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Fitzhugh Williams said:
This thread got me to thinking about a "Derringer" I bought many years ago at a pawn shop. It has a lock marked "Derringer" and "Philadelphia" with some engraving, but is otherwise very plain. The barrel is very thick and marked "Jukar" and "Spain". I am thinking CVA or pre-CVA? They sold it cheap because the hammer dropped vary slowly and no one wanted to buy it. I took it home and backed the lock screw off a half a turn and it worked fine. Screw was hitting the hammer. It is about .46 cal. so can use a ball made for a revolver. Not a pretty gun, but it is what it is. Don't think I have ever fired it myself.
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It's a CVA. They are .45 caliber and take a .440 round ball with patch. Use a light powder charge.
 
Fitzhugh Williams said:
This thread got me to thinking about a "Derringer" I bought many years ago at a pawn shop. It has a lock marked "Derringer" and "Philadelphia" with some engraving, but is otherwise very plain. The barrel is very thick and marked "Jukar" and "Spain". I am thinking CVA or pre-CVA? They sold it cheap because the hammer dropped vary slowly and no one wanted to buy it. I took it home and backed the lock screw off a half a turn and it worked fine. Screw was hitting the hammer. It is about .46 cal. so can use a ball made for a revolver. Not a pretty gun, but it is what it is. Don't think I have ever fired it myself.
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I am most curious how you came about deciding it was a .46 caliber. Did you measure the inside of the barrel maybe? I got one too but it has .45 stamped on it's barrel.
 
Eutycus said:
I am most curious how you came about deciding it was a .46 caliber. Did you measure the inside of the barrel maybe? I got one too but it has .45 stamped on it's barrel.
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By trying different ball sized from some of my other guns. And this on has no caliber size stamped on it. Only Jukar and Spain.
 
That is the smallest one I have ever seen, very cool!!!!! Someone versed in restoration could fix that to where you would have to look long and hard to see the fix, saving that, I wouldn't touch it.
Robin
 

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