John Dillinger's gun

[lboos]

A gun that belonged to John Dillinger was sold this weekend in Dallas for $95,600. It was a 41 cal double derringer. It was hidden in his sock when he was arrested in Tucson Ariz. in 1934.

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[JB White]

Looks as though it spent a lot of time in a sock.

[PhillipM]

So much for buy the gun, not the story.

[Dave]

Yeh. I wonder how it was documented, surely it had had some sort of 'proof' with it, or buyer was a damn fool!

[Faulkner]

Yeh. I wonder how it was documented, surely it had had some sort of 'proof' with it, or buyer was a damn fool!

For that price I hope he got the documented sock with it.

[lboos]

Dave,
The 41 cal. Remington was sold sat. by Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas.
Search : John Dillingers gun sold this weekend in Dallas....For more info.

[Kragman71]

When I was at Cody Wyoming,a small private museum,not the well known one,had a pistol,that was labeled as the one used by Dillinger to escape from jail.The one whittled from wood,and painted black.
It was just in a display case,along with common stuff.
I still have doubts of its real identity.
Frank