Derringers....what the "most" accurate one on the market?

[bwhoffman]

Howdy all,
I think I might acquire a derringer for "derringer trail walks" and side matches.
I will be wanting a caplock. what seems to be the "more accurate" of the choices available today???
your thoughts please!
caliber not an issue.

Thanks,
Brett

 

[John Taylor]

the one with the longest barrel and sight radius

 

[Don]

I have a couple of Traditions Philly type deringers that can consistantly hit a paper plate at 7 to 10 paces. Given the fact that these were supposed to be across the table type guns I thought that accuracy past a few feet was pretty good. I think any deringer with a rifled barrel can be reasonably accurate with a little practice.

Don

 

[Russianblood]

"Accurate" and "Derringer" in the same sentence. :rotf: :v

 

[bwhoffman]

RussianBlood, TOUCHET'!!! you got me on that one!
So allow me to regroup here...
What is the favorite derringer in the masses for trail walks and such?
smoothbore? rifled? 32, 36 40, 44 cal?
The cheapie new orleans ace "appears" to have the longer barrel, than you look at some of the Philly's and they are rifled.
Just looking to get the best bang for the buck.(can I use those in one sentence?

Brett

 

[Russianblood]

I have a CVA Philadelphia derringer with a rifled .45 cal barrel. I think you'd be better off with a longer, smoothbored barrel.

 

[CoyoteJoe]

I have one of the Philly derringers in .45 rifled bore. I bored it out to .50 smoothbore and it was more accurate as a smoothbore! I replaced the tang screw with a socket head cap screw which I grooved to serve as a rear sight and that helped alot.

 

[Bob Riegl]

:hmm: When you speak deringers there are a few out there---the Uberti-"screw barrel"and the old CVA. Here is a pix of a CVA I picked up at a club open house for $30 and refinished. I have shot this at 8-10 paces and have hit paper plates and playing cards. Great little gun. :applause:

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The cheapie new orleans ace "appears" to have the longer barrel, than you look at some of the Philly's and they are rifled.
Just looking to get the best bang for the buck.(can I use those in one sentence?

Brett

What are your rules? What is the max barrel length allowed in the shoots?

Presence or absence of rifling should mean nothing at pistol ranges. (half the forum can't agree on the need for the spiral groves at less then 500 yards!)

I have an Ace that I picked up off a trade blanket for $25. I bored it out to .454 with a standard drill bit on slow speed with plenty of lube. It shoots the same patched .440 as my other .45s. Biggist problem is NO SIGHTS and the hammer sticks up in the plane of the barrel.

Have a Philly I built many years back. If the rifling does any good I can not tell. I think a tight patch ball combo and good sights will make a bigger difference than one inch of rifleing!

I have one cheap flint pistol I bought as a kit several years back. I made an interchangable 10" barrel to go with the origional 5" tube. The short barrel is a "pie plate actoss the room" gun. With the long barrel it is a "pie plate at 25 yards" gun, mostly due to increased sight radius.

I have a matched set of duelers I use at club events (we do a duel thing). Both have 10" barrels of unknown origin that I picked up at Friendship. Smoothbore, they center on the 8" steel disks at 10 paces like lazer guided rockets.

Consider starting with a cheap kit, to get the basic stock and componants, then replacing the cheap tube with a section of good barrel that meets your club rules for length. Mount some good sights on it and you should have a good "woods walk pistol" at a reasonable price.

Be patient! The best buys I have made on pistols were on trade blanket kits that needed help. Keep your eyes open and a few bucks in reserve, rondy season is about on us.

 

[Don]

Brett,

A couple of guys mentioned the Ace pistol which I have too. However, it is very hard to aim not having sights. I use the top of the hammer as a kind of sight. Mine shoots about 10 to 12 inches high but windage is pretty good. If it were me I stick with something you can at least sight down the barrel with.

Don

 

[Toomuch_36]

RussianBlood, TOUCHET'!!! you got me on that one!
So allow me to regroup here...
What is the favorite derringer in the masses for trail walks and such?
smoothbore? rifled? 32, 36 40, 44 cal?
The cheapie new orleans ace "appears" to have the longer barrel, than you look at some of the Philly's and they are rifled.
Just looking to get the best bang for the buck.(can I use those in one sentence?

Brett

More BANG for the buck?? :hmm:

Have you thought about the duck-foot? Four barrels in a splayed formation from a common breach (they all go off at once). :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

Toomuch
...........
Shoot Flint