Wichita eagle., 1890-01-04


the hand and keep the weapon from jumping
| up when fired There was \ circle Of seeea In
the case that was for cutting patches fer the
round bali used in loading the pistol. Builes
uaoulds we've also in place, aud po~dsr fasS
and cap box as we'll II was . first class dual
ing outfit,
They are for sale" said tae dealer, "bs-
cause dueiing is out Of fashion They cost .
lot Of money when new. and il viii take IS
now to buy the outfit Forty years ago no
| other sort Of . weapon was usei in the
| shooting galleries The gallery nlas loaded
the weapons and gave the word II duel
was in progress, and the would b expert
fired At the outline Of q man placed twelve
PAGES away. Although reviewers were i'm
vented before the date speak Of. the dusling
pistol held its own In the shooting galleries.
until after the war. ]
THE DIRky6ER PERIOD
While shooting men chung 70 the duelinS
pistol for gallery practice. in anticipation of
needing a knowledge l. IL some time. they
could not carry such weapon around with
them. The derrfpger was accordingly brought
out as pocket pistol IL wasa short weapon,
the barrel being but two aud a half inches
long, but In the hands Of tine old time gam
blers on the Mixiss,ppi steamboats, Ii was q
deadly weapon. They often fought dae,s
with derringers. while In bapd-to hand con-
eiC 3 derringcrs were invariably used IL any
weapon besides . bowie knife were drawn
OF course the fact that the dsrriugsr had
but one charge was noted. To make up for
this two were carried. Teen double barreird
derringers were introduced. ore barrel lying
beside the other. rs al = shotgun. Conln has
double bsrreIed eintIock dsyringer in his
Broadway gal3cry The fa&n pans were on
top or the barrels Il WAS deliberately en-
graved, but IL was about Is unhaady . weapon
"a get out of mans pocket IN n hurry As
could well be imagined. Many of the double
barreled weapons had bronze barrels. and
just before the war IL was = commoa thing
for funny writers 70 refer 10 double bArrelsd
brass pistols the typo of urtrustworthi-
ness. These weapons were generally Of Bel
gian make and pever had an extended <aie
The invention Of metal cartridges was .
great thing FOR pistol makera May curioas
weapons were bfought out during the war.
One Of the most novel wss . three harreied
weapon with the barrels arranged vertically
one above the other, while . substantial
bowie blade could be slid eut hcyoad the
muzxles OH occasion. The blade wss fxsd
there by q spring, and the empty pistol then
became q wicked knife. Inc double harreled
derringer of tin present. tasne, with the bar
reis one on top OF the other. was evolved from
this idea.
After metal cartridges were adopted the
production OF light ard efiicisnt reviewers
became possible. and no end of stylss we're
brought cut. Among hass of WORTHLESS cast
iron affairs were few made by arms that
proposed % mako the best sort i weapons
possible. and these few firms are stiD la tho
business The good revolver proved sfi-
Gent that the use of dsrringess droppsd al
most entirely There Il only one firm now
engaged In Masking d~rringerr. and the de-
mand scarcely yust;fies them In continuing
the style. Where every gentleman oncs car
ried brace. very few shooting men would
now take gift. save q curiosity.
And yet for a man In close quarters No
weapon is quite 20 efficient as the bag bored
dsrringer
A1rER THE pUrL's DECLINE
After the war &c 10 popularity Il ths duel,
save only IN isoIs;ssi districts. was goas. and
the Use OF dnel,ng pistols evsn IN shooting
galleries was sbaDionei. Revolver tsaAns
the popular weapons even in galleries. But
al this tiass . couple VI hruss were maBufsc-
turing q sirsis bsrreled pistol ,b., wa noch
like the osd dusilng psssoi in SHAPE AID
weight, and yet ossi t<ss convenieni metal
cartridge. H~cau~s tAs-e zspgls b~srsied
weapons were srtrernsly accurate and TIE
cartridges w~rs cheap. say - 20 thsssasd,
the angle barreisst tsrg~s pistol has OF tesss
held on 10 the sst~er1 % enough srorfsng rpsn
To warrant the continusDce a is insusfsc-
turs There are Indications ii a ErovtS Il
popularity 80 Tie faturr There are s~verai
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