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Originally Posted by ibewbull
I just need to mention one step down from the .25 ACP in an an auto is the over under derringer with hammer. It is not a good choice by any standard.
I thought I would need to use one once and Thank God I did not.
Then I traded it for a 8mm Mauser adding $100.I am glad it is gone.
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I had one of the first High Standard over/under derringers in .22 magnum.
At 10 feet the bullets would keystone and you'd see a profile of the bullet through the paper target. Once it started keystoning there was no telling where the bullet would end up.
Also out of every box of bullets I had two or three failures to fire.
With only two shots to start with that was a scary failure rate. I sent it back to H-S twice but no improvement.
With two shots available it was possible that both might be duds. I traded in the gun.
I am no longer an "early adopter". My .380 AMT was similarly unreliable--and I had to wait 6 months for it to come in.