Gun Stories — Episode 6: The Deringer

You are watching the episode The Deringer The year was 1825 and the man who made his name with fine dueling pistols and superb sporting rifles, was getting ready to see his name become a household word. Philadelphia gun maker Henry Deringer looked at the huge flintlock pistol of the day and had an idea of a different sort of gun – small, lightweight and concealable. He called his new gun The Derringer Pistol.