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Post by erich on Oct 31, 2013 16:47:56 GMT -5
I just bought a set of these (6 of them) with two derringer-owning friends - we're each going to be able to make our derringer range practice more frequent and less expensive. www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=471503They were $50 for the six, with a no-shipping sale at SG - adding in the shipping it'll take to get them to my friends, we're all on the hook for about $18.50 for a pair. Seems well worth it at that price.  |
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Post by erich on Nov 9, 2013 19:07:00 GMT -5
Okay, that was slow! They showed up in the mailbox today - six of them, coated inside and out with some sort of cosmolene-ish crud, packed in an Altoids tin. I pulled the first pair out and cleaned them - they're mine. The others are for my friends. These are the cleaned ones.  They are rifled.   After cleaning my pair, .22 rounds slide in and out with the greatest of ease. Before, not so much. They fit .45 Colt chambers very well, and extract perfectly. |
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Post by erich on Nov 15, 2013 11:23:51 GMT -5
I forgot to report back after Sunday's outing. Well, here's the deal: at 10 yards, these things shoot more accurately than my derringer's full-caliber barrels. IIRC, I was getting rather wide impact variations between the barrels with my .45 Colt loadings. And the same is true of the Cowboy Special loads. We're talking a little below POA with the lower barrel, and about a foot high with the top barrel - but pretty dead-on the centerline. Once I figured out that THE ADAPTORS HAVE TO BE INSERTED SO THAT THE .22S ARE AT 12 O'CLOCK when the gun is closed, they were utterly reliable. And they were decently accurate - all shots from both barrels were in a 3" group that was 3" below the POA. Not a hunting gun with the adaptors, tho. About 1/3 of the .22s keyholed - I suspect this was an ammo issue and need to try different ammo to see whether I can get rid of this keyholing. Perfectly fine for practice, regardless - in fact, I shot the heck out of the derringer with the adaptors. My routine was that I'd fire the two rounds into the same never-growing group, I'd eject the adaptors, use a bore rod to quick knock out the .22 cases, re-load the adaptors (orienting them so the .22s would be at 12 o'clock on firing), and then load the .22s. (Initially the .22 cases just fell out, but after about 5 rounds, that stopped. For another five rounds, they could be blown out with a puff of air, but then I got to worrying about lead ingestion and went to the rod.) These things appear to be a great way to practice with the Bond Arms derringer. |
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2014 9:40:57 GMT -5
Good Report. Thanks for the tip. Its always nice to know that there is cheaper alternatives to just buying the barrel replacements.
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Post by erich on Feb 12, 2014 11:18:25 GMT -5
I kind of can't believe it works so well: it's not perfect, but it's pretty cheap and works fine for practice. Sent from my DROID BIONIC using proboards |
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