Archive for pocket pistols

DoubleTap Receives Patent

DoubleTap Defense has received a Design and Utility patent for its DoubleTap Tactical Pocket Pistol.

August 07, 2013

Bond Girl

Ashley West from the A Girl and a Gun organization proves that women can and do know as much about the way a firearm operates as their male counterparts, as she demonstrates the features of the Bond Girl firearms by Bond Arms. Check out the video of this unique and highly popular pocket pistol, and visit Bond Arms for more information.

May 04, 2013

Pocket-Pistol Lessons

Little guns can be effective self-defense tools, but they require extra commitment.

April 23, 2013

Ruger LC380 Semi-Auto Pistol

Want a pocket pistol that won’t punish you on the range? Try the LC380.

April 01, 2013

Colt Mustang Pocketlite .380 ACP

The Mustang PocketLite proves that Colt can still produce a quality little gun.

May 29, 2012

.32 ACP Pocket Pistols

Kel-Tec and North American Arms both provide truly pocketable .32 ACP autos for use as back-up guns and for deep concealment.

November 28, 2011

Recluse Introduces Pocket Carry Holster

Recluse has introduced a new holster model for pocket carry of Smith & Wesson J-frame Revolvers that allows for easy, intuitive release and draw.

August 23, 2011

Recluse Introduces Pocket Carry Holster

Recluse has introduced a new holster model for pocket carry of Smith & Wesson J-frame Revolvers that allows for easy, intuitive release and draw.

August 23, 2011

H&R .32 Auto

The automatic pistol was a new and intriguing device in the early part of the 20th Century. While the first ones may have come from Europe, it didn't take the canny American arms industry very long to pick up on the potential of a quick-to-load handgun that automatically removed and replaced the fired cartridge in the chamber. The guns caught on quickly and gun makers soon offered their own seme-auto pistols, particularly those of the small-to-medium size commonly known as “pocket” autos. By 1920, gun stores offered a number of both domestic and imported guns. While the market was dominated by Colt and Savage, you could also find elegant Smith &Wesson and Remington gun as well. Any one of these models is worth a complete book. But there is yet another model that was made in Gun Valley and was nowhere near as popular. It was the Harrington & Richardson .32 ACP. All guns in this category—made by these five makers—were very well made, fitted and finished. Lots of good tool steel.

June 30, 2011

Vest Pocket Autos

I recently picked up a gun that establishes just how small a true functional automatic pistol can be made. In fact, this tiny Bernardelli pistol is a fine example of the gunmaker's craft.

June 09, 2011

Laughridge’s Hammerless

In the early decades of the 20th Century, a number of makers offered a new class of gun called the pocket pistol. These were among the very first semi-automatic pistols ever made and they attracted a great deal of attention. There were many makes offered—Browning, Beretta, Mauser, Walther, Astra Star, et.al., in Europe, but the American makes were fewer.

October 06, 2010

Seecamp Pocket Pistols

Louis Seecamp was an ingenious gun designer from a family of gunmakers. Over the years, he worked on a lot of gun matters, but settled into double-action conversions for .45s in the days when there were no such things available on the open market.

July 09, 2010

Colt Mustang .380

A compact, but familar .380.

July 23, 2009

The .25 ACP: A Fightstopper?

A less than powerful round, the .25 ACP still seems to get the job done.

May 25, 2009