funding and the company was renamed "Sharps & Hankins". They introduced the third model deringer in .32 Rimfire, with an iron frame, and the barrel release was moved from under the frame to the left side of the frame. These were discontinued when the partnership ended in 1867. In the same year, the newly renamed "C. Sharps and Co" introduced a fourth model with a new "birdshead" grip and 2 1/2" barrels, otherwise it was virtually identical to the third model. Production of these little pistols came to an end with the death of Christian Sharps in 1874. Approximately 100,000 of these Four Barrel Pistols were made between 1859 and 1874. See also Sharps & Hankins Model 1862 Carbine References Further reading Marcot, Roy - Marron, Edward - Paxton, Ron. "Sharps Firearms: The Percussion Era 1848 - 1865" Sellers, Frank. Sharps Firearms. Smith, Winston O. The Sharps Rifle. Severn, James E. "The Sharps Sporting Rifle", in The American Rifleman, April 1962. Scientific American, 9 March 1850. Daily National Intelligencer, 21 October 1850. 1810 births 1874 deaths 19th-century American inventors American Civil War industrialists Firearm designers People from Washington, New Jersey