I just saw a History Channel program featuring the Deringer used by Booth to kill Lincoln. As would be predictable, the NPS and the FBI assure us that it is the genuine article and rumors that it was stolen and a replacement substituted have no bearing in fact. (Would the government lie?)
Anyway, the gun shown is definitely different from the gun I saw back in the 1960's; then it had a broken hammer screw and a distinctive chip out of the fore-end. The hammer screw is now present and the chip is of a different shape. Did some idiot "restorer" decide to "fix" the gun, or is it a different gun?
Anyway, how many out there remember seeing or seeing pictures of that gun with a missing hammer screw and a V shaped chip? Or have old photos of the gun before it was removed from display during work on Ford's Theater?
Jim
Anyway, the gun shown is definitely different from the gun I saw back in the 1960's; then it had a broken hammer screw and a distinctive chip out of the fore-end. The hammer screw is now present and the chip is of a different shape. Did some idiot "restorer" decide to "fix" the gun, or is it a different gun?
Anyway, how many out there remember seeing or seeing pictures of that gun with a missing hammer screw and a V shaped chip? Or have old photos of the gun before it was removed from display during work on Ford's Theater?
Jim