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== Colt Deringer ==

Daniel Moore patented a single-shot metallic cartridge [[.38 rimfire|.38 Rimfire]] pistol in 1861. These pistols had barrels that pivoted sideways on the frame to allow access to the breech for reloading. Moore would manufacture them until 1865 when he sold out to the [[National Arms Company]], which produced single-shot [[.41 Rimfire]] Deringers until 1870 when it was acquired by [[Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company]]. Colt continued to produce the .41 Rimfire Deringer after the acquisition, as an effort to help break into the metallic-cartridge gun market,<ref name=sapp>{{cite book|publisher=F+W Media, Inc|year=2007 |author =Rick Sapp|title=Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms|isbn =978-0-89689-534-8 |pages=59–60}}</ref> but also introduced its own three single-shot Colt Deringer models, all of them also chambered in the .41 Rimfire cartridge. The last model in production, the third Colt Deringer, was produced until 1912, and later re-released in the 1950s for western movies, under the name "Fourth Model Colt Deringer".

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Colt Deringer.jpg|Colt Deringers, at right 1st Model (1870–1890), at left 3rd Model (1875–1912), all .41 rimfire
Colt 2nd Deringer.jpg|Colt 2nd Model Deringer
.41 Rimfire cartridge.JPG|[[.41 Short|.41 Rimfire]] cartridge
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