Sharps Pepperbox?

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

Can anybody direct me to a source for serial numbers and manufacture dates of the Sharps Pepperbox pistols? Specifically the four shot 22 Rimfire version?

Markings on the left side of the frame are C SHARPS and PATENT 1859 in a circle around the hammer pivot screw. Markings on the other side are C SHARPS & CO and PHILADA. PA., again in a circle around the hammer pivot screw.

SN is 430XX

Thanks

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Anybody?

Bueller?

 

[Jim Watson]

Flayderman says they were made from 1859 til 1874 except that 1862-1866 the company was Sharps and Hankins, guns so marked.