Would you pull the trigger on a 10 Ga Derringer - Page 3

aryfrosty · February 21, 2011, 03:11 PM

I accept your description as a 10 gauge. If you can get a chance I'd really enjoy seeing a photo of this monster.

My answer is that I would never fire anything like that. Some years ago I went through an Officer survival class that had us shooting a 12 gauge 18" barrel riot gun one handed. (Scenario being with the Officer wounded and fighting to survive with only a riot gun.)
I did OK at that but once was all it took.

Bill DeShivs · February 21, 2011, 07:29 PM

If it is a very pistol (flare gun,) it won't accept commercial 10 ga. ammunition.
The flares have a very light payload, so recoil wouldn't be bad.

t45 · February 21, 2011, 08:17 PM

Yep, if the chamber was empty.

Vt.birdhunter · February 21, 2011, 08:33 PM

No.....but you guys got me looking at a darn .45-70 Alaskan Survival Derringer!!!

Wonder how much this thread just cost me

BGutzman · February 21, 2011, 09:55 PM

If the snow ever stops I will run to Owatonna and see if it was still there.

I do not believe it was a flaregun although I am not an expert on flareguns.

If its still there I will get a pic if at all possible... Wednesday is the earliest Im going to be able to make it down there. I have about 16 new inches of snow in the last 24 hours.

youngunz4life · February 21, 2011, 09:57 PM

yes I would fire it.

I looked at the 44 but like my 38 derringer

TXAZ · February 21, 2011, 10:19 PM

Why? A possible cheap thrill for the chance to get hurt?
No thanks.

Clay · February 22, 2011, 09:48 AM

Sounds interesting. So far I've found no handgun that "bothered" me to shoot. I'm still looking for the one that does. LOL

Stevie-Ray · February 23, 2011, 12:41 AM

Quote:

No.....but you guys got me looking at a darn .45-70 Alaskan Survival Derringer!!!
Wonder how much this thread just cost me

About one hand, I'd say.

2cooltoolz · February 23, 2011, 12:47 AM

I owned an American Derringer in .357 mag. I hated every shot I fired through that SOB. It's one of the few I don't miss.
That's all I need to know about derringers. Thanks for your interest.

February 21, 2011, 03:11 PM	#51
aryfrosty Senior Member Join Date: September 14, 2010 Location: Concord, NH Posts: 209	Okey I accept your description as a 10 gauge. If you can get a chance I'd really enjoy seeing a photo of this monster. My answer is that I would never fire anything like that. Some years ago I went through an Officer survival class that had us shooting a 12 gauge 18" barrel riot gun one handed. (Scenario being with the Officer wounded and fighting to survive with only a riot gun.) I did OK at that but once was all it took. __________________ 'At the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased...And the epitaph drear, "a fool lies here who tried to hustle the east."'

February 21, 2011, 07:29 PM	#52
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 10,984	If it is a very pistol (flare gun,) it won't accept commercial 10 ga. ammunition. The flares have a very light payload, so recoil wouldn't be bad. __________________ Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler www.billdeshivs.com

February 21, 2011, 09:55 PM	#55
BGutzman Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 2009 Location: Frozen Tundra Posts: 2,414	If the snow ever stops I will run to Owatonna and see if it was still there. I do not believe it was a flaregun although I am not an expert on flareguns. If its still there I will get a pic if at all possible... Wednesday is the earliest Im going to be able to make it down there. I have about 16 new inches of snow in the last 24 hours. __________________ Molon Labe Last edited by BGutzman; February 22, 2011 at 10:29 PM.

February 21, 2011, 09:57 PM	#56
youngunz4life Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2010 Location: United States of America Posts: 1,877	yes I would fire it. I looked at the 44 but like my 38 derringer __________________ "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -Admiral Farragut @ Battle of Mobile Bay 05AUG1864

February 21, 2011, 10:19 PM	#57
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	Why? A possible cheap thrill for the chance to get hurt? No thanks. __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

February 21, 2011, 08:17 PM	#53
t45 Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2010 Location: Foothills, NC Posts: 782	Yep, if the chamber was empty.

February 21, 2011, 08:33 PM	#54
Vt.birdhunter Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2009 Posts: 637	No.....but you guys got me looking at a darn .45-70 Alaskan Survival Derringer!!! Wonder how much this thread just cost me

February 22, 2011, 09:48 AM	#58
Clay Senior Member Join Date: November 11, 2009 Posts: 166	Sounds interesting. So far I've found no handgun that "bothered" me to shoot. I'm still looking for the one that does. LOL

February 23, 2011, 12:47 AM	#60
2cooltoolz Senior Member Join Date: September 17, 2007 Location: Lake Conroe, Texas Posts: 1,059	I owned an American Derringer in .357 mag. I hated every shot I fired through that SOB. It's one of the few I don't miss. That's all I need to know about derringers. Thanks for your interest. __________________ What me worry