A PALMFUL OF FIREPOWER
hose who grew up watching Westerns readily recognize the Remington double derringer, which most often pops up on-screen in the palm of a shady gambler. The compact rimfire pistol was as well known in the real West. Remington produced more than 150,000 over-under double-barrel derringers between 1866 and 1935. Designed by New York dentist-cum-gunmaker Dr. William Harvey Elliot and patented by Remington, the derringer was chambered only in .41-caliber. While its slow, heavy bullet traveled at 425 feet per second, that was plenty
