A Simply Superb. Antique, Wild West, Original .32 rimfire Remington Elliot 1860-61 patent, Cased Four-Barrelled Derringer Pistol. As Good If Not Better Than Any Seen In American Wild West Museums. Cased by T Underhill of Manchester

A .32 (RIMFIRE) Remington Elliot patent, Cased Four-Barrelled Derringer Pistol, serial no. ,
circa 1860’s to 70’s, with four 3 3/8in. barrels, the false rib on the left hand side signed 'MANUFACTURED BY E. REMINGTON & SONS ILION N.Y.', the right 'ELLIOT'S PATENTS MAY 29 1860 - OCT 1 1861', release latch below barrel group, open hinged frame with concealed striker, flared grip with smooth moulded hardwood inserts and ring trigger, good original finish remaining, with little or no areas of age pitting. Compared to regular multi shot pistols the production run of this pistol was very low, around 9,000, thus making fine quality and condition surging examples very rare indeed, and cased examples , far far rarer indeed. For example Remington sold over 150,000 of their commercial double barrelled Derringer pistol

Patented during the US Civil War and used in the great Wild West era of America’s Frontier history, this absolute beauty is simply a joy to see. If one was searching for a fine example of these iconic Derringer pistols look no further, this may well be the best you will ever see for sale in Great Britain. Not to mention it is stunningly originally cased in a superb Victorian pistol box, of fine quality, and wonderfully preserved and thus presented as good as any museum piece you may see.

Cased by T Underhill of Manchester {lock case maker marked} 2 Corporation St. He operated at that address for six years up to 1868. A bespoke case maker for instruments and pistols.

Evidence of the practicality of this Pepperbox derringer is found, in infamous sportsman, Grantley Berkeley’s own words, after being presented with one in the Civil War period, when he was in St. Louis, Missouri. He remembered the pistol as “…the most perfect little bijou of a revolver I ever saw in my life… In size it is so small that I carried it in my waistcoat-pocket, and in execution so effective that at eight yards I could shoot as correctly, if not more so, than I could with my favourite pair of John Manton duelling pistols....”

Grantley Berkeley (1800–1881) was a 19th-century British politician, writer, and infamous sportsman whose reputation for violence culminated in an infamous attack on a magazine publisher. Armed with a hunting whip and concealed pistols—often colloquially associated with period derringers —he brutally beat a magazine editor. This led to a widely publicized pistol duel, where he and his opponent fired three shots each with no injuries

"In 1859, the Western United States was still huge, wild, and open. Englishman Grantley Berkeley decided to have a hunt there and so embarked on an adventure very few of his countrymen would ever even contemplate. Enlisting the services of Americans, this plucky Old Countryman got to live out his fantasy of adventure on the high plains. Camping in the open, hunting enormous herds of buffalo, shooting other game and living the life. And he manages to tell the tale with great humor (humour) and keen observation of American social life, habits, and scenery."
Review of The English Sportsman in the Western Prairies
By Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley · 1861

Gallery photo of Harper’s Weekly advertisement in 1864

T. Underhill, 2 Corporation St, Manchester. Thomas Underhill, a qualified optician, that, according to Clifton’s Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers, 1550–1851 (1995), worked at the following addresses in Manchester: 40 Water St (1834–1838), 70 Bridge St, Deansgate (1841), 4 Old Millgate (1848), 2 Corporation St (1858–1864), 4 Corporation St (1868), and 53 Princess St (1873–1881) Creating bespoke cases for all manner of instruments and pistols made by respected Victorian makers such E.Remington and Sons, Buron of Paris, McAllister & Brothers (1855) and Negretti and Zambra (1859

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