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Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 8:17 am
by Sir Henry
Instead of coffee this morning I decided to have Oolong tea. I must have set the temperature on the boiler to boil instead of 160 degrees because it was bitter. Oh well I had fun shooting the Bond in the early morning light.
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I was aiming for the 10x50 foot berm and I hit it twice. This is a difficult pistol to aim and shoot.
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 9:33 am
by Cofisher
Hit the broad side of the berm? Lol
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 11:22 am
by North Country Gal
I've never shot one, but I suspect I could throw one with more accuracy.
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 12:24 pm
by GFK
Yes, I have found the trigger pull on my Davis D-38 to be heavy. I figured that it was due to the exposed trigger. But, the pull has lighten, as I oil it and it wears in.
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 1:28 pm
by Sir Henry
GFK wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 12:24 pm
Yes, I have found the trigger pull on my Davis D-38 to be heavy. I figured that it was due to the exposed trigger. But, the pull has lighten, as I oil it and it wears in.
The big problem with the Bond is you pull the trigger down more than back.
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 2:23 pm
by GFK
Thumbs up
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:27 pm
by BigAl52
Never shot one either but Ive always thought that trying to shoot one would not be fun from what I have read about the trigger
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:31 pm
by Sir Henry
BigAl52 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:27 pm
Never shot one either but Ive always thought that trying to shoot one would not be fun from what I have read about the trigger
You could shoot someone three feet away from under the card table.
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 8:26 pm
by BigAl52
Best card table gun I ever saw was the one Wyatt had in Tombstone
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2025 7:34 am
by Vaquero
I had a little derringer in 22 mag. for a good while, the extraction was always sticky.
The youngest daughter always liked it, so for her 18th birthday I gave it to her.
Never had the desire to replace it, now I'm not much of a snub-nose kinda guy but I'd buy one before I'd buy another derringer.
RP
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2025 9:27 am
by GFK
Vaquero wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 7:34 am
I had a little derringer in 22 mag. for a good while, the extraction was always sticky.
The youngest daughter always liked it, so for her 18th birthday I gave it to her.
Never had the desire to replace it, now I'm not much of a snub-nose kinda guy but I'd buy one before I'd buy another derringer.
RP
On a practical level, I can understand. On a nostalgia level, I did and still do look at a derringer as completing a set: level action, revolver and derringer. Maybe, I have looked at too many Westerns. In fact, my wife and I have been watching Have Gun-Will Travel. The lead character carries a derringer as a backup. Of course, snub-nose had not arrived on the scene yet. So, I guess the derringer filled the bill, until it did. However, they still appeal to me. I thought about replacing the one that I have or getting another. But, none, until now, seemed to catch my attending. I like the American Derringer. If I every decide to be in the market for another, I would probably look at that one, if the price is not too bad. Derringers seem like nice pocket guns to me.
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2025 9:31 am
by Sir Henry
GFK wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 9:27 am
Vaquero wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 7:34 am
I had a little derringer in 22 mag. for a good while, the extraction was always sticky.
The youngest daughter always liked it, so for her 18th birthday I gave it to her.
Never had the desire to replace it, now I'm not much of a snub-nose kinda guy but I'd buy one before I'd buy another derringer.
RP
On a practical level, I can understand. On a nostalgia level, I did and still do look at a derringer as completing a set: level action, revolver and derringer. Maybe, I have looked at too many Westerns. In fact, my wife and I have been watching Have Gun-Will Travel. The lead character carries a derringer as a backup. Of course, snub-nose had not arrived on the scene yet. So, I guess the derringer filled the bill, until it did. However, they still appeal to me. I thought about replacing the one that I have or getting another. But, none, until now, seemed to catch my attending. I like the American Derringer. If I every decide to be in the market for another, I would probably look at that one, if the price is not too bad. Derringers seem like nice pocket guns to me.
I had the 45/410 barrel for mine but sold it along with a 9MM and another receiver. I think the 45/410 would be the best practical version.
Re: Range Report: Texas Bond
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2025 9:56 am
by GFK
Mines is a 38 Special. I think that two shots would stop or slow something .
