I "The Sharps Collectors Report, Vol. 23, No.1" finnes en artikkel om Bergersen av Bob Butterfield:  https://sharpscollector.com/journals/vol-23-no-1-2/


I denne linken er omtalt en annen børsemaker i USA av norsk opphav: Georg Schøyen;

https://www.blackpowdercartridge.com/the-wyoming-schuetzen-union-s-center-shot