Derringer
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- Weapon.name
- Deringer
- Weapon.image
- Colt Deringer.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- Derringer Colt, first model (1870–1890) on the right, third (1875–1912) on the left, all .41 caliber
- Weapon.type
- Pocket pistol
- Weapon.origin
- United States
- Weapon.designer
- Henry Deringer
- Weapon.design_date
- 1852
- Weapon.caliber
- .33 (8,38 mm) – .51 (12,95 mm)
- Weapon.barrels
- 38 mm – 102
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Spelling
- Precursors
- Philadelphia Deringer
- Colt Deringer
- Sharps Deringer
- Remington Deringers
- FP-45 Liberator
- Modern designs
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|An original Philadelphia Deringer made by Henry Deringer. This was the pocket pistol used by [[John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.]]
A derringer or deringer is a small handgun that is neither a revolver, semi-automatic pistol, nor machine pistol. The modern derringer is often multi-barreled, and is generally the smallest usable handgun of any given caliber and barrel length due to the lack of a moving action, which takes up more space behind the barrel. It is frequently associated with discreet use by women because it is easily concealable in a purse or a stocking.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Derringer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.