[mec]

Bates found this old CVA Derringer Kit. Similar ones are still available from Dixie and the Possibles Shop. It's a bit bigger than the Wilkes Booth Deringer but is about the same size as a lot of Derringer's pistols. He did a good job of shaping and checkering the stock.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=54675&stc=1&d=1173552712
Deringer put for and aft sights on his pistols so, bates did the same. The kits come with a press to fit front bead but Bates did it one better. The kits don't have a rear sight so, he made one and dovetailed it in.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=54677&stc=1&d=1173552673
We had trouble getting the chronograph to read the balls for some reason but did get one shot each with Goex and Swiss. 50 feet seems to be a healthy enough distance for this type pistol. I put one round at 6 o'clock at the bottom of the paper but the other three are pretty good.http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=54676&d=1173552733
One thing I didn't remember is that these have a coil mainspring. May ad a bit to service life.
He was out of plumb brown so, coated the barrel with salt water, left it in a jar with wet rags and then boilled it. I didn't know this would brown a barrel but it did.

[arcticap]

The pistol not only looks wonderful, but for having such a short barrel it displays surprisingly good accuracy at 50 feet.

[mec]

amazingly enough, I tried to speed up my shooting a bit and found it easy to miss a 5 gallon jug.

[Plink]

That came out really nice. The rear sight is a great touch. I've always been curious as to those little guns actual accuracy capabilities if they had sights. Thanks for the pics. :)

[DaveP (UK)]

Handsome little gun.
Would that be a smoothbore?
(Apologies if considered a stupid question!)

[mec]

It's got nice, deep rifling. Henry Deringer did that too as well as the front and rear sights-even on some that were so small that smoothbore would probably serve just as well.

[gpr]

i must be doing someting really wrong....when the smoke clears, i missed a coke can at five feet....gpr

[mec]

I could do that too. The three in the picture were good releases. I don't know what happened to number 4, the one that hit near the bottom of the target. Likely, I anticipated the shot and yanked it low.

[dawgtraxx]

I have the same derringer, just shot it for the first time today, after all the smoke cleared...i missed a trash can at 20 feet..shoots high..but lotsa fun after you figure out the sighting situation

[mp510]

Would that be a smoothbore?
Jukar's are rifled:)

Beautiful finish job on that one, especially the checkering.

[Artillery Art]

Anybody got a line on the sidelock screw sizes? Just got one and it's missing the screw that goes though the stock into the lockplate behind the hammer.
Have a chunk of briar stump with really fancy burl that I'm going to restock with.

[Oyeboten]

How nice..!


There was a 1950s Kit for something very similar to this one a few weeks ago on e-bay...darn it, I missed bidding on it...sold for $12.00



Would have been a fun Kit to try one's hand at.

[DrLaw]

We need a smilie head held in one hand with eyes closed, shaking his head.

Uh,... that would have been a PLASTIC MODEL Derringer kit. Real black powder guns are not allowed on EBay, much less any gun.

The Doc is out now. :cool:

[Oyeboten]

Oh no...it was the real thing...an un-assembled 1950s era Kit...on e-bay...and no one put the kaibosh on it, either...was so nice to see...

Was listed as a 'Model Kit'...