Derringers..anybody like em?

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Bond Arms will be selling 2 models without the several hours of polishing each normally gets, but with the same materials as their others for about half the price. The MSP is set to be $299.
I'd consider the .45LC and 410 gauge combination chambering.
Jeff Quinn, from Gunblast gives a review on YT.
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Do I like 'em? Well...yeah...sorta.

To be honest, derringers are novelty guns. I mean, they're kinda neat looking in their own way, but for all practical purposes, there are so many other guns that will do everything a derringer will do...only they'll do it a lot better.

There are guns that will not only conceal better than a derringer (i.e. smaller), but will also have greater fire power. Let's face it. With only two shots, you're not only praying for excellent shot placement, but also praying that the intended target either drops immediately or gets scared and runs away.

There are guns that are lighter weight than a derringer, and they, too, have greater fire power. The Bond derringer is heavy. I mean real heavy figuring you only have two shots. Sure, they're built like the proverbial brick shipyard, but when you consider that they weigh 20 ounces compared to a Ruger LCP, for example, that weighs in at 9.4 ounces and packs a seven-round magazine, or a Smith and Wesson 642 that weighs 14.4 ounces, you start wondering if there really isn't a better way to go.

Do I have a derringer? You bet I do. I think they're cool, but I haven't found them real fun to shoot. I have a Bond derringer with a .38/.357 barrel. The .38 is okay, but you wouldn't want to spend a whole day at the range with it. The .357 is like getting your fingers slammed in the trunk of your car. :D

Anyway, that's my take on derringers. They're a novelty, but I sure wouldn't depend on one as my primary self-defense weapon.:)
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I have an original Bond from 8 years ago, and the trigger pull is unnatural to me, requiring a pull downwards instead of straight back. Others have mentioned this drawback. Does anyone have experience on a later model; is the trigger pull any different?

Kaaskop49
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Mule Packer said:
Do I like 'em? Well...yeah...sorta.

To be honest, derringers are novelty guns. I mean, they're kinda neat looking in their own way, but for all practical purposes, there are so many other guns that will do everything a derringer will do...only they'll do it a lot better.

There are guns that will not only conceal better than a derringer (i.e. smaller), but will also have greater fire power. Let's face it. With only two shots, you're not only praying for excellent shot placement, but also praying that the intended target either drops immediately or gets scared and runs away.

There are guns that are lighter weight than a derringer, and they, too, have greater fire power. The Bond derringer is heavy. I mean real heavy figuring you only have two shots. Sure, they're built like the proverbial brick shipyard, but when you consider that they weigh 20 ounces compared to a Ruger LCP, for example, that weighs in at 9.4 ounces and packs a seven-round magazine, or a Smith and Wesson 642 that weighs 14.4 ounces, you start wondering if there really isn't a better way to go.

Do I have a derringer? You bet I do. I think they're cool, but I haven't found them real fun to shoot. I have a Bond derringer with a .38/.357 barrel. The .38 is okay, but you wouldn't want to spend a whole day at the range with it. The .357 is like getting your fingers slammed in the trunk of your car. :D

Anyway, that's my take on derringers. They're a novelty, but I sure wouldn't depend on one as my primary self-defense weapon.:)
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I wouldn't buy one to replace my EDC which is a Smith Airweight humpback. As you say, a nice novelty that's built like a brick. But for $300 I might give it a go. When I'm in the desert plinking, here in Vegas, I would take it along, loaded with 410 gauge in case I come across a rattler.
 
It's America, so you can buy one if you like it. For their intended purpose, I think they're near useless. They would be fine as a third carry gun, in case the other two you're using go south.
 
Iiiii wouldn’t be so sure about that.

Keep in mind there are modern 000 buck loads for these derringers, specifically designed for handguns such as the Federal loads. That’s 5 000 pellets per trigger pull, 10 per two pulls.

That’s the ballistic equivalent of getting shot with a 9mm 10 times in less than 1 second with practice.

Yowchee wawa, mama!! :eek:

More than enough knockdown power to drop even the most hardened criminal. Shoot his buddy if you need to, I doubt if any man who’d stick around once his two gangbanger palls drop dead!! The derringers have their place, and are every bit as effective as anything else if the user trains and practices. I recall a story from another forum where a member shot and blew an assailants neck to ribbons with a Bond loaded with buck. He drove off and the attacker bled to death, writhing on the pavement in horrific pain as he bled out in the sun.

I would NOT feel unarmed with one, that’s for sure!!
 
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Backlighting said:
Any gun you can't shoot decently is useless.
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Some people would rather blame the gun than admit they can’t shoot it well.

A derringer, weilded by a competent user, can and will do the job, remember, it ain’t the arrow, it’s the Indian.
 
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Some people would rather blame the gun than admit they can’t shoot it well.

A derringer, weilded by a competent user, can and will do the job, remember, it ain’t the arrow, it’s the Indian.
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Could I use one effectively if that was all I had? Without a doubt.

Would it be my first choice for SD? Absolutely not!

If someone is trying to put themselves at a disadvantage, they could always carry a flintlock.
 
kaaskop49 said:
I have an original Bond from 8 years ago, and the trigger pull is unnatural to me, requiring a pull downwards instead of straight back. Others have mentioned this drawback. Does anyone have experience on a later model; is the trigger pull any different?

Kaaskop49
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No picked one up about 6 months ago still have to pull downwards.
 
JayFramer said:
Iiiii wouldn’t be so sure about that.

Keep in mind there are modern 000 buck loads for these derringers, specifically designed for handguns such as the Federal loads. That’s 5 000 pellets per trigger pull, 10 per two pulls.

That’s the ballistic equivalent of getting shot with a 9mm 10 times in less than 1 second with practice.

Yowchee wawa, mama!! :eek:

More than enough knockdown power to drop even the most hardened criminal. Shoot his buddy if you need to, I doubt if any man who’d stick around once his two gangbanger palls drop dead!! The derringers have their place, and are every bit as effective as anything else if the user trains and practices. I recall a story from another forum where a member shot and blew an assailants neck to ribbons with a Bond loaded with buck. He drove off and the attacker bled to death, writhing on the pavement in horrific pain as he bled out in the sun.

I would NOT feel unarmed with one, that’s for sure!!
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Can you show me anyone that can make 2 shots on target with a 410 Derringer in under 1 second?
 
I forgot about the old H&R 22 Mag Derringer, I had one of them back in the mid 70s, that style would make a fair hideout pistol.
I have always wanted a Howdah Pistol, I could never justify spending they money they bring.
 
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