Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Philadelphia Deringer" Style Pocket Percussion Pistol - circa 1860 French Field Equipment Even though the Confederacy probably

Even though the Confederacy probably imported several thousand of these pistols

While American V-2s were tested at the White Sands Proving Ground

with some small areas of flaking on the raised portions

These were all destined for the new Federal Government

Tink's field training officer

Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Philadelphia Deringer" Style Pocket Percussion Pistol - circa 1860 French Field Equipment Even though the Confederacy probablyOriginal Items. Only One Available. It was a small percussion concealable pistol made by "DERINGER" that John Wilkes Boothe used to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in 1865. By this action alone the name Deringer entered national mind and language of the United States being linked to "an Assassin's weapon". Now spelled with two consecutive "R"s, the term DERRINGER is part of everyday life. So famous did Henry Deringer become