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Fine Belgian Copy of a Sharps Four-Barrel Pepperbox

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Fine Belgian Copy of a Sharps Four-Barrel Pepperbox
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serial #2577, 32 RF, 3 1/2'' four-barrel cluster with bright near excellent bores showing crisp rifling. This is an interesting and attractive take on the Sharps pepperbox incorporating a few improvements such as the long lever barrel catch on the right side of the frame and little manual ejector rod housed beneath the barrels. The metal surfaces retain about 65% original bright blue with some overall flaking to an attractive gray-brown patina, the barrels with some silvering to gunmetal and some other scattered light handling marks. The gun appears to have seen little actual use as the bores retain almost all of their blue. The hammer with rotating nose and the latch retain lovely rich straw color, the back spring with nice fire blue and the trigger shows nice gray oil-quenched case-hardening. The smooth walnut grips remain in excellent condition retaining almost all of their original varnish and showing some scattered light handling marks. The barrels lock up very well and the action seems to function nicely with properly rotating hammer nose. An attractive pistol for the dedicated Sharps or deringer collector. (13B11802-3) {ANTIQUE} (1000/1500)