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“Hutchings” Inscribed PEANUT-Sized DERINGER Pistol Antique .41 Caliber Personalized Deringer Pistol Circa the 1850s!
Guns International #: 101536103 Seller's Inventory #: 200945
Category: Antique Pistols - 1500-1850 - 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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Description:
“Hutchings” Inscribed PEANUT-Sized DERINGER Pistol Antique .41 Caliber
Personalized Deringer Pistol Circa the 1850s!
Here we present an antique Deringer Percussion Pistol, made circa 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.
This example contains a silver inlay on left side marked "Hutchings". The lock reads “DERINGER” along with the top of the barrel. The breech and lock are engraved with traditional floral designs.
The overall condition is good. The action is strong. The bore is in good shape for its age. The stock has a crack on the right ride but remains stable. A great piece of history that could have been carried by just about anyone from a riverboat gambler to an assassin in the mid-19th Century!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 2-1/2 inches.
Caliber: .41
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1465
#200945
SOLD
Antique: Yes