16 Feb 2023 8:22 am
It's kind of heavy for edc.Skans » 14 Feb 2023, 10:18 am » wrote: ↑ You still have to cock the derringer. Why not just get a small kimber 357?
If someone is coming for you in your own home, I get it, I'd have something a with more capacity and more powerful to greet them with. But, remember when you are carrying, there is no "castle doctrine". You're not going to be taking shots any farther than 15 feet.I
I personally carry one of 3 guns: Diamondback db9 - small, relatively inexpensive 9mm which I can pocket-carry. STI LS40 which I can pocket carry. And, a Boberg XR9 which I can pocket carry. While I really like the Boberg, they have gotten kind of collectible, so I don't carry it much. Same with the STI LS40. As for the db9 - it's a knock-around gun. Holds up pretty well too, but I don't shoot it that much. Just enough to make sure it works with my choice of ammo, which is staggered: Hollow point in the pipe, followed by 2 solids and the rest hollow points. Need to do it that way to make it reliable.
Your db9 is lighter and cheaper.
You do get what you pay for in the gun world.