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c. 1860 Ebenezer SEAVER Antique DERRINGER Pistol
Guns International #: 100823507 Seller's Inventory #: 21696
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
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Description:
c. 1860 Ebenezer SEAVER Antique DERRINGER Pistol
VERMONT Made HIDEOUT Gun for the 19th Cent Citizen
Here we present an antique Seaver Derringer Percussion Pistol, made circa 1860 in Vergennes, Vermont. 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, it became a household name and even a noun in the English language. The basic design was copied in dozens of different shops.
The Deringer or “Derringer” as it was sometimes spelled was an immensely useful and powerful tool for self-defense in the 1850s and the following decades. It was small and lightweight, but also a “man-stopper” in .41 caliber. 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 multishot 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.”
This pistol was made in about 1860 by Ebenezer Seaver. Seaver was a gunsmith and blacksmith born December 27, 1782 in Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Records show that he and his family were “warned out” of Newbury, Vermont on October 17, 1809, before finally settling in Vergennes, Vermont. “Warning out of town” was an action New England towns sometimes took to pressure someone out of town to resettle elsewhere. The possible reasons for this could have been numerous, but were most likely moral, religious or political in nature. He died October 7, 1862.
This specimen is in very good condition. It is nicely engraved throughout including the pommel, trigger guard, lock, hammer and escutcheons. “Seaver” is marked on the lock and the top of the barrel. All markings are legible. The walnut stock is in very good condition. The bore and the action are both in very good condition.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 2-7/8 inches in length.
Caliber: .41 percussion
The bore and action are both very good.
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1750
#21696
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Antique: Yes