In Film
Some movies which showed the strengths of the Sharps rifle are Billy Two Hats (1974), Valdez Is Coming (1971), Quigley Down Under (1990), True Grit (2010). In the 1990 western Quigley Down Under Tom Selleck's title character's Sharps rifle has a 34" barrel as opposed to a standard length barrel of 30" and Burt Lancaster's character, Bob Valdez, in the movie Valdez Is Coming. As a result of Quigley Down Under a Sharps match is held annually every year in Forsyth, Montana known as the "Quigley Match". A 44-inch target is placed at 1,000 yards for each shooter, remniscent of a scene from the movie. Theater Crafts Industry went so far as to say, "In Quigley Down Under, which we did in 1990, the Sharps rifle practically co-stars with Tom Selleck." This statement was echoed by gunwriters including John Taffin in Guns and Lionel Atwill in Field & Stream. Gun manufacturers such as Davide Pedersoli and Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company have credited these movies with an increase in demand for those rifles.
The Sharps carbine is also seen in the 2010 film True Grit, used by Matt Damon's character LaBoeuf. During the course of the film, the carbine's accuracy becomes a source of debate between LaBoeuf and Jeff Bridges' character "Rooster" Cogburn; at the film's conclusion, the accuracy of the gun is validated.
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