Booths gun

[Jim Garrett]

Bill,

Nary a snowflake is predicted in Southern Maryland, but Baltimore and points west and north are getting some accumulation. We have rain and drizzle, and I hope it stays that way. I went to college in the mountains of Maryland where it snowed from October through the first of April, and the wind blew constantly. No one is ever getting me back in the land of ice and snow.

I was in Grttysburg and Carlisle this afternoon and it was lightly snowing. The state plows were all along Route 15.

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If I remember, Henry Deringer was very innovative. Wes is correct. Each one is different and Deringer made alot of pistols and there were a number of copies. Deringer was always trying the latest technology. The Booth deringer has a rifled barrel, which is useless with such a short barrel and also useless with a round ball.

I went to the Gettysburg Civil War show and sale this past July and there were probably 15 deringers for sale, all different calibers, ranging from about $2000 and up.