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Keep a High Standard – High Standard Derringers

by Mike Searson | Jul 1, 2023 | Learnin' | Pocket Guns

We’re looking at an interesting pocket gun today, a weapon designed for bad breath use. Some call ’em BUGs. Read more about the High Standard Derringer.

Bauer 25: The Baby Browning Clone

by Mike Searson | Jun 10, 2023 | Guns | Pocket Guns

The Bauer 25 is a Baby Browning clone…but that don’t make her a bad girl! It’s an interesting gun, even if you despise .25 caliber.

SW380 – Forgotten Pocket Gun That Should Stay Thataway

by Mike Searson | May 17, 2023 | Guns | Pocket Guns

There is nothing wrong with the Smith and Wesson Sigma series SW380 – at least as long as you don’t have to stake your life on it.

How Velo Dogs Let Loose The Dogs of War | WCW

by Mike Searson | Jan 16, 2019 | Learnin' | I'm with Roscoe, Pocket Guns, Weapon Crush Wednesday, Wheelguns

European-made Velo Dogs, with their folding triggers and sub-optimal calibers, were the weapon of choice for the ancestors of modern spandex-clad cyclists.

Colt’s “Dick Special” Detective Special Revolver

by Mike Searson | Sep 26, 2018 | Guns | Pocket Guns, Wheelguns

Back in 1927 when Colt made firearms that people wanted and could actually buy, the company rolled out a new revolver based on their popular Police Positive Model. With its slimmer frame and shorter barrel, the new revolver was called “The Detective Special”. But to us, it was just a Dick. Elliott Ness famously carried one, as did Charles Lindbergh. The Dick Special was carried by police detectives, private detectives and anyone who wanted to discreetly carry a small frame .38 revolver. Colt dropped it from their lineup in 1992, just in time for concealed carry reform to start taking hold in America.

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Weapon Trivia Wednesday: S&W Model 61 Escort, "You Talkin’ Ta Me?"

by Mike Searson | Jan 3, 2018 | Learnin' | Pocket Guns, Weapon Trivia Wednesday

This article brought to you in its entirety by PROPPER (@wearpropper): 50 Years of Service and still getting it done. WTW: S&W Model 61 Escort, "You Talkin' Ta Me?!" Mike the Mook When most people are asked if they've heard of the S&W Model 61 or "Escort,"...

Unending Caliber Controversies: .380 vs. 9mm

by David Reeder | Apr 20, 2017 | Learnin' | Pocket Guns

April 20 is the anniversary of the first Colt .380 pocket pistol, designed by the empyrial St. John Moses Browning. Let’s talk 380 vs 9mm.

ALL NEW from Heizer!! Or Is It?

by Mad Duo | Feb 8, 2017 | Musings | Pocket Guns, Tamrawesome

ALL NEW from Heizer!! Or Is It? Tamara Keel So, there's a corner of the first floor display area at SHOT Show where you're in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. Well, not really, but you're far away from the glitz of the huge displays upstairs, where the big...

Eyes On: NAA Sidewinder & the "Hot War" on Police

by David Reeder | Oct 24, 2016 | Musings | Eyes On, Gun Reviews, Pocket Guns, ReederWrites, Trails Found

Eyes On: NAA Sidewinder & the "Hot War" on Police David Reeder There are some who don't care for so-called "pocket pistols". I'm not one of them. Call it a GOM (Get Off Me) gun, BUG (Back Up Gun), hideout or mousegun, these little pistols are often derided,...

WTW: FP-45 Liberator

by Alexander Crown | Oct 19, 2016 | Learnin' | Pocket Guns, Weapon Trivia Wednesday

Weapon Trivia Wednesday: FP-45 Liberator Alexander Crown America’s pastimes: baseball, apple pie, and killing Nazis. In World War II we were all about killing Nazis, so much so we wanted everyone to join in the fun. Thus, the FP-45 “Liberator” Pistol was born. Given...