Original U.S. Civil War Era Philadelphia Pocket Percussion Pistol by DERINGER circa 1855-65 Lewis Gun The inner forehead section and

The inner forehead section and headphone cups are lined with chamois leather

The right receiver wall is bare and the upper tang is marked KJOBENHAVNS TOIHUUS 1881 (Copenhagen Arsenal) with serial number 60135 on the barrel

The metal work is still originally blued with minimal wear and the whole rifle presents wonderfully including the bore

30-06 rimless cartridge

with slightly darker OD canvas trim

Original U.S. Civil War Era Philadelphia Pocket Percussion Pistol by DERINGER circa 1855-65 Lewis Gun The inner forehead section andOriginal 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