halfmoonclip
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A discussion elsewhere here made me wonder if there is any future for Derringers?
The old High Standard, two barrel, double action was really pretty clever, outside the box thinking. It was flat, if not terribly small. I had one before there were better alternatives.
Bond seems the last word in conventional derringers, apparently nicely made, but every bit as big and heavy as a J-gun. The .45-70 Cyclops is the logical end of that thinking.
Handling a 19th Century Remington, it's really remarkably small, although not chambered in modern cartridges.
Realize that modern small autos (BG2.0/P365) have largely occupied the derringer's usual market.
So what says the group? Any place for a new, perhaps ground breaking derringer, or even modern, small iteration of the 19th Century Rem?
Moon
The old High Standard, two barrel, double action was really pretty clever, outside the box thinking. It was flat, if not terribly small. I had one before there were better alternatives.
Bond seems the last word in conventional derringers, apparently nicely made, but every bit as big and heavy as a J-gun. The .45-70 Cyclops is the logical end of that thinking.
Handling a 19th Century Remington, it's really remarkably small, although not chambered in modern cartridges.
Realize that modern small autos (BG2.0/P365) have largely occupied the derringer's usual market.
So what says the group? Any place for a new, perhaps ground breaking derringer, or even modern, small iteration of the 19th Century Rem?
Moon