Y'all like derringers?

[Pochanaquarhip]

I have one. A .38spl. Not sure of brand though but it’s alright.

I handled a Bond Arms .45Colt/.410 the other day and that’s a solid little gun. I really liked it. Thought about getting one of my own.

Do yall have a derringer? What purpose does it serve you?

Never seen a discussion about them so figure I’d start one.

 

[KurtM]

Sure Rick Derringer was a pretty good string bender. His album, all American boy was nice

 

[Pochanaquarhip]

Sure Rick Derringer was a pretty good string bender. His album, all American boy was nice

What the fuck are you talking about

 

[KurtM]

Rick Derringer. Guitar player, song writer, and generally good rock and roller. You asked if I liked Derringers, so yeah!

 

[SoonerP226]

About 25-30 years ago someone started making those little 4-pot “pepperbox” derringers in .22LR in stainless. It was a pretty cool little belly gun; it had four barrels and the firing pin rotated among them. It was only .22LR coming out of 2” of barrel, so it would probably have had a hard time dispatching a mouse beyond arm’s length, but if you used it as a last ditch survival tool and stuck it in some bad guy’s belly and pulled the trigger, they’d have a really bad day.

There were also the little North American Arms micro revolvers, also available as belt buckle guns. As I recall, you could get those in .22WMR, which would make a relatively potent last ditch survival tool.

 

[Kwaynem]

I have been wanting to get a bond arms a buddy has one and he said it was a handful in 45

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

The only derringer I've ever fired was one of those fuckin' .45-70 beasts on a dare. Turns out it really wasn't as bad as I imagined.

 

[CS Boomis]

The only derringer I've ever fired was one of those fuckin' .45-70 beasts on a dare. Turns out it really wasn't as bad as I imagined.

Probably light someone’s cigarette at twenty yards!

 

[CS Boomis]

When I was a little nipper I used to leave greasy nose prints on the display case staring at those derringers. I wanted one sooo bad because I had seen one used as a hideout in some western or another. I got old enough to drop the coin and figured out that I could get something else with more firepower for the same or less money and wouldn’t take as long to reload as a ‘58 Springfield .

 

[SoonerP226]

I wanted one sooo bad because I had seen one used as a hideout in some western or another.

Paladin carried one in Have Gun, Will Travel. He had it stowed behind the buckle of his gun belt.

 

[CS Boomis]

Paladin carried one in Have Gun, Will Travel. He had it stowed behind the buckle of his gun belt.

Mighta been it. I remember in elementary school James West was sub MOA with his. Weird how he never needed three shots, evuh.

 

[Ndenway]

Warren Oates uses one in peter fonda's western flik "the hired hand"

Pretty decent western

 

[KurtM]

Well for the same size as a Derringer (the pistol type this time) you can have a Seecamp, or PT-32 with 7 rounds instead of 2.

 

[Ndenway]

Well for the same size as a Derringer (the pistol type this time) you can have a Seecamp, or PT-32 with 7 rounds instead of 2.

Just a smidge bigger khar cw9, 40 & 45,

They make a smaller pocket model too.

 

[SoonerP226]

Well for the same size as a Derringer (the pistol type this time) you can have a Seecamp, or PT-32 with 7 rounds instead of 2.

Yeah, but Paladin never used a Seecamp to shoot the gun out of a bad guy’s hand.

 

[Old Noob]

Picked this F.I.E. D86 Derringer at a garage sale a few weeks ago. I will clean it up and go though it. It has been neglected for awhile.

 

[forindooruseonly]

I have an old High Standard .22 mag derringer. It keyholes at 7 yards. I call that a feature rather than a flaw...