Sharps & Hankins " Model #4 Mini" Four-Barrel Pepperbox, .32RF Caliber $2400

Please text anytime 6476871484. Fully functional pocket handgun in perfect like new condition. No PAL required.

Ammo is available but sold separately.

Comes with FRT paperwork.

Sharps & Hankins "No. 4" Four-Barrel Pepperbox, .32 Caliber Rim Fire Long ahd Short. 

This one is a Sharps & Hankins four-barrel pepperbox classified as a "Model 4". It is characterized by the button-type barrel release and only can be open from safety hammer position. It is chambered for the .32RF cartridge. The gun is in excellent condition, with original blue intact and the case colors on the frame. The markings are sharp and clear. This is a unique variant with a floating firing pin which rotates a quarter turn with each cocking of the hammer. The 4 bores are good with rifling all the way. The wooden grips are excellent and undamaged. SN 1002 on the barrel and frame, excellent overall.

Christian Sharps (1811-1874) was one of the best-known firearms designers and manufacturers of the 19th century. Although he never achieved the volumes of Colt, S&W and Remington, Christian Sharps was a major supplier of long arms to the Union during the civil war. His carbines are iconic among civil war collectors. Sharps sporting rifles were extremely popular at the time, and still fetch premium prices to this day. Christian Sharps had a rocky and sometimes acrimonious relationship with his managers and partners, and would leave the Hartford firm in 1853, returning to Philadelphia. There, he formed a new company in 1854, called C. Sharps & Co. He manufactured pepperboxes and single-shot pistols, while the Sharps Rifle Co. continued with long arms. In 1862, Christian Sharps formed "Sharps & Hankins", in partnership with William Hankins, who had sold his own plant to William Uhlinger. Sharps & Hankins would continue until 1866, producing their four-barrel pepperboxes, single shot pistols, and military grade long arms in competition with his former company in Hartford. Soon after the war, the partnership was dissolved, and Sharps would go back to his previous name of C. Sharps & Co. He continued to manufacture the four-barrel pepperboxes until 1874, when the firm was dissolved after his death.