CVA Derringer

[Blizzard of '93]

If it will put a ball into a saucer across a table U have a shooter!

 

[mykeal]

Coil spring?

There's no coil spring in my CVA Derringer. Where is it?

 

[BadHeart]

I got them for fun shooting nothing to serious. like other folks have said, you can't hit the side of a barn from the inside with both doors closed. but they are fun to shoot just the same

 

[Zonie]

Frosty: When your in the barn shooting, keep the powder load in the 18-28 grain range.

With a powder load under that and that short barrel the velocity will be low enough that a ball might bounce back and whack you a good one if you ever hit a wall.

zonie

 

[Don]

I don't have the CVA Derringer but I have a very similar one made by Traditions. With 25 grains of powder under a .440 ball I can hit a paper plate at ten yards and penetrate a 1 inch thick pine board with ease. These little guns may not be serious medicine compared to other guns but they are still not toys.

Don

 

[Blizzard of '93]

know where one of those can be bought? .50 caliber hopefully.

 

[mykeal]

Deer Creek Products, (765) 525-6181 has the Traditions .45 cal Philadelphia Derringer (item no. P1015) for $115. The picture looks a great deal like the CVA Derringer, which is also .45 cal.

I've never seen one in .50 cal. Deer Creek also has something called a Dandy Derringer on page 37 of their 2007 catalog; it is priced at $99. There is no catalog item number nor caliber listed. The description does say it has a "nickel barrel and lock with a white gloss finish stock"; the picture looks identical to the Traditions and CVA derringers. On the same page are a "Henry Deringer" in .41 cal with no item number or price and a "Baby Deringer Kit" for $139 with no item number. The picture shows an exploded view of the CVA Derringer kit.

Finally, Deer Creek also has the all metal Traditions Vest Pocket Derringer in .31 cal. for $126.

 

[Praridog]

Where can i get one??

 

[mykeal]

Praridog: See the first line of my post above: Deer Creek Products. Pasquenel's gun show find is a CVA Philly Derringer.

 

[Praridog]

Thank You Duh,guess i should have read a little more.