Started as a company designing and manufacturing airboats for hard-to-reach places in its home state of Florida, Diamondback Firearms emerged from the machine shop and captured the market with its defense-oriented guns.
Just when it seems the firearm industry has exhausted itself by way of striving to keep up with demand for existing models, it’s a pleasant surprise to learn that, behind the scenes, engineers and marketing folks have been working on new offerings that have either been created from whole cloth, are significantly revised or are unfamiliar to the American market.
Diamondback Firearms offers the market old-world styling amended by modern conveniences with its convertible Sidekick, a nine-shot, .22 Long Rifle-chambered, double-action revolver that features a swing-out cylinder.
Though there are several affordable rimfire revolvers on the market, the Sidekick from Diamondback Firearms has a few unique features that make it stand out. Watch here to see the gun in action.
One thing became clear at SHOT Show 2020, and that was a resurgence of interest in 5.7x28 mm guns. Diamondback Firearms had an interesting offering in the form of its DBX.
Pocket pistols are the most in-demand category of firearm today. It’s been a long road from the pocket Brownings at the dawn of the 20th century to the Glock 43 and Ruger LCP II of today, and it is a journey that has been heavily influenced by laws both for and against the self-loading pocket pistol.