Darrenger

[Abarnes]

So I had a piece of 4140 hex bar that I picked up years ago and decided to go ahead and use it. It is a 31 cal. 100% built by hand by me. The stock is from an English walnut that grew on my place and I milled it on a sawmill that I built from scratch. I still need to brown all the steel and I am still oiling the stock but it is coming along.

 

[Abarnes]

So I had a piece of 4140 hex bar that I picked up years ago and decided to go ahead and use it. It is a 31 cal. 100% built by hand by me. The stock is from an English walnut that grew on my place and I milled it on a sawmill that I built from scratch. I still need to brown all the steel and I am still oiling the stock but it is coming along.View attachment 277132View attachment 277133View attachment 277134View attachment 277135View attachment 277136View attachment 277138View attachment 277139View attachment 277140View attachment 277141

I will have to post the rest when I finish.

 

[morehops52]

Wow, I admire folks like you who can do all of the work from scratch. I can barely put a kit together because I never learned those skills early on (shame on me). While the caliber is smaller, the size is closer to the original Lincoln pistol than any of the replicas I've seen offered. Nice job.

 

[Abarnes]

Wow, I admire folks like you who can do all of the work from scratch. I can barely put a kit together because I never learned those skills early on (shame on me). While the caliber is smaller, the size is closer to the original Lincoln pistol than any of the replicas I've seen offered. Nice job.

Thanks it has been a blast, and I haven't even shot it yet. Pun intended.

 

[Abarnes]

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I will have to post the rest when I finish.

 

[rusty]

It's Deringer

 

[morehops52]

I found mine to be most comfortable and steady by gripping it with the bottom two fingers using my middle finger for the trigger. My index finger runs right along the barrel making it perfect for aiming (pointing).

 

[Eutycus]

Good looking piece but how's the firing? Tried it yet?

 

[The Crisco Kid]

It's looks great. It will look even better when the temporary phillips screw are replaced!

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Kudo,s!

 

[Abarnes]

Good looking piece but how's the firing? Tried it yet?

Not yet soon

 

[Scott]

Did you buy the spring or make it

 

[cynthialee]

that is a hair shorter than my smallest Deringer
only useful as a gut gun
miserable way to go back when medical care was not as good as today

 

[The Miner '49er]

It's Deringer

Ummmm, to be correct, it's "derringer". Lower case d and two r's.

 

[earlwb]

Nice job. It turned out really well too. Since he made it entirely from scratch he can call it a Darrenger all he wants to.

 

[Old Hawkeye]

It's Deringer

It's Derringer, but it is named after the gunsmith Henry Deringer Junior. Why it's two R's when you are naming the gun & one R when you name the smith who invented it is a mystery to me. Someone here may know the "story" behind that & ease my curiosity.

 

[Brazos John]

That's so cool!
Your skill set is incredible!
Thanks for a nice set of photos, and I wish you good shooting!

For conversational purposes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derringer#/media/File:Deringer_PHILADEL_A.jpg

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

Cool! Did you groove the bore, or is it smooth?

 

[The Miner '49er]

It's Derringer, but it is named after the gunsmith Henry Deringer Junior. Why it's two R's when you are naming the gun & one R when you name the smith who invented it is a mystery to me. Someone here may know the "story" behind that & ease my curiosity.

On a forum where a Hawken is called Harkens, Hawkeens, etc., I merely wanted to point out that rusty's correction didn't actually correct. In no way am I disparaging Abarnes handiwork, nor what he named it. If a person buys a bargain brand box of tissues, that isn't Kleenex, and a supermarket brand cola isn't a Coke. BTW those stores don't advertise them as kleenex or coke either. Old Hawkeye, check out Wikipedia for more on the naming of Deringer's pocket pistols - that's what he called them.

 

[Abarnes]

Did you buy the spring or make it

I made it