“The objects are very beautiful and important in and of themselves, but also because of the story they tell.” (Silverman). Our society should remember the Derringer Pistol because the story behind it is significant. The Derringer Pistol has a personal story that is important, the inventor and the gun itself is interesting, also it had a major event in history which changed how people see it today. This gun has a compelling personal story. It’s not my gun, but it is my dad’s gun that he got back in 2011. He never shot it; and it is an artifact to him. It’s a .45 caliber black powered, and he has sentimental value to it. He wanted to buy it because of the events from the past that it had. Even though it he doesn’t know much about it, he would
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“Deringer's early efforts were for military contracts, producing military pistols, muskets and rifles” (Slomski). He first liked making long guns and he was passionate of making them. “In 1806 he settled in Philadelphia and began his own arms-manufacturing plant” (Britannica). He concentrated on making single shot pistols. His original pistol was a flintlock, single shot caliber that soon became very popular. The Derringer pistol is small hand gun. There are more various types of this gun later in its years. “Derringer is actually a misspelling of Henry's last name” (firearms history). People kept misspelling the original pistol so it stuck with the two r’s. “Derringers were not particularly reliable and some were downright dangerous to handle, they fell out of favor for use as defensive pistol” (Garrett). The gun served as a back up weapon, but they are still being made to this day.
` This pistol had an eventful history. “It was the weapon, used by John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln in the Ford Theater on April 14, 1865.” (High Smith) It was a .44 caliber that killed him which was called the “hit man’s special” soon after. “…the bullet that killed Lincoln, several skull fragments were created by the shot.” (Schehl). The pistol had produced lots of damage from only one bullet to
“Deringer's early efforts were for military contracts, producing military pistols, muskets and rifles” (Slomski). He first liked making long guns and he was passionate of making them. “In 1806 he settled in Philadelphia and began his own arms-manufacturing plant” (Britannica). He concentrated on making single shot pistols. His original pistol was a flintlock, single shot caliber that soon became very popular. The Derringer pistol is small hand gun. There are more various types of this gun later in its years. “Derringer is actually a misspelling of Henry's last name” (firearms history). People kept misspelling the original pistol so it stuck with the two r’s. “Derringers were not particularly reliable and some were downright dangerous to handle, they fell out of favor for use as defensive pistol” (Garrett). The gun served as a back up weapon, but they are still being made to this day.
` This pistol had an eventful history. “It was the weapon, used by John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln in the Ford Theater on April 14, 1865.” (High Smith) It was a .44 caliber that killed him which was called the “hit man’s special” soon after. “…the bullet that killed Lincoln, several skull fragments were created by the shot.” (Schehl). The pistol had produced lots of damage from only one bullet to