Christian Sharps
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Christian Sharps was the inventor of the Sharps rifle, the first commercially successful breech-loading rifle and the Sharps Four Barrel Pistol, and Sharps Breech-Loading Pistol.
Sharps Model 1852 "Slanting Breech" Carbine, open for loading, two primer-tapes
Model 1849 Berdan Sharps rifle
Sharps four-barrel .22 Rimfire Pepperbox
Pepper-box
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The pepper-box pistol or simply pepperbox is a multiple-barrel firearm, mostly in the form of a handgun, that has three or more gun barrels each holding a single shot. The barrels are fired in sequenc
Christian Sharps
…cartridges. The second model came in .30 rimfire. These pistols were made by "C. Sharps and Co", and are sometimes classified by modern collectors as a pepperbox. In 1862 William Hankins partnered with Sharps, bringing much needed funding and the company was renamed "Sharps & Hankins". They introduced the third…
A pepperbox by Allen & Thurber, one of the most common American designs
A mid-19th century four barrel Russian pepperbox pistol
A pepperbox revolver from Småland, Sweden, made by Johan Engholm, Ödestugu
Four barrel hand rotated pepperbox made by James Purdey in the final years of the Regency era.