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PHILADELPHIA Antique Henry DERINGER .41 Pistol
Guns International #: 100859157 Seller's Inventory #: 21896
Category: Derringer Antique - Antique Pistols - Percussion
Seller's Information
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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
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Description:
PHILADELPHIA Antique Henry DERINGER .41 Pistol
“Peanut” Sized Derringer
Here we present an antique Henry Deringer Percussion Pistol, made circa 1850 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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.
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.”
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.
This specimen is an example of one of Henry Deringer’s “peanut” sized guns. It has a short barrel and tiny overall size, still with a .41 caliber bore. Like his other “Deringers”, it is decorated with nicely engraved German silver, a stylistic a continuation of the period when Kentucky rifles were elaborately adorned. The lock and barrel are marked “DERINGER/PHILADELA” and the left side of the barrel is marked with the “P” inside zig zagged lines.
The overall condition is fine. The iron has a smooth with a gray brown patina. Markings are still clear and legible. The original walnut stock is fine. The bore is in very good condition. The action is fine.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 2 inches in length.
Caliber: .41 percussion
The bore is in good condition. The action is functional.
Overall condition as seen in photos.
Here is an original Henry Deringer Pistol for your collection.
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$1850
#21896
SOLD
Antique: Yes