Evolution of the Derringer Part 1 Muzzleloaders
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- This will be a two-part series where we will examine the evolution of derringer pistols.
In part 1 we’ll take a look at the original Muzzleloading derringers.
Sources:
Henry Deringer’s Pocket Pistol by John e. Parsons
The Deringer in America, Vol One - The Percussion Period, by R.L. Wilson & L.D. Eberhart
Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms…and their values, by Norm Flayderman
Southern Derringers of the Mississippi Valley, By Turner Kirkland
Mike Beliveau links:
Patreon - / duelist
Website - mikebeliveau.com/
So glad you’re back! I’m sorry that you no longer will be using duelist den, but I’m glad your health is getting back. Take care my friend.
Mike, I have 3 black powder derringers. All missing part of the factory sites. A Jakar cva Lincoln derringer with only a front site. A pepperbox kit I built only has a rear sight and lastly a Pietta derringer (back 1/2 of a revolver type) has only the rear hammer sight.
Welcome back Mike,we really missed you.
Seeing your smiling face and hearing your familiar voice certainly made my day. Love having morning coffee with Mike. Look forward to more videos.
Very nice. I really dig Derringers. Got my first one when I was 13 years old. Have a few of them now and watch videos and read as much as I can find on them. Hope you are healing nicely, wife and I have you in our prayers.
I have a 22LR Davies derringer as a back up to my new Ruger Wrangler with the 7.5” barrel. It’s sometimes fun playing mini Paladin at some private range in retirement. BTW, glad to see Mike back on his feet. Stay healthy Mike!
As a 50s child myself Mike, I’d be willing to bet that you like myself, had a deringer pistol that used Greeney Stickem Caps? Of course Paladin had that special belt buckle with the deringer/derringer, which we kids might beg to get for if we had a birthday or for Christmas. Have Gun Will Travel-Wire Paladin-SanFrancisco. And a Rifleman gun! I did get that for Christmas in the late 50s or early 60s. If I remember correctly, I saved money from bottle returns to buy my derringer, which I bought at a local general store and later found with my metal detector in the 80s. Thank You So Much for all your research and historical background on so many topics and firearms Mike! I Love the histories! And I’m just Delighted to see you back in the old shop in better health! Having had a few mild heart attacks and open heart surgery 3 years ago, I can appreciate recovery, doctors, hospitals and pills all too well! Thank You So Much Mike and Many Blessings, Good Shootin and as my friends in Kentucky use to say, take it easy cuz ya know how ya are! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Yes I had one of those cap derringers also born in 1950s. Greenie stick em caps yep recall those too. Only us older guys know what that is huh.
@@sgtmajtrapp3391 indeed we old guys but didn’t we have fun? I remember a box of room caps was a nickel and I bought three rolls at a bargain bib at Tractor supply for $5.95! I use them to make percussion caps. I had a Davey Crockett musket that shot cork balls. There was a tiny hole where the cap went and when fired the cork ball would fly out 15-20 ft. So of course I had to modify this cap musket. I drilled a hole for a fuse, used one of those tiny fire crackers, taped a match to the hammer that would like the fuse, a match lock fer ser! My Mon gave me an old Pearl necklace and the fake pearls just fit the barrel perfectly. The barrel would have made a piece of electrical conduit look like a cannon, so thin cheap stock but it did work a few times. And I’m still here. It’s a wonder we survived with some of the ideas we came up with. In that day we rode bikes everywhere and our parents didn’t worry about pedos and farmers didn’t shoot us for trespassing going in a woods or fishing in a farm pond. Our Dads were Vets in WWII and we were allowed to be kids. Indeed, we are fortunate to buy .5 cent candy bars, 10 cent sodas and collect two cents deposit and have real families. Use to take our hunting guns to school to hunt after school. We had true wealth in those days and I cherish them. I’m sure you know what I mean! So Hi O Silver my friend! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
I was born in 1996 definitely a few decades too late!!!
@@daveyjoweaver6282 LOL!
Born in the 60's but I sure had one of those. I was just wondering what happened to it.
It's great to have you back and to see you are recovering well.
Welcome back Mike! Nice to see you again. Missed you and your videos.
Welcome back. Seeing your videos is like seeing an old friend. This video shows how fast 26 minutes can fly. I'm looking forward to watching the second part. Be blessed.
Good to have you back Mike. You are a national treasure in the firearms community. Stay healthy my friend.
Glad to see you looking better and sharing your knowledgewith us again, Mike.
I have a Bond Arms pistol. It has evolved to be so different from the early cartridge pistol with the generic name, that Bond Arms even call it a Deringer-type pistol.
You know I'm sure you heard this a lot but I'm glad to see you back Mr Mike
He's back! Hope you feel as good as you sound. Great to see you reemerge with a great "meat and taters" meal of a video. Thanks!
It’s great to see you back again, and thank you for your latest history presentation.
I hope you can complete the derringer kit you were working on before your accident.
So happy you’re back, making Thursday my favorite day of the week again!
Good morning my brother and welcome back and Praise the Lord and boiling hot coffee time
Great to see you posting again my friend 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
So happy to see you getting back oh your feet. The world is luck you have you Mike.
So happy to see you doing videos again. We missed you. Question: Would you call a pepperbox pistol a derringer? What about a volley gun? I think some guns just seem to be in a category of their own. Don't you agree? P.S. I really am glad to see you back. After hearing the details about your accident I wouldn't have blamed you for calling it quits. BTW how goes the fight with city hall?
Good to see you back sir. I'm always in for Deringer content
Great to see you Mike hope you’re doing good.
About newspapers - Samuel (Mark Twain) Clemens, is supposed to have said, "If you do not read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you read the news papers you are misinformed.
Mike! I'm so glad to see you doing well! Thanks for uploading another interesting video for us all.
Welcome back, Mike.
I am thrilled to see this new content. Excellent lesson on Derringer. Thank you Mike!
wow, so good to see you back on, helping us to learn more about history and firearms. Thank you.
Glad to have you back Mike
Part 2 should be interesting. I'm almost certain that the currently made Old West Firearms Derringers are the same as the Bearman ones, and they are slightly modified, yet the same, as Cobra, FIE, Excam, etc. all the way back through the 1960s.
Hey! You dropped a video! Far out! Great to hear from you again.
Glad your back and doing better. I like derringers since I was a kid (73 now) so will find that series interesting. Owned many during my life time from a teen to the present day. Have an origional Remington .41 RF, A GREAT WESTERN ( same size as the .41 but in .38 S&W) and a few others. I have even carried one as a 2nd or 3rd gun.
Good to see you back, posting videos - all the best to you!
Outstanding brother to see you back and putting out a video and outstanding info
Thanks Earl
@@duelist1954 you are welcome brother and I am praying for you
Thanks 👍
Glad to see you back. Missed your weekly content
Good to see you again, Mike
Awesome stuff just glad you’re back
Carried and concealed is a concept we will always need for whatever reason. You have an emergency situation weapon.
Great to see you back, thanks for the video!!!
Thank you so much for the great history lesson.
Glad you are back!! I hope you are all healed up. Love your videos.
So good to see you back!
Great lead off from your unfortunate accident. Good to have you back. Very interesting story.
Great video. My favorite video that you ever made is still Edward Marshall. I've watched that many times. I Love your historical stories. And your style.
Absolutely great to hear your dulcet tones again,what a fascinating tale of the Derringer
Glad you're back, listening from WV
Benchtop Beliveau videos 🫡
Welcome back. Glad your better now
Enjoyed the well put together history presentation. Thanks Mike 🤠
Can't say it enough, Welcome back ! Awesome! I have always thought Derringers were cool, I had a Philadelphia percussion one once couldn't hit a barn door with it 😂 can't wait for next week.
Great video! I just got back from Washington DC and took a pix of Booth’s derringer in Fords theater. Ironic!
Great history lesson-Thanks and so glad to see you back!
Welcome back! I'vè missed your knowledge and presentation style.
Hi Mike, glad your back Sir. I enjoy the history so much! Thank you for all your hard work and time.🤠🇺🇲
Great to have you back Mike. Hope you continue to feel better. BTW, I have a reference of a Indian fight in Texas where the guy said he used a "Large Deringer Pistol". This was 1840.
Welcome back, sir! Have really missed your content. Praying for your continued healing.
Thanks for putting together a concise, excellent history. I was getting sick of 'tube videos selling (off-road segment) or boring (ham radio) me to death!
Hi Mike. I so glad you are improving. I didn't know you were hurt at all because ironically I became severely ill in February and only started feeling better recently. I was very frustrated with my slow progress until I saw your video today. You has it much worse than me. Your will to fight back and come home is an inspiration to me. It's time for me to get on with my life just like you. I wish you all the best.
Fascinating history as always Mike! Great to see you back in the saddle.
Oh man im so glad you are back, I really missed you.
Good to see you again Mike,and looking forward to learning more about these small pistols. Derringers really took off in the cartridge era which I'm sure your vast knowledge of will be shared soon. Heal well and quickly sir, and we'll keep watching!
Tam sooo glad to see you back and doing videos. You are a wealth of information. Keep on Keepin on Good sir!. PS I have 3 or 4 Derringers
I missed your content and will miss Dualist Den outings. Good to see your doing videos again.
In the Keys shooting, it may be that Sickles dropped a pistol by his victim so that he could later claim it was a self defense shooting. Nice to see you back in the saddle again.
Great to see you back. Great historical vid. Greetings from Mayberry, NC.
Welcome back Mr. Mike! So glad you're on the mend! The "place" just ain't the same without you! 👍
Absolutely fantastic Mikes back in the saddle again.
Good to see you back in the saddle.
Welcome back Mike.
Another great video! It is great to see you' at work' again.
Good to see you back in action Mike.
Another fascinating gun story that has all the twists and history that is the earmark of a great story teller. Thank you.
Happy to see you in the shop again! Although the sales records tell a different story, I would be hard pressed to choose between one of these & a '49 Pocket Model for secondary carry back then.
Having you back made my day.👍
Happy you're back. Watch out for your health! Looking forward to pt. 2!
The Alamo Museum in San Antonio, Texas has an H. Deringer sporting rifle that was found buried between paving stones. I actually gasped when I saw it in the display case. I’ve always wondered who it belonged to.
Glad you’re back and sharing your wealth of knowledge!
Good to see, Mike. I hope you are doing well
I wanted a Derringer ever since watching rerun episodes of "The Wild Wild West" as a kid in the 1970s. I asked my father if he would get one for me, and in 1977, at a gun show, he bought me a CVA Philadelphia Derringer kit for $30. Though I was thrilled to have it (and I still do), I explained to him that the type of Derringer I wanted was the one from the TV show (a Remington). Fast forward to 2017, and I randomly came across the opportunity to buy a German-made Liberty Arms Derringer in 357 magnum for $50. It was nickel-plated, had a leather holster, and was in good shape except for the grip scales which literally crumbled off. I was able to find some new grips for it for not much money. Though not of high quality manufacture and made in the 1960s, the gun works and shoots just fine. About one year later I decided to get a "modern" derringer and picked up a Bond Arms model in 357 magnum. Shortly after that, someone sold me an original Remington model 95 in very good condition for $100. Unfortunately, the Remington does have the barrel hinge crack that so many of these guns develop, though the crack is so small one has to use a magnifying glass to see it. Regardless, it can no longer be fired even if I could find ammunition for it. I have it in a display case with some antique dice, poker chips, and some replica 1870s playing cards.😊
Welcome back my friend. Great to see you publishing content again.
Great to have you back at work. This was a very interesting history of this type of pistol. Looking forward to part two. Take care.
Thank you Mike. Great to see you back.
I'm so happy to see you again Mike.
And I must impress upon you the simple fact that you're historical fact based stories awesome and badass!
It's wonderful to see a new post, Mike! Great job!
I only own one: A Bond Arms Z Slayer (.410 / .45LC). Cerakoted zombie green, complete with red cerakote blood splatter. It's a total meme. Very high quality piece.
Welcome back Mike. Looking forward to more videos.
Thanks Mike. That was educational and engaging.
Good to see you back...hope your improving.
It's great to see you back!!!!!
I always love learning about firearms!! And I really love pocket pistols!!
Welcome back friend, we missed you
Nice. Good to have you back sir.
Nice to see you back on UA-cam, as always an enjoyable, informative video!
Keep up the good work sir
SO GOOD to see you back Mike!!
WE missed ya' Brother !!
Glad to have you back! Thanks for the video!
Great to see you back. As always very informative and interesting video.
Great to see you back Mike! Very interesting video, as usual.
Great video. I've been waiting a long time for a deep dive on these guns for a long time.
I really like the original! Great video!
Thanks, Mike! I appreciate you.🤜🤛
Long time no see! I'm glad to see you back at it again and uploading another excellent video.
Great history lesson. Can’t wait for part 2. I hope you will continue making this type of video until you’re able to shoot again.
Glad you’re back I love the history videos!