.40 S&W Derringers?

[Case82]

Can anybody recommend a .40 S&W Derringer? (something reasonably priced)

I know this caliber will be a firecracker, but I have a G23 and want to keep the same caliber.

 

[Gordon]

Glock 27

 

[Autolycus]

If we consider the Glock 27 a derringer, then I will suggest the HK P2000sk.

By Derringer, do you mean hideout guns? Or a traditional one shot pistol?

 

[KevininPa]

Bond Arms. Here's the link:

http://www.bondarms.com/

 

[Hawk]

And American:

http://www.amderringer.com/das.html

 

[M2 Carbine]

I've got a Bond Arms Derringer in 45ACP.
I'm thinking about getting another barrel, maybe 40 S&W.

I suppose the Bond is reasonably priced but it isn't inexpensive.

 

[Old John]

Bond Arms..........

We have two Bond Arms Derringers at my house.
I have a .45 Colt/.410ga. Texas Defender.
DSW Has a .45acp Texas Defender.
Kinda heavy.
Best Derringer I ever shot, out of several, I've owned.

 

[RyanM]

Prices have gone way up on American Derringers, or at least they were high at the start of the year. Let me find that brochure...

As of 01/01/07, a single action Model 1 in .40 is $605, while a double action DA38 in same is $700. Plus shipping and transfer fee. And the rifling on those things, the lands are twice as wide as the grooves, and the barrels print about 12" apart at 5 yards.

For those prices, you're better off getting a Kahr MK40, which would be only marginally larger, and give you 5+1 shots instead of 2. That's what I did, after discovering how much derringer prices have gone up. You also get polygonal rifling, excellent accuracy, and very controllable recoil. I find that with the same ammo, recoil between my Glock 23 and Kahr MK40 is nearly indistinguishable except for grip width.

 

[19-3Ben]

The barrels print 12" apart at 5 yards? That's disgraceful at ANY price. For over $600 they'd better be a darn sight closer than that.

 

[DPris]

That's what you get with ADC, the Bonds are a little better.
Denis

 

[RyanM]

That's what you get with ADC, the Bonds are a little better.

Though only because they're heavier. It's the recoil that knocks the shots so far off. Top barrel flips more than the bottom. Just the nature of a double-barreled derringer.

 

[KevininPa]

WOW!...

...I never realized ADCs cost so much! I was always under the impression that they cost less than the Bond.

 

[Gordon]

I have been hearing real good things about the MK40 Kahr, it is indeed small and flat. But if my primary was a 23 Glock I most certainly would use a 27 as a BUG. Derringers suck (and I shoot one in Cowboy side matches)for anything except the sexy looks, which doesn't really count much in a gun fight!