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<blockquote data-quote="sethk" data-source="post: 2361059" data-attributes="member: 31522"><p>I have no first-hand derringer experience but I've been doing a bit of research. </p><p></p><p>I believe the Cobra derringers are the same as the Davis ones--they bought the design and tooling after Davis folded in the 80's. The Cimarron Derringers are also made by Cobra. Cobra does make "long bore" versions of the .22mag and .38spec which have 3.5" instead of 2.75" barrels. There were Remington-style derringer in .38 Special imported from Europe at one point (Rohm RG and Umberti's Maverick). </p><p></p><p>There are also American Derringer offerings that are heavy-duty enough to come in calibers up to .45-70. They are a less favored and less frequently found than the equally expensive Bond Arms models. Almost as impractical as a .45-70 derringer is the COP Derringer, which was produced and very low numbers as a clunky, 4-barreled derringer (it looks awesome, though).</p><p></p><p>As far as less tradition looking modern derringers, you have O/U double actions like Heizer/DoubleTap and Hi-Standard derringers (discontinued and then reproduced by American derringer). And then there are those ugly black numbers by the defunct Cobray/Leinad/FMJ (all the same folks) that you can find floating around for cheap, usually in .45lc/.410 (they did actually make one in .22wmr--a manually indexed 10 shot pepperbox). </p><p></p><p>Those are pretty much what I can think of in terms of derringers made in the calibers mentioned (or comparable) in the past couple/few decades.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sethk, post: 2361059, member: 31522"] I have no first-hand derringer experience but I've been doing a bit of research. I believe the Cobra derringers are the same as the Davis ones--they bought the design and tooling after Davis folded in the 80's. The Cimarron Derringers are also made by Cobra. Cobra does make "long bore" versions of the .22mag and .38spec which have 3.5" instead of 2.75" barrels. There were Remington-style derringer in .38 Special imported from Europe at one point (Rohm RG and Umberti's Maverick). There are also American Derringer offerings that are heavy-duty enough to come in calibers up to .45-70. They are a less favored and less frequently found than the equally expensive Bond Arms models. Almost as impractical as a .45-70 derringer is the COP Derringer, which was produced and very low numbers as a clunky, 4-barreled derringer (it looks awesome, though). As far as less tradition looking modern derringers, you have O/U double actions like Heizer/DoubleTap and Hi-Standard derringers (discontinued and then reproduced by American derringer). And then there are those ugly black numbers by the defunct Cobray/Leinad/FMJ (all the same folks) that you can find floating around for cheap, usually in .45lc/.410 (they did actually make one in .22wmr--a manually indexed 10 shot pepperbox). Those are pretty much what I can think of in terms of derringers made in the calibers mentioned (or comparable) in the past couple/few decades. [/QUOTE]
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