Talk:Derringer

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I removed the following:

"Obviously, a higher caliber derringer will have a disadvantage in width, compared to a .32 or even a .380 ACP automatic like the Kel-Tec. It is possible that customers prefer the concealment properties of a slimmer pocket automatic."

This is demonstrably false. A derringer requires just the width of the barrel, while an automatic must be as wide as the barrel plus slide thickness. If you put thinner grip panels on the American Derringer Model 1 in .45 Colt, you can get it down to .9" thick (the frame thickness), which is as thick as the Kel-Tec PF-9 (.88"). They don't list the frame thickness on the DA-38, but it's probably less than the Model 1 since the width with grips is .1" less (and .40 S&W is the largest caliber it's chambered in). The .45 Colt is going to produce far better ballistics in the short barrel than the 9mm, and the .40 S&W will probably beat out the 9mm even with the shorter barrel. scot 01:49, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation

IMO a disambiguation page is needed to distinguish this derringer from "Derringer" as a name. Xinophiliac (talk) 04:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)