TUFTS & COLLEY DERRINGER PERCUSSION PISTOL.

TUFTS & COLLEY DERRINGER PERCUSSION PISTOL. Cal. 44. NSN. Slim shaped Philadelphia Deringer copy with 3-3/8″ ovoid shaped bbl, German silver front sight, marked on top flat “DERINGER / PATTN”. Breech plug has light star shaped stamps or engraving with light border patterns & a gold band at rear & a platinum band at front. It has back action lock marked with maker’s name with German silver furniture & pineapple finial on trigger guard. Lockplate, hammer & trigger guard are engraved with foliate arabesque patterns & a dolphin motif on hammer nose. It has a very long serpentine shaped sideplate with second screw similar to that found on Wurfflein pistols. Mounted in 1-pc walnut stock with schnable tip forestock & checkered bird head grip. This pistol is pictured as Figure 128, p. 119, The Deringer in America, Vol. I, Eberhart & Wilson. CONDITION: Very good plus. Bbl retains a light brown patina with hammer & bolster a dark brown patina & lockplate a plum patina with some scattered pitting. Stock has a couple of grain checks in forestock, a crack by lockplate screw & retains traces of orig varnish being mostly a dark patina. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. 4-57859 JR281 (800-1,200)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	108	$1,380.00	TUFTS & COLLEY DERRINGER PERCUSSION PISTOL. Cal. 44. NSN. Slim shaped Philadelphia Deringer copy with 3-3/8″ ovoid shaped bbl, German silver front sight, marked on top flat “DERINGER / PATTN”. Breech plug has light star shaped stamps or engraving with light border patterns & a gold band at rear & a platinum band at front. It has back action lock marked with maker’s name with German silver furniture & pineapple finial on trigger guard. Lockplate, hammer & trigger guard are engraved with foliate arabesque patterns & a dolphin motif on hammer nose. It has a very long serpentine shaped sideplate with second screw similar to that found on Wurfflein pistols. Mounted in 1-pc walnut stock with schnable tip forestock & checkered bird head grip. This pistol is pictured as Figure 128, p. 119, The Deringer in America, Vol. I, Eberhart & Wilson. CONDITION: Very good plus. Bbl retains a light brown patina with hammer & bolster a dark brown patina & lockplate a plum patina with some scattered pitting. Stock has a couple of grain checks in forestock, a crack by lockplate screw & retains traces of orig varnish being mostly a dark patina. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. 4-57859 JR281 (800-1,200) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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