Would you carry this? Four barrel derringer edition

My answer is no. Not interested in multiple barreled pistols as such.

Further, not interested in a .38 caliber maximum pistol. I get one more round in my Ruger now, in .44 caliber or .45 caliber. Plus much better accuracy with one barrel than four barrels.

My first impulse is to ask "Why?"

Bob Wright

I might buy it and enjoy it as a curiosity or a range toy, but it's a poor choice for defensive use (same size as many pistols, but limited to four shots) and for anything more than the most casual plinking, due to the near-impossability of regulating four separate barrels.

I suppose an integrally suppressed version might enjoy some interest, but even then the accuracy problem would be a serious limitation.

I'd say ....... No. Seems like a 2" bbl, 5 shot .38 spl S&W M36 (or any of the variants of the venerable Chiefs Special) would be simpler, give you one more shot, and be about the same size.

This would actually be pretty good design for a pistol intended for underwater use by frogmen. I've seen similar examples, they all shoot weird custom ammo with very long projectiles.

Having a COP I'd say no. The COP was bought on a whim, and pretty much only comes out of the safe to go to the range, and then only as a curiosity.

It's bulkier than the .45 AMT Backup. Fewer rounds as well.

TruthTellers said:

... My question for you guys is does this gun interest you? Would you actually carry it? ...

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No & No.

Not even remotely interested. We're it black powder I might be simply for the early repeating arms flair that it would have, but modern cartridge, modern styling absolutely not.

Why does it have a recoil spring?

Edit: And why does it look like it has a magazine base plate?

Edit 2: Went to the website. The magazine is a speed loader. The thing that lloks like a guide rod assembly is a laser. I can't imagine a single issue that this gun solves that othe guns can't solve better.

There's a new company that's trying to get their feet on solid ground and the first gun they will be producing is pretty much a COP clone.

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Great idea

I'd be interested if the trigger pull was decent. My great-grandfather carried a four-barreled Sharps that's been passed down to me. The mainspring broke from too many kids playing with it back when my Dad was young, but I've always been interested in the concept. If it's small enough to slip into a pocket I might even carry it on a quick errand.
It might be better than one of those mini revolvers if it's made right.

No, it doesn't interest me.
No, I wouldn't carry one.

There are many options of a similar size with much better upside. I would prefer a Smith Airweight over one.
Heck, my Taurus 709 Slim isn't much larger and it holds 7+1.

To me, there are just much better options.

If my name were Maxwell Smart I'd be clamoring for a brace of them. For me ... no and no. If I were going to "up-gun" to four rounds, I'd just keep going and get six or seven.

Maybe for someone who lacks the hand strength for a double action revolver trigger or a semi-auto slide?

This is one of those guns that overwhelms me with a desire NOT to run right out and buy one.

Aside from being thick, bulky, limited to four shots, slow to reload and undoubtedly inaccurate, what other virtues does it have?

Range toy or collectible, sure. Defensive gun? Um, only if I had no other options. The thing looks to be the same size as a subcompact 380 or 9mm with lower capacity.

I have talked to these people and handled the pistol. The market is for people that are not gun people but want a house gun. Simple to use and multiple shot, in a controllable effective caliber. It fulfils a true need in the market. Just because we like firearms and most of us can handle the manual of arms doesn't mean we should sneer at a solution for a problem we do not have. I would buy one of these for my mother. It is simple and it works.

No, I agree with Msmp5. S&W airweight holds 5 and works just fine.

TruthTellers said:

.........The fact that it has no external moving parts required to fire means one could put it in a coat pocket and, were the need to arise, reliably fire it four times without having to draw the gun.......

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I can do the same thing with my S&W Airweight Bodyguard .38 (shrouded hammer) but I can fire it five times. I still think the 2" bbl Chiefs Special - or some variant thereof - would be a better carry gun then this 4 shot thing. As far as a simple gun for home defense for folks not particularly interested in firearms, I've always suggested a 4" bbl .38 revolver...... Not much simpler than that, unless you get a single shot bolt action .22 rifle. Also, I think the whole concept of marketing a gun for the primary purpose of getting it into the hands of those who aren't interested in at least minimal training with that firearm, is irresponsible. Just my opinion, worth exactly what you paid for it.

And why does it look like it has a magazine base plate?

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That's where you store extra ammo, they might be on to something there.

The answer is no...it serves no useful purpose for me.. I already have too many guns that never see the light of day.
Anything I buy now has to excel in its purpose.

I am sure it will prove once again that there is a sucker born every minute.