Janet Monk's Sharps rifles
Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 12 years, 9 months AGO
Janet Monk has more than 100 guns that were left to her by her father,
Austin Monk. The collection includes 21 Sharps rifles, part of a series designed by Christian Sharps, beginning in 1848. Renowned for long-range accuracy, these large-bore, single-shot rifles were available in several calibers by 1874, and were one of the few guns successfully converted to metallic cartridges.
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Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake After finishing the final leg of her 91-mile fundraising run, Kelda Latham-Bennett, right, is greeted by Special Olympics athlete Chrissy Siefke in the Flathead Industries parking lot Monday afternoon. Latham-Bennett raised more than $4,000 for Special Olympics of Montana by running from Libby to Kalispell. The two-day run started Sunday at Achievements' Parkside Thrift Store in Libby and concluded Monday afternoon at Flathead Industries in Kalispell. Monday, June 4, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.