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Does anyone here have a Derringer or fired one?

Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:07 pm
Posted by Dawgirl
Member since Oct 2015
6132 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:07 pm
Have 3 guns. 2 for the home and one I carry in the car. Just got my concealed weapons permit and trying to decide on whether I should purchase and carry another 22 or a Derringer. Not looking to carry a heavy gun and I don't like pistols. I prefer revolvers.

Anyone ever own a Derringer or fired one? What do you think of the gun?

Would you think a Derringer is a little more powerful than a 22 or no? Looking for serious opinions.TIA

Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:08 pm to
My granddad had one. Loud as frick.
Posted by 03GeeTee
Oklahomastan
Member since Oct 2010
3371 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:08 pm to
Don’t do it
Posted by Dawgirl
Member since Oct 2015
6132 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:09 pm to
Loud doesn't bother me. My 22 is loud.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
59665 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:10 pm to
I have a cop II that my grandpa gave me.

Not very accurate but 4 separate firing pins so I'm gonna get a shot off.
Posted by Dawgirl
Member since Oct 2015
6132 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:10 pm to
So your opinion is a no for a Derringer?
Posted by QuietTiger
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2003
26256 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:10 pm to
quote:

Would you think a Derringer is a little more powerful than a 22 or no?

Well, yes. At the very least a .38. How concealed are you looking for?
Posted by Dawgirl
Member since Oct 2015
6132 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:11 pm to
Thinking the Derringer is for up close range. What about the kick on it?
Posted by Dawgirl
Member since Oct 2015
6132 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:12 pm to
Something to carry in my purse. Not looking to carry a 9mm or similar. Something light.
Posted by texag7
College Station
Member since Apr 2014
37536 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:13 pm to
quote:

Not looking to carry a heavy gun and I don't like pistols. I prefer revolvers.


A revolver is a pistol

I wouldn’t get a derringer. Too complicated

If you like revolvers and don’t want a heavy gun go buy an airweight .38 S&W
Posted by OWLFAN86
The OT has made me richer
Member since Jun 2004
175902 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:13 pm to
is this about my penis?
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
26999 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

What about the kick on it?



What caliber is a derringer? How many options? Anything bigger than a 22 is going to come alive in your hand. A .380 ACP is an angry little bastard when shot, a derringer would be worse.
Posted by Dawgirl
Member since Oct 2015
6132 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:16 pm to
quote:

A revolver is a pistol


When I think of pistols, I think of the 9mm, 45, etc.
Posted by QuietTiger
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2003
26256 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:18 pm to
I'm about to retire having my go to .45 auto under my seat to a Keltec .22 auto mag. It's
not ultra small but it is a great deal smaller than the .45. I'm a big proponent of the damage a 22 mag hollow point can do.
Good luck, be safe.
Posted by VetteGuy
Member since Feb 2008
28184 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:18 pm to
Not worth a crap, even as a BUG.

A knife is better, if they're that close.
Posted by pjab
Member since Mar 2016
5647 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:19 pm to
quote:

Have 3 guns


You should take a canoe trip... soon.
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
8390 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:19 pm to
Hi-Standard made or may still make a derringer in .22 Magnum. It was trim and featured a nice long trigger pull. (no safety). Used to keep one in my boot if going to New Orleans.
Posted by VetteGuy
Member since Feb 2008
28184 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:21 pm to
It may be.

Does your peen not do the job and wait for something bigger to complete the task?

Posted by Dawgirl
Member since Oct 2015
6132 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

derringer in .22 Magnum


If I am reading you right, the Magnum is the one I am looking at.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64030 posts
Posted on 8/11/19 at 8:22 pm to
You're going to kill yourself digging around in your purse with a derringer in there, toots.


This post was edited on 8/11/19 at 8:24 pm
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