The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Snubbie vs short barrel derringer: Does the gap really make a difference?

Dfariswheel · February 3, 2011, 10:08 PM

There'd be at least some difference because the Derringer has no barrel/cylinder gap and the Derringer often has a longer barrel.
Truth is, the difference is small enough to not be really significant.

This is the day of the micro-mini automatic pistol. Why bother with a two shot, hard to hold, clumsy to cock Derringer with lousy sights when you could have a 6 shot 9mm or .40 caliber Kahr Arms that's actually smaller then many Derringers.
The only real place the Derringer had in the last 100 years was as a last-ditch back up gun, and now the micro guns have taken even that away.

February 3, 2011, 10:08 PM	#2
Dfariswheel Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2001 Posts: 7,478	There'd be at least some difference because the Derringer has no barrel/cylinder gap and the Derringer often has a longer barrel. Truth is, the difference is small enough to not be really significant. This is the day of the micro-mini automatic pistol. Why bother with a two shot, hard to hold, clumsy to cock Derringer with lousy sights when you could have a 6 shot 9mm or .40 caliber Kahr Arms that's actually smaller then many Derringers. The only real place the Derringer had in the last 100 years was as a last-ditch back up gun, and now the micro guns have taken even that away.