During the 20 months in 1969 and 1970 that we have been displaying our derringers at gun shows we have won 25 awards. Our derringers have been displayed from the East Coast to the West Coast and from the North to the South. Great acclaim was given them at the National Rifle Association Convention. Considering the point that awards are won not only on quality or quantity but on the educational value, we believe that our display is one of the best. Now that the ice has been broken towards listing and showing all of the different southern makers, let us hope that our collector friends will come up with more information and more details of when these little known gunsmiths and dealers operated and perhaps new makers that are not now recognized or known. This chart shows the relative rarity of Southern derringers in the opinion of several knowledgeable collectors. Position #1 is the easiest to obtain and position #10 is the hardest to find. The text of this book takes up each maker in this same order. 1. Hyde & Goodrich 1 2. F. H. Clark 2 3. Schneider 3 4. F. Glassick 3 5. C. Suter 5 6. H. E. Dimick 5 7. F. J. Bitterlick 5 8. Lullman & Vienna 6 9. Bitterlick & Legler 7 10. S. O’Dell 7 11. Schneider & Glassick 8 12. W. H. Calhoun 8 13. L. Swett 9 14. J. A. Schafer 9 15. J. R. Trumpler 9 16. J. B. Gilmore 9 17. Linde 10 18. Folsom 10 19. A. Weisgerber 10 20. J. Mirriman 10 21. Louis Hoffman 10 22. J. Conning 10 23. A. R. Mendenhall 10 24. J. Hausmann 10 25. A. J. Millspaugh 10 26. Holyoake-Lownes 10 27. F. S. Schumann 10 28. E. R. Sieber 10 29. H. G. Newcomb 10 SOUTHERN DERRINGERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY