George Patterson wrote:

cjcampbell wrote:

I knew a guy who claimed he carried a .45 ACP Derringer in Alaska,
which made me wonder: if he fired it, would it hurt him more than it
hurt the bear?


I met a man once who had one of these things. He called it "Baby Doll."
He said it didn't kick badly at all; not very accurate, though. He was
about 6' and 190. A guy my size might have a different opinion of how it
kicked. As far as accuracy goes, I owned a .22 with a 1" barrel once. At
25', it threw the slug about 6" in some random direction from the point
of aim. I think a derringer is likely to be worse.

Derringer's aren't designed for shooting 25'.

Most poker tables are only 6' or so in diameter. :-)

Also, accuracy isn't a function solely of barrel length. A
short-barreled gun can be fairly accurate and some with long barrels are
terrible.


Matt