He is best known for inventing and giving his name to the Deringer pistol.
Little is known of the paper’s continued troubles, but Turner quit within a month and in his farewell issue advertised a pair of Pocket Derringers, apparently standard armament for editors in those days.
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Colt continued to produce the .41 rimfire derringer after the acquisition as an effort to break into the metallic cartridge gun market.
The original 19th century vest-sized pocket pistol, the derringer, which developed from the Philadelphia Deringer, is typically no longer widely used for concealed carry (except in .357
In addition to headlining several shows, they supported such acts as Foghat, Rich Derringer, Pat Travers, and Stranger.
X Brands played "Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah", a tall Pawnee Indian with a double-barrel shotgun who was Derringer's constant companion.