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ENGRAVED & SILVER Mounted Antique DERINGER Percussion Pistol KILLED LINCOLN Henry Deringer’s Famous Pocket Pistol GERMAN SILVER
Guns International #: 103131687 Seller's Inventory #: 250178
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
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Description:
ENGRAVED & SILVER Mounted Antique DERINGER Percussion Pistol KILLED LINCOLN
Henry Deringer’s Famous Pocket Pistol GERMAN SILVER
Here we present an antique Henry Deringer Percussion Pocket Pistol, made circa the 1850s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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. 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.
This pistol has all the typical Henry Deringer style markings including a sunburst “P” on the left side of the breech and "DERINGER PHILADEL’A” on the lock plate and the top of the breech.
The overall condition is good. Strong action. This example sports an original, smooth brown patina. The bore is clear and in good shape for its age with serviceable rifling. The wood is in good shape containing average handling evidence and some of the checkering has smoothed. Legible markings. The barrel pin is missing, but the barrel seats fairly tightly regardless. Most metal parts are lightly engraved.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 2 inches.
Caliber: .42 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1700
#250178
Price: $1,700.00
Antique: Yes