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Looking for a steel frame derringer
« on: February 17, 2022, 02:09:27 PM »
Not sure if this is the right forum--Mods feel free to move.  I'm feeling the need for a centerfire steel frame Remington style derringer.  Is Bond my only choice?  All the others seem to have alloy frames.  Given my druthers, I'd prefer blued steel.

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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2022, 02:25:59 PM »
Bond Roughneck.
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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2022, 02:33:33 PM »
Prefer Remington style with no trigger guard.

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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2022, 03:02:24 PM »
Anybody familiar with the Miroku or Uberti replicas?

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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2022, 03:28:07 PM »
Yes - but good luck in trying to find either, since C&WAS took off - once that happened, they were made from unobtanium...

A nice original Great Western is an option - probably 'the' closest to an original - but they're hard to find as well and there are zero spares.

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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2022, 03:30:43 PM »
It's removable.  But they make several models without.  Only one with a steel frame.  No blue though.
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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2022, 08:27:58 PM »
I believe the American Derringer Corp. out of Waco, Texas make their Model 1 out of real (stainless) steel:

http://www.amderringer.com/m1.html
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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2022, 10:11:49 PM »
Just an observation.

The American and Bond derringers are the size of a brick - originals definitely were not.

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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2022, 05:03:12 PM »
Came across an Excam derringer.  Is the frame steel or pot metal?

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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2022, 07:32:47 PM »
One of the many varieties of pot metal.

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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2022, 11:40:06 AM »
Bought a Miroku off GB.  I was looking for a blued gun with a steel frame.  Not a fan of nickel (or chrome).

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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2022, 04:04:46 PM »
Got my Moruku.  The frame is steel but seems to have turned a plum brown while the barrels are dark blue.  Did the frame start out blue?  The only Morukus I've seen online all have plum colored frames.

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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2022, 05:37:11 PM »
Howdy Ammo,

I have seen some investment cast and even older cast iron pocket pistol gun parts that came out purple when "blued". I don't know why or if rebluing can fix that. That said, I agree, if you're going to have a derringer, it should be a copy of the original Remingtions.

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Re: Looking for a steel frame derringer
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2022, 05:58:43 PM »
I'll bet it turned plum later.  I have an NRA centennial Colt (1971) that has the gripframe turned plum (before I got it).  I've seen some Uberti ejector housings turn plum.  And my Cimarron high polish 1911 (Armscor) has turned plum in just a few years since I bought it.  The slide is still black.

Nice looking derringer!

 

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