Remington Derringer

I traded my cousin for an antique .41 short rimfire Remington Derringer, manufactured a few years after the Civil War. They don't make ammunition for it since 1935, so I searched the internet, and found an unopened box of 50 and bought it for $$$. Even the ammo is a collector item. I was dying of curiosity, so I decided to shoot 4 bullets just to see how the gun performed, and I was pleasantly surprised by the accuracy, but the trigger pull is pretty stiff.
The pistol is in very good shape, no crack at the hinge, and over 95% of the nickel plate with only a few tiny spots of corrosion.
The cartridge is obsolete because it is somewhat underpowered, but... it's better than nothin' if you're needin' one.

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• .41rimfire
• derringer
• Remington
• gambler
• antique
• gun

[quickdrw1]

The cartridge case is pretty short. Up close and personal it is a .41 cal, but I've heard they only travel about 550 fps. It's still a chunk of lead.

[stevevandien]

Would like to have seen the recoil behind this famous piece. I've often wondered what it would feel like to fire such a small pistol in .41 caliber, rimfire or no:) --

[quickdrw1]

@stevevandien

You can see the recoil in my other video "Baby Browning" in which I shoot two guns, the Baby Browning, and two shots with this antique Remington derringer. I saw somewhere that the velocity of these rounds is about 550 fps, but they're almost as big as a .45, so I imagine you still wouldn't want to be on the receiving end.

[saj12100]

I wonder if you could convert it to .22 rimfire.

[quickdrw1]

@saj12100

You cannot. The firing pin moves very little up and down, to catch the edge of the .41 cal casings. The barrel is .41 cal... almost twice the size of the .22. What would be the point?

[ammosmith]

Could you do close up of the 41 rimfire next to a 22 rimfire?

[quickdrw1]

@ammosmith

Thank you... that's a good idea. I've been focusing on music, lately, sorta set the guns aside. But I will plan to do that, as a complement to the above video, and people seem to need the education.

[WVSCROUNGER]

@quickdrw1 ..That's an awesome Derringer !!! I have a Hopkins #6 .41 calibre....five shot ELEPHANt Ivory grips made in 1880.......and still Deadly

[bigbobgotu]

@saj12100 you can buy derringers that are .22 mag i got one

[iceburg008]

are theese weak? it seems like they are

[ammosmith]

@quickdrw1 I LOVE old guns. AR15s are cool and all but nothing like my 500 double rifle from 1875. They have character. I had someone say.."What's that thing gonna do?" It'll kill just as good today as it did the day it was made ;-)