Cool Derringer

[legion]

Bonds Arms is making some pretty cool Derringers in all of the standard calibers...

54815 - Bond Arms Texas Defender Derringer Handgun 9mm Luger 3" Barrels 2 Rounds Rosewood Grip Satin Polish Stainless Steel Finish

[Jim Bremner]

link?

[rouxroux]

[Rot 911]

Cool, but not practical to carry. Weighs 20 ounces unloaded and is bigger than a Ruger LCP!

[legion]

Bought the Cobra Arms version in .38 Special at the local spoon show over the weekend.

Talked two guys out of buying Hi-Points while doing the paperwork. I told them to get a Ruger if they wanted a cheap handgun, but never buy a Hi-Point. (They were retailing for $170, so I also explained that they will lose $70 when they come back to trade it it--and they will come back to trade it in.)

They had a good system at the spoon show. $10 for transfers to a local dealer who will come back to the sight of the spoon show on Wednesday to make all deliveries of Saturday and Sunday sales of hand spoons (72-hour waiting period for handspoons in Illinois). This guy was so busy accepting transfers from other dealer he had to call in family to run his booth!

[Tobra]

Rock and Roll, hootchie koo

wow, that little fella could ROCK

[legion]

Took it to the range today.



The trigger pull sucked. It seriously has like a 50 lb. trigger pull. Now I'm a big guy, and I couldn't always get it to fire. I couldn't generate enough force with the pad of my finger to get it to discharge, I instead had to put the trigger at the joint and squeeze like hell, and that didn't always work. My shots at 5 yards were consistently 1 foot high.

I got it home and disassembled the gun. I found the trigger return spring to be ridiculously stiff. I couldn't compress it at all between my finger. I found that an AR-15 trigger return spring was the same diameter and MUCH lighter. I think I have the trigger pull down to 20 lbs. I think I'd need a lighter hammer spring to get it lighter. I don't want it too light, as it has no trigger guard, but maybe a few pounds lighter would be nice.

[id10t]

A wider smooth trigger will give the impression of a lighter pull...

[porsche4life]

I must ask the question..... Why?




My uncle works with a guy that is missing part of a finger as a result of a .410 deringer.....

[on2wheels52]

That's the old Davis re-badged. I think there's a lot of zinc involved in the manufacture. I'd wager the Hi-Point would last much longer in an indurance contest.
Jim

[Leland Pate]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

I must ask the question..... Why?




My uncle works with a guy that is missing part of a finger as a result of a .410 deringer.....

Because poker can be a dangerous sport!

[id911T]

Originally Posted by on2wheels52

That's the old Davis re-badged. I think there's a lot of zinc involved in the manufacture. I'd wager the Hi-Point would last much longer in an indurance contest.
Jim

My thoughts exactly. To bash Hi-Point whilst buying that POS is truly "the cat calling the kettle black".