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Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this antique caplock derringer today for a penny-start auction...this is the Henry Derringer/Lullman & Vienna Derringer!
The owner has provided a note stating what he knows about the history of this example. The note states: "My great uncle Harry sent this to my dad in 1989. It belonged to Henry Clay Garrett of Carruthersville, MO. HCG served in the Civil War in the Confederate Army...." The above mentioned Mr. Garrett referred to this example as a "Confederate Officer's Boot Pistol."
The owner has provided a note stating what he knows about the history of this example. The note states: "My great uncle Harry sent this to my dad in 1989. It belonged to Henry Clay Garrett of Carruthersville, MO. HCG served in the Civil War in the Confederate Army...." The above mentioned Mr. Garrett referred to this example as a "Confederate Officer's Boot Pistol."
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Lullman & Vienna/Henry Derringer
Model: Henry Derringer Caplock Pocket Pistol
Date of Manufacture: circa 1850's (Memphis Tennessee)
Caliber: .38
Barrel Length: 2.5"
Stock/Grips: Wood (German Silver Hardware with Engraving)
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
This is a Henry Deringer Caplock Pistol, made circa the 1850s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This example is marked “LULLMAN & VIENNA MEMPHIS TENN” which was one of just fifteen authorized agents for Henry Deringer selling his famous pocket pistols. In operation from the early 1860s to 1876, Lullman & Vienna sold general merchandise, in addition to arms from Henry Deringer and Deringer’s copyists.
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.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Model: Henry Derringer Caplock Pocket Pistol
Date of Manufacture: circa 1850's (Memphis Tennessee)
Caliber: .38
Barrel Length: 2.5"
Stock/Grips: Wood (German Silver Hardware with Engraving)
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
This is a Henry Deringer Caplock Pistol, made circa the 1850s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This example is marked “LULLMAN & VIENNA MEMPHIS TENN” which was one of just fifteen authorized agents for Henry Deringer selling his famous pocket pistols. In operation from the early 1860s to 1876, Lullman & Vienna sold general merchandise, in addition to arms from Henry Deringer and Deringer’s copyists.
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.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Shipping Details
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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