Introduced in 1825, by Henry Deringer, the Philadelphia Deringer was a single shot, muzzle loading, caplock pistol, typically available in .41 caliber. Because of its great availability, the Deringer became very popular, initially among military officers and later among civilians who wished to have a small and easy-to-hide gun for self-defense; they also had the dubious reputation for being the favorite weapon of killers and poker players. This pistol is most notorious for having been used by John Wilkes booth, to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Reports of the assassination, misspelled the pistol as a “Derringer”, which then became the general term, referring to all small or pocket sized pistols. The term still remains in use today, as a result.

*This replica is compatible with cap gun caps