wildcatter109
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If someone can hit something at 30 feet with a short barreled Derringer, all the better to them. With the small [very small] grip, finger cramping trigger pull, and short sight radius; you're a better man than I. Are they fun to shoot? Occasionally. Are they potentially deadly? For sure if you hit your target. Is it better as someone said than your fist? If you hit your target before they continue their planned mayhem.
OK, no need to get angry on the issue. I always say carry what your want, after all its america. I have a Judge Public Defender that I often carry. Its in my wife's console as we speak. Loaded with 2 rounds Federal 000buck followed by 3 45LC hollow points. Many will disparage my choice and I say you don't like the Judge, don't buy it. So in fairness I will say I liked the derringer well enough to buy a cheap one and I may pull it out of the lock box now and shoot it a few times just to remind myself why I would never rely on it for personal defense when I have many other better choices.
For the record, just about anything is better than my fists, but after 2 quick shots from a derringer my fists would be all that I would have left.
if they don't fall out when you flip the barrels open, it just takes a wipe of the finger to drag them out. the recoil is pretty mild with the 45 acp, as long as you stay away from +P. I would say that I have very little use for +P in this caliber. I think the ability to control your fire is the main object when you are throwing 230 grain, 1/2" diameter hunks of lead at over 800 fps. Center of chest and you should have their attention.Wildcatter109 how do you extract the 45 acp casing...
This article from forbes magazine states the owner of American Derringer, Elizabeth Saunders, had 2 children. One was killed in by a drunk driver and one in an "accident at the gun plant". I assume this is the child in question. which would have been about 1994, well before the safety you speak of was installed. Because of the age of the children and the marriage to the original owner, it looks like the kids were from another relationshipNo 25@BSA25Cents - WRONG!!!!! You are thinking of American Derringer. The owners kid died when he closed their derringer on a live .45 Colt round without putting the gun at half-cock. When he closed the action, it fired the round into his gut, killing him. Of course, that is a fantastic endorsement for the effectiveness of the large rounds in these little guns, despite the tragic circumstances.
Not sure what U are talking about . The owner of American Derringer died years before 2006, His wife whom is pictured on their web site took over. They had no kids. No son involved. The newer guns installed a safety around 2007.
I have visited their store in Wayco, TX.
Saunders went on to earn an M.B.A. from Baylor University, but a series of tragedies marred her success. In 1993 her husband died of pancreatic cancer. A year later, her 16-year-old son, Mark, was killed by a drunk driver. Three months later her son Scott, then 21, died in a freak accident in the gun plant.