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MEMPHIS, TN Antique J.E. MERRIMAN Co. DERINGER Pistol Antebellum c1850-1859 Rare Southern, Period, Quality Deringer Pistol!
Guns International #: 101418583 Seller's Inventory #: 20695
Category: Antique Pistols - Percussion - Handguns - American Pistols
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State: Missouri
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Description:
MEMPHIS, TN Antique J.E. MERRIMAN Co. DERINGER Pistol Antebellum c1850-1859
Rare Southern, Period, Quality Deringer Pistol!
Here we present an antique J.E. Merriman & Co. of Memphis, Tennessee Marked Deringer Percussion Pistol, made circa 1850. Merriman ran a watch business and retail store out of Memphis, Tennessee circa 1850-1859 (during the Antebellum years), selling fine jewelry, silver, and even firearms such as this one. Quite rare.
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.
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. The action is excellent. The bore is in good condition. The top of the barrel reads “J.E. MERRIMAN &CO./MEMPHIS”. A rare piece of Memphis, Tennessee history here!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 2-1/2 inches.
Caliber: .44
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$2195
#20695
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Antique: Yes