They discussed not only the supporting forensic evidence, but also the pitfalls of verifying Custer battle guns in general. The “first firearm forensically proven to have been used” at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, as the auction catalog noted, hammered down for a quarter of a million dollars at Brian Lebel’s High Noon in Mesa, Arizona, on January 27.Ĭollectors of artifacts tied to George Custer-who history best remembers for his decisive defeat in June 1876 that led to the deaths of him and a detachment of 7th Cavalry troops-first widely learned about this Sharps 1874 rifle in a 1988 article written for Man at Arms Magazine by historical archaeologists Douglas D. – All images courtesy Brian Lebel’s High Noon –
The top-selling lot at High Noon was this 1874 Sharps that has been forensically linked to the Battle of the Little Big Horn $225,000.
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