Derringer

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Weapon.name: Deringer
Weapon.image: Colt Deringer.jpg
Weapon.image_size: 300
Weapon.caption: Derringer Colt, first model (1870–1890) on the right, third (1875–1912) on the left, all .41 caliber
Weapon.type: Pocket pistol
Weapon.origin: United States
Weapon.designer: Henry Deringer
Weapon.design_date: 1852
Weapon.caliber: .33 (8,38 mm) – .51 (12,95 mm)
Weapon.barrels: 38 mm – 102

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Image: John Wilkes Booths Deringer.jpg

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Commons gallery: Deringer
Commons category: Derringers
native label: Derringer

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Precursors
Philadelphia Deringer
Colt Deringer
Sharps Deringer
Remington Deringers
FP-45 Liberator
Modern designs
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thumb|An original Philadelphia Deringer made by Henry Deringer. This was the pocket pistol used by [[John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.]]

A derringer or deringer is a small handgun that is neither a revolver, semi-automatic pistol, nor machine pistol. The modern derringer is often multi-barreled, and is generally the smallest usable handgun of any given caliber and barrel length due to the lack of a moving action, which takes up more space behind the barrel. It is frequently associated with discreet use by women because it is easily concealable in a purse or a stocking.