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- From: n9020351@henson.cc.wwu.edu (James Douglas Del-Vecchio)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: .380 Derringer
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.231142.16672@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 01:26:07 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Western Washington University
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- ksw9324@zeus.tamu.edu (WASHBURN, KENNETH SCOTT) writes:
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- #Has anyone had any problems with the Davis Ind. .380 auto caliber derringer?
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- #Saw it in a gun shop for only $69.00. The .22 magnum derringer was the same
- #price. At that price it is hard to go wrong. If one were to load the .380
- #version with Glaser safety slugs, this would be an adequate self-defence pistl
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- Well, they are cast from zinc, with steel barrel sleeves, so I don't know
- about how well they would stand up to pressure.
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- I also wonder if using Glaser's wouln't _decrease_ the effectiveness
- of the gun over using hardball. Glasers are designed for low penetration,
- and .380 is not famous for penetration in the first place.
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- JD
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