Jumat, 03 Maret 2017

Remington Double Derringers Were Sometimes Twice as Nice

They were the longest-lived of all the Old West handguns. In 1850 Henry Deringer produced his namesake gun, a big-bore, back-action-lock, single-shot, cap-and-ball pocket pistol. The unique design became so popular in the West that dozens of competitors and outright counterfeiters copied it, often calling their versions “derringers” (with two “r’s”) to avoid a lawsuit. …

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