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Category - Antique Pistols - 1500-1850 - Antique Pistols - Percussion

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Antique Pistols - 1500-1850
Antique Pistols - Percussion

ENGRAVED Antique HENRY DERINGER c. 1850s .44 CALIBER Percussion Pistol Famous POCKET Pistol that Assassinated LINCOLN

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ENGRAVED Antique HENRY DERINGER c. 1850s .44 CALIBER Percussion Pistol

Famous POCKET Pistol that Assassinated LINCOLN

Here we present an antique Henry Deringer Rifles and Pistols Percussion Pistol, made circa the 1850s. 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.

The Civil War brought new technology to weapons and when sales of the Deringer pistol declined, Henry turned to the courts to defend his trademark.  Suits were brought against several of the imitators, but it was his successful 1863-70 case against A. J. Plate that set patent infringement history.  A District court awarded Deringer $1,770 in damages and issued a permanent injunction against Plate's use of the Deringer trademark. On appeal the California supreme court upheld the verdict.

The overall condition is very good. This one has a unique turned down and gnarled portion at the muzzle, which is the only one we’ve seen. Strong action. Good bore for its age. Some minor splits and overall solid stock. Legible markings. This example sports traditional floral engravings. “P” marked on the left barrel flat with the zig-zag lines.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 3 inches.

Caliber: .41 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.        

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$2800

#220074
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $2,800.00
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