Reeder Custom Guns - Yes that is a cheap copy of the Colt .41 RF

WB
Yes that is a cheap copy of the Colt .41 RF
Monday, March 02, 2020, 13:10

I had an original once and it must have been quite a racket maker in the original BP loading. I'm certain the velocity was more in the BB gun category but who wanted a nasty BP propelled, greasy heeled bullet, in their intestines with pocket lint and who knows what else all over it?! In the pre-penicillin days too!

I currently have one of these novelty .22 shorts in poor shape, all the "paint" has rubbed off the zinc cast barrel and bore. It does fire though!

I do not know where Colt had these fabricated but I'd bet the Astra Spain connection may have a play in it.

Dueling pistole - Winn, 2020-03-02, 10:49
- That would be pistols (nm) - Winn, 2020-03-02, 10:50
  - those are probably the Colt or Colt copies made by - Gary Reeder, 2020-03-02, 12:06
    - Yes that is a cheap copy of the Colt .41 RF - WB, 2020-03-02, 13:10
      - a lot of the original Colt derringers were 22 Short - Gary Reeder, 2020-03-02, 16:00