Mint condition Fourth Models typically fetch $100 to $125, and substantially less if they’ve been shot. The Colt-stamped Fourth Model leather holster is a rarely-seen accessory. Single guns were $22.50, or $39.50 per pair, and came with a brochure and warranty card in a cardboard box stamped “Box Made In Sweden Expressly for Colt’s Small Arms Division.” Two and four gun consecutively numbered sets were also offered, often in jewelry–style cases, and included Lord and Lady Deringer combinations. Stocks were walnut or “plasticized” pearl or ivory. Some barrels were given a black oxide “Du-Lite” finish that was occasionally subject to flaking. Unlike the silver-plated bronze frames of the Third Model, the Fourth Model featured nickel- or gold-plated Zamak (zinc alloy) cast frames with barrels plated to match. A Second Series, with a “D” suffix, was made from 1970 to 1973, with 25,000 produced. Like the Third Model, it was loaded by placing the hammer on half-cock and pivoting the barrel to the right, which also ejected the cartridge case.įrom 1959 until 1963, First Series Fourth Models had an “N” serial number suffix, with 112,000 guns made. But the popularity of television westerns during the 1950s and ’60s inspired Colt to reissue the Thuer Deringer as the Fourth Model (made for Colt by Butler of New Haven, Conn., which later sold the guns under its own name) in. With the advent of double-actions and semi-automatics, one would assume Colt was finished with single-shot Deringers. Production started in 1870 for all three guns and ended in 1912 for the Alexander Thuer-designed Third Model. The First, Second and Third Model Deringers were Colt’s first cartridge handguns, (notwithstanding cap-and-ball conversions). 41 rimfire single-shots that set the stage for a popular.

Although the Colt name is synonymous with revolvers, during the latter part of the 19th century the company produced a trio of.

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