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.45 cal homemade derringer.

Reader Joe kindly sent through photos of his .45 cal Philadelphia derringer made from a kit I blogged about some time ago.

It looks great!

Here are four pics of the derringer I built in 1978 at age 19. I colored the wood by staining with a Minwax walnut and then handrubbing linseed oil over it. I did not cold blue the barrel. For some reason I inlaid the side brass pieces where the pin comes through the barrel and stock.

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Thanks Joe.

If anyone else has unique, custom, interesting or a firearm with a good story. Please send pictures through!

Posted by Steve on Apr 6th 2008 | Filed in blackpowder, handguns, photos | Comments (2)

Gun Font

This font is very very cool. For each letter there is a gun glyph (image) . It has everything from derringers to assault rifles.

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Here is an example of some text using the font

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It works on both Windows and Mac OS X.

The 2nd Amendment font can be downloaded here.

Enjoy!

Posted by Steve on Nov 30th 2007 | Filed in Misc, rifles | Comments (0)