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Pocket pistols are a fascinating breed of firearm. Carried properly and backed with good training and tactics, they can be extremely potent defensive weapons. However, if any aspect of your…

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Modern Derringers

In the 1830s, Philadelphia gunsmith Henry Deringer designed and introduced a number of compact, large-caliber percussion pocket pistols that were very popular with both frontiersmen and even more “urban” types.…

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Baby Desert Eagle

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Over the years, several smaller pistols have passed through my hands with varying degrees of success. For the most part, compact and subcompact pistols just don’t seem to suit me.…

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Colt Mustang Pocketlite .380

Concealed carry pocket pistols are not new. Yes, the latest .380 and 9mm ultra-compacts are, but the idea itself is centuries old. The very first were little single-shot flintlocks dating…

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Should the pocket-carried handgun be a revolver or a semi-automatic pistol? Each side argues vociferously for their favorite. Often, it’s a matter of habituation: The old, retired cop who carried…

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The term “pocket pistol” is a bit subjective. Depending upon the user’s size and mode of dress, a pocket pistol might be nearly any standard-sized handgun. In the northeastern part…

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Back when revolvers dominated the scene, choosing a smaller handgun for self-defense was pretty much a no-brainer. Uniformed law enforcement officers, by and large, carried medium- or large-framed service revolvers,…

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