sharps-style-pepperbox-and-remington-pistol
Lot 505
Sharps-Style Pepperbox and Remington Pistol
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The pepperbox derringer resembles the 1859 Sharps yet is unmarked, serial # 2451 on butt strap, brass frame, walnut grips, 2.5 in. four-barrel cluster, .22 caliber, 5 in. overall length. Needs mechanical work, original surfaces throughout; the Remington is a Model 1865 Rolling Block pistol, .50 caliber rimfire, 7.25 in. round barrel with anchor stamp on top at breech, marked REMINGTONS, ILION N.Y. U.S.A. PAT. MAY 3 NOV 15th, 1864, APRIL 17th, 1866, walnut grips with carved owner's initials J. T. C., 13 in. overall length. Lightly rusted surfaces, needs mechanical attention, missing walnut barrel rest.

Collection of the late John Earl Jones, Greenville, South Carolina

$300 - 600