#Omelet....pics of what...the Comanche pistol or of my cat?? #Glen...I took a look at The Judge and can tell you the Comanche #patterns way better then that revolver! At approx. 25 feet ( 8 paces ) #it will pattern within the confines of the diameter of a paper plate. #I tested it repeatedly while in the woods on my Dads Arkansas ranch #shooting plate after plate and even stacking up round nut-like things #off the trees...stacked liked cannon balls... and blasted at #them...blew them up and back...at least 10 feet backwards! (they were #approx. the size of golf balls) #p.s. the Comanche usually sells for less than $175 in the blued #version. #As far as being single shot...if you need more than one shot with that #cannon or find yourself surrounded by rattlers the best thing to do is #surrender and just give your name, rank, and serial number.

I used to carry a Snake Charmer .410 in my canoe, and there is no doubt that a .410 shotgun shell will turn a snake to hamburger with one shot. But sometimes I see three or four water moccasins within shooting range. With the .44 Mag loaded with #9 shot, I can get two or three of them.

What I'm really looking for is a small gun in .410 caliber that can be used in my canoe for defense, rather than offense; for cottonmouths within six feet. I found an interesting candidate here... http://www.bondarms.com/

I'd like to look at, and hold, the one at the top of this page... http://www.bondarms.com/ifirearms.htm

I have a Davis Derringer in .22 Mag, which I bought out of curiosity. I wouldn't bet my life on that thing except as a last resort. You don't pull the trigger to fire it. The trigger pull is so hard that you have to squeeze the entire gun, trigger and all, to make it shoot. If you hit a barn with it, it means that you weren't aiming well.

The Davis is only four inches over all, and is light as a feather. The Bond Derringer is six and a quarter inches, and weighs a pound and a half. It's made of stainless and has a trigger guard, so it should be just right for a single canoe.

Has anyone out there ever owned a Bond Derringer? Are they well-built and reliable?

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