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• sakodude Posts: 4,881 Senior Member

  March 2022 #2

  you forgot the pics

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 #3

  You can’t see the pictures?!? 

  It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

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• Bigslug Posts: 9,860 Senior Member

  March 2022 #4

  Wambli Ska said:

  Just picked up this cutie. Chambered in .22 Short so as useless as **** on a bull except for shooting small rodents, 

  Ummmm. . .you have to be able to HIT said small rodent, so. . .no, it's just useless as **** on a bull.

  WWJMBD?
  
  "Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 edited March 2022 #5

  Bigslug said:

  Wambli Ska said:

  Just picked up this cutie. Chambered in .22 Short so as useless as **** on a bull except for shooting small rodents, 

  Ummmm. . .you have to be able to HIT said small rodent, so. . .no, it's just useless as **** on a bull.

  You need to press the muzzle against their forehead! 🤣
  
  Actually the sight setup is rudimentary but looks usable.  Basically you line up the front blade with the firing pin on hammer in the cocked position.
  
  The barrel is rifled so there is that. If it really sucks I might have the chamber bored straight through to shoot .22 shot shells through a smooth bore and use it as snake medicine.

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• GrapeApe Posts: 585 Senior Member

  March 2022 #6

  Smooth bore handgun = bad juju

  "For longer range, use a bigger case. For bigger game, use a bigger bullet." - Dan Johnson

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 edited March 2022 #7

  Never mind... Just deepen the chamber for 22 shot shells.

  It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

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• Elk creek Posts: 7,929 Senior Member

  March 2022 edited March 2022 #8

  Fun little outing to the gun store!! Nice! Back in my LEO life we had one of those colts in the “gun locker.” It was evidence with the firing pin removes so we couldn’t shoot it! Cool little shooters. 

  Oh and you suck for the leather!!!

  Aim higher, or get a bigger gun.

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 #9

  Elk creek said:

  Fun little outing to the gun store!! Nice! Back in my LEO life we had one of those colts in the “gun locker.” It was evidence with the firing pin removes so we couldn’t shoot it! Cool little shooters. 

  Oh and you suck for the leather!!!

  Thanks!  It’s always fun to find little odd guns and good leather is always a treat.
  
  Found a few boxes of old Eley CB caps. That ought to do the trick.
  
  Here she is, loaded and ready to rumble!
  
  

  
  

  I’ll have to put on a vest today… 
    
  

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• bullsi1911 Posts: 12,428 Senior Member

  March 2022 #10

  My uncle started clipping one of those colt .22 derringers to his pajama waistband after he was mugged in his own back yard in Houston. He made the decision to
  always be armed- even when sleeping. This was in the ‘80s, before Texas had a CHL. 

  
  

  He had like 2 or 3 of the little guns from what I understand. They all disappeared after he passed away. I always wanted to add one to my collection after hearing those stories. 
  

  
  

  Nice score!

  To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
  -Mikhail Kalashnikov

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 #11

  Thanks!  I was thinking of making a simple Kydex holster and hang it around my neck. 😎

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• PFD Posts: 1,898 Senior Member

  March 2022 #12

  Or put a lanyard ring on it and use it for a key fob? 🙄
  

  That's all I got.
  
  Paul

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 #13

  PFD said:

  Or put a lanyard ring on it and use it for a key fob? 🙄
  

  That could work too!

  It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 #14

  Orrrrrrrrr, I might use it as an action to build a mini rifle 😁

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• PFD Posts: 1,898 Senior Member

  March 2022 #15

  If you go with the mini rifle, you might could bore it out to .270, the action is obviously more than strong enough. 🙄
  

  (Where'sSnake)
  

  That's all I got.
  
  Paul

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 #16

  PFD said:

  If you go with the mini rifle, you might could bore it out to .270, the action is obviously more than strong enough. 🙄
  

  (Where'sSnake)
  

  Why would I go to a lesser round?!?!? 😱

  It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

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• Gene L Posts: 12,817 Senior Member

  March 2022 edited March 2022 #17

  I was somewhat surprised at Wambi's post as on one of the sites I follow had a thread on Henry Deringer, who invented the derringer in 1825.I wonder why it wasn't invented earlier but I guess it was waiting on the percussion cap.  Henry died on Feb 28, 1868 so Wambi's post (Feb 28, 2022) could be in memoriam.

  Concealed carry is for protection, open carry is for attention.
  

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 edited March 2022 #18

  Now there’s an interesting coincidence!  I guess I channeled Mr Deringer.
  
  
  

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• sakodude Posts: 4,881 Senior Member

  March 2022 #19

  Had an opportunity on one of the Colt sets, Lord and lady I think it was called. Fun little shooters but didn't buy them.

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 #20

  sakodude said:

  Had an opportunity on one of the Colt sets, Lord and lady I think it was called. Fun little shooters but didn't buy them.

  As guns go there’s not much to them but of course having the Pony on them has increased their value over the years.  I’ve seen pristine sets bring $5-600 and they were sold for under $75 at retail when they came out in the late ‘60s IIRC.  They were so inexpensive that I remember two made into bookends.  Don’t know if was a factory offering or some crafty person did it so they could sell in New York where I saw them. 

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• sakodude Posts: 4,881 Senior Member

  March 2022 #21

  https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/46/3878/cased-set-of-two-colt-lord-and-lady-number-4-derringers-a-c
  This is very much like the set I was offered back in the early 90's seem to recall they wanted $200 for them at that time. Neat little set but money was tight back then and they had no practical use so I had to pass on them.

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 edited March 2022 #22

  Wow they’ve gone up a bit since the last time I shopped for one.  Mine being a Butler (the original manufacturer who made these for Colt) it won’t bring that kind of money but I bought it as a toy and maybe to wear at SASS matches in the future so I really don’t care about value.  I cleaned it yesterday and the bore is perfect and sharp so I’m good to go.

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• Spk Posts: 4,835 Senior Member

  March 2022 #23

  @Wambli, I guess next you'll be getting a Detonics Gladiator. 😁

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu_scmqY9H4

  
  

  I think @zorba would like this odd ball. 👍
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience -- Mark Twain
  How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain
  
  

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• zorba Posts: 25,283 Senior Member

  March 2022 #24

  Spk said:

  @Wambli, I guess next you'll be getting a Detonics Gladiator. 😁

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu_scmqY9H4

  
  

  I think @zorba would like this odd ball. 👍
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  Zorba likes it, but Zorba's smarter than to want to shoot it! Zorba likes his hands to be functional...
  

  -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"
  
  

  "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."

  )O(
  

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 5,410 Senior Member

  March 2022 #25

  Spk said:

  @Wambli, I guess next you'll be getting a Detonics Gladiator. 😁

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu_scmqY9H4

  
  

  I think @zorba would like this odd ball. 👍
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  That’s a small jump in caliber!!!
  🤣

  It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

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• Spk Posts: 4,835 Senior Member

  March 2022 #26

  It's what @Zee calls a tractor gun. 👍
  

  Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience -- Mark Twain
  How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain
  
  

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