Guns International #: 102164218
Seller's Inventory #: 220314
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Guns International #: 102164218
Category - Derringer Antique
- Antique Pistols - Percussion
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC Member Since: 11/3/16
State:
Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone:
(314) 707-7373
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c1850s Antique HENRY DERINGER PISTOL BOOTH LINCOLN Assassination Civil War
Pocket Pistol like the Ford Theater Piece
Description: c1850s Antique HENRY DERINGER PISTOL BOOTH LINCOLN Assassination Civil War Pocket Pistol like the Ford Theater Piece Here we present an antique Henry Deringer Pistol, made circa the 1850s in Philadelphia. Henry Deringer was a very successful Pennsylvanian gunsmith who started his own company in his early twenties, circa 1809. It was not until the 1850s that his prototypical “Deringer” percussion pistol became extremely popular. Once it did become popular, the basic design was copied in dozens of different shops. Not only was it copied, but Deringer’s good name was stamped on guns made by others, some of them not up to the quality standards of Deringer himself. The inventor was apparently very worried about protecting his good name, so he pursued and sued any of the counterfeiters that he could find and warned the buying public to beware of his spurious imitators. The name “Deringer” often invokes certain historical event, characters or moments in film. Deringer’s name has become both a noun and a catch-all term. President Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed with one of Henry Deringer’s pocket sized percussion pistols, the night John Wilkes Booth revenged the South at the Ford Theater. They conjure images of the California Gold Rush, as well as riverboat gamblers. These pistols were very practical for the time, being small and concealable and of large bore size. Here is what Charles Edwin Chapel had to say about the Deringer pistol: “For a man in a tight spot, with an armed enemy only a few feet away, a pair of single-shot Deringer pistols was more effective than the multi-shot pepperbox. You either got your man at the first or second shot—if, indeed, you were given the chance to fire twice—or you got a fast funeral. That heavy-calibered little gun was a man-stopper at short range, an effective surprise weapon, an “equalizer” with which many a gold-camp David permanently tamed the muscle-bulging, belligerent Goliaths of the frontier. Included in a man’s personal arsenal, the pistol was carried either as a principal weapon or as a reserve to be used when revolver, pepperbox or Bowie knife failed.” The overall condition is very good. This one bears good twist pattern on the barrel. The action is excellent. The bore is in good shape with strong rifling. The markings are clear. The stock is in nice shape. There is a short, stable split at the side plate, which is common in pistols of this design. Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction. Barrel is 1-5/8 inches Caliber: .44 Percussion Overall condition as seen in photos. Very Fast. Very Safe. FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. Delivered directly to your door by express mail! Guaranteed AUTHENTIC & Includes CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. ancestryguns $3995 #220314 SOLD Antique: Yes |
Guns International #: 102164218
Seller's Inventory #: 220314
Guns International #: 102164218
Seller's Inventory #: 220314