Armed robbery with an antique pistol

[1srelluc]

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A man was arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a liquor store on Friday night.

Tulsa Police responded around 8:45 p.m. to Primo's Wine and Spirits near 91st and Yale, where a white man wearing a red hoodie and pajama pants reportedly tried to buy something, but was denied for not having his ID.

Store employees say he left and returned a few minutes later, pointing an antique gun at them and demanding cash and their IDs.

A few hours later, around 3:25 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, the suspect was spotted at a QuikTrip on 91st and Yale. Police responded to the area and arrested 24-year-old Dyllon Redfern in a parking garage near 8900 S. Yale.

Police recovered the stolen cash, antique gun, and stolen ID. Redfern was arrested for first-degree robbery.

Police note the firearm is likely from the mid-1800s and is a single-shot percussion derringer. It was also called the "Muff Pistol" or "Pocket Pistol".

Actually, it's a rare Bacon under hammer percussion boot pistol. I thought I recognized it. Circa 1850s. Some were used in the Civil War. They were around 34 cal. and a smooth bore.


Bacon & Co. Underhammer Percussion Boot Pistol, made circa the 1850s by Thomas Bacon in Norwich, Connecticut.

About 500 estimated produced. This pistol would have competed against the likes of Henry Deringer, Ethan Allen, and Samuel Colt in the years leading up to the American Civil War.

This pistol would have been intended to be used for self-defense, and the barrel would have fit into the top of a boot.

Fine and rare antebellum underhammer bar pistol by Bacon, Norwich, Connecticut - Civil War Antiques

Incredibly rare little antebellum pistol, less than 500 ever produced and fewer than a dozen known to have survived. This single shot .34 caliber percussion handgun was produced circa 1855 by Thomas K. Bacon who previously made parts for gun firms such as Ethan Allen and Allen and Thurber. His...

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So the dumb thief was toting around a antique he could have easily got $500.00+ for.....No questions asked.

 

[Natural Citizen]

So the dumb thief was toting around a antique he could have easily got $500.00+ for.....No questions asked.

Likely stolen as well, though...

 

[odanny]

They will certainly trace that pistol back to its origin, if they can find the owner, and they will likely get him for having stolen goods, or connect him to the robbery.

 

[1srelluc]

They will certainly trace that pistol back to its origin, if they can find the owner, and they will likely get him for having stolen goods, or connect him to the robbery.

Only if someone that had an antique Baker pistol stolen and reported it to the police. And it would pretty much have to be in the area and the guy would have to know the serial number as Baker pistols were serialed but are not classified as a firearm.

There was no NFA in the 1850s and as it's a antique there is no paperwork required for it's purchase in any part of it's history. At best just a store receipt, hopefully reflecting the serial number.

 

[The Irish Ram]

They will certainly trace that pistol back to its origin, if they can find the owner, and they will likely get him for having stolen goods, or connect him to the robbery.

LOL. The original owner was George Washington's wife...

 

[odanny]

LOL. The original owner was George Washington's wife...

Bollocks.