Pocket Pistol

Didn't the bad guys just cut an X into the lead tip with their switchblade...

These double barreled 1911's would be hard to hold in a coozie or sock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tEYcUSQDyw

 

We're talking about smaller pocket sized bullet launchers here, not artillery eh!

 

You just need bigger pockets.

 

Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just happy to see me....

Did Mae West say that?

 

Can you give us a user review of the gun you purchased, Slip? It has been over a year now, and you may have gone through a few box's of ammo...did you make the right choice

 

I just purchased (made) a larger caliber pointy stick.
My first attempt at pointy sticks, researched "pikes".
Found they were fairly unwieldy in a modern day home environment.
So i lopped off about 6 foot, and called it "bat", and it has served well.
My new weapon is considerably smaller (wood spike), but more able to neutralize evil entities (hillary clinton).
First prototype is called "Monica".

 

I posted something the other day, but must have closed the page before pushing the "post" button.

Anyhoo, I was going to give you the same advice that my Coast Guard trainers pushed when running us through the Beretta as a boarding pistol (they now use a Sig, but in my day the Beretta had come in to replace the 1911, and nobody trusted it). That is, considering the poor stopping power of the 9mm FMJ we had to use, to not be shy about shooting in 'series.' That is always train to shoot in a series of four quick, aimed shots. Shoot four rounds, evaluate, shoot again if needed. If you don't train that way, you won't shoot that way when the real thing happens. Don't worry about precision or speed, just get your four rounds into a pie plate sized group as quick as you can recover from the previous shot.

With your smaller mag, maybe a series of three rounds..? .380 isn't much of a stopper even with hollow points, and the velocity is such that even good hollow points may fail to open, so knowing that, train in advance to overcome the shortcomings of the round. When the sky falls you won't think, you'll just do as you trained.

 

Great minds think alike. I have a compact Kimber .45 for cool weather carry, and a little Mustang .380 for summer. When I practice, I shoot in series with either gun.

 

And per Lee Trevino, it can double as a lightning deflector...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJmXc1Vz8A8

 

My younger brother has a Bersa and loves it. It's essentially a PPK, which is a good, reliable design, at half the price.

 

I think the LCP has it over the Bersa if you want it just for concealed carry since it is much smaller. If you also want to plink and play with it in the woods I'd go with the Bersa with its better trigger and sights. It's still pretty small for when you want to carry it, just not as small as the LCP

 

In the course of writing and researching the 1950s I have learned that pocket pistol options were more limited at that time. Automatics weren't as popular in this country as they are now, airweight guns were only just coming on the market, and hollow point pistol rounds were not yet being marketed by the major ammo companies. I would imagine that the limited choices would put an even higher premium on proper training and technique.

 

There were a lot of of little .25 and .32acp pistols around. Beretta, the Baby Browning, the various Colt Hammerless pistols and so on. The PPK in .32 and .380 were around, but those are a bit large to fit into the pocket pistol category. The Colt 1908 in .25acp (which is the basically the American version of the Baby Browning) was a steady seller into the 1950s. And there were larger versions in .32 and.380 called the 1903 or 1908 (depending on version) Colt Pocket Hammerless.