Pedersoli™ 1859 Sharps Infantry Rifle - .54 Caliber - S.761.054The Pedersoli 1859 Sharps Infantry Rifle is the last of the percussion rifles ever invented and is considered to be the rifle that paved the way for the transition to the centerfire cartridge rifles that we are familiar with today. While the shorter carbine version of the Sharps Rifle was used extensively throughout the civil war by both the Confederacy and the Union the infantry model was used primarily by sharp shooting and elite infantry units