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Rare NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Henry DERINGER Pistol Antique .44 Antebellum Retailer Marked for W.H. CALHOUN AGENT
Guns International #: 103438725 Seller's Inventory #: 250175
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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Seller: FFL Dealer
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Description:
Rare NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Henry DERINGER Pistol Antique .44 Antebellum
Retailer Marked for W.H. CALHOUN AGENT
Here we present an Rare antique Nashville Retailed Henry Deringer Pistol, made circa the late 1850s to the early 1860s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. W. H. Calhoun was a fancy goods merchant in Nashville, Tennessee during and well before the Civil War. Fancy goods merchants sold jewelry, watches, and guns which sort of fitted together in those days and times. Calhoun never made guns himself. This example is marked “MAN'D FOR / W.H. CALHOUN / NASHVILLE, TENN” on top of the barrel flat along with “AGENT” marked over “CALHOUN”. Calhoun was one of seventeen authorized agents for Henry Deringer selling his famous pocket pistols.
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 overall condition is nearing fine. Strong action. The bore has dimmed, but maintains strong rifling. Dark, original patina. Markings are legible. Solid wood with less than average wear. Lightly engraved. A short, stable crack is present by the lock screw head on the left of the stock as is typical with these.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 1-7/8 inches.
Caliber: .44 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$3800
#250175
Price: $3,800.00
Antique: Yes