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« Last Edit: May 25, 2022, 05:24:09 PM by Miguel Loco »
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Re: Something a little smaller that helped make headlines in 1865
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2022, 06:09:01 AM »
Mick,  Is that J.W. Booth's derringer that he dropped?
https://www.fords.org/lincolns-assassination/booths-deringer/

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Re: Something a little smaller that helped make headlines in 1865
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2022, 07:34:17 AM »
Yes it is......  a more rare 44 cal. The strange thing is that Henry Deringer's sales went way up after the assassination. So much so that other companies copied Deringers patented pistol, even Sam Colt. They got around the patent by simply adding another "r" to the name of the pistol......they thus became "Derringers".
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Re: Something a little smaller that helped make headlines in 1865
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2022, 07:52:02 AM »
That is very interesting. I wasn’t aware of that, good stuff.