Grips are the checkered gutta percha in excellent condition. Right side of the frame around the hammer screw exhibits the circular stamping that read “C. Barrel retains much of its original bluing. Via a release button on the underside of frame, the steel four-barrel cluster slides forward for loading and has a rotating firing pin in the hammer. Specimen has the fluted standing breech and a straight grip to frame juncture. The 3” long barrel mounted on a brass frame and fitted for a. Sharps & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which produced 26,000 of these specimens known as the Model 2A between 1859 through 1874.Įxample bears serial # 1438 on both barrel and buttplate. Properly termed a pepperbox pistol, this example was manufactured by the American firearm maker C. Here is an original breech-loading, four-shot pepperbox pistol in excellent condition that is sometimes referred as a ‘Sharps derringer’.
