David Bradshaw Photos - Vol. LX, Flobert & Remington

[Lee Martin]

LX - Flobert & Remington Derringer

Flobert ("flow-bear") single shot .22 rimfire with octagon barrel from 1880-90. May have been influenced by Remington Rolling block. Flobert hammer doubles as breech block. Hammer/breech contains built-in firing pin. Hammer/breech block flies forward to fire.



Combination hammer/breech block of Flobert pistol has built-in firing pin, a bar which mashes a groove across the head of the rimfire. Upside----it doubles chance of ignition over a single point firing pin.



Tab, which on a Rolling Block would actuate breech block (with extractor), operates extractor only on Flobert.



Flobert .22 rimfire extractor



Flobert with NIB pre-WW II Colt M1911.



Remington over/under derringer, .41 Rimfire. Produced 1868 to 1935, this one probably dates to 1870's.



Original box.



Remington .41 Rimfire O/U derringer in blue.







Elliot's patent Remington derringers. Nickel is very early E. Remington & Sons. Blue variant made after UMC (union Metallic Cartridge Co.) bought Remington. Both from same plant in Ilion, NY. Aesthetically the most elegant pocket pistols ever made. Made from 1868 to 1935. Popularity doomed by "bicycle guns"----pocket revolvers by S&W, Colt, Iver Johnson, and others; and by pocket autos, primarily designed by john Moses Browning.



-Lee
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"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"

[bradshaw]

Correction: Remington introduced the Elliot's patent over/under derringer in 1866, not 1868. These are in .41 Rimfire, the most popular chambering.
David Bradshaw

[cmh]

Was able to handle a Flobert years ago at the Louisville show and thought it was a very interesting design. The derringers..... Never tire of seeing them

[bradshaw]

cmh.... starting with a percussion cap 1847, Flobert developed the .22 rimfire CB or BB cap. Same year as Sam Colt's Walker. Flobert patented the round in 1849. Looking at the Flobert pistol invites thoughts of cross-pollination between the Flobert breech and Remington's Rolling Block.
David Bradshaw