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wonder if anyone has ever made a 3 or 4 shot DA revolver?


These were close...

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I forget the name but it seems like it would have to have been this one, the COP .357 Derringer.

Thirty years back I had a Texas motorcycle buddy that packed one of these everywhere, swore by it. As I recollect though in stainless as it was it was heavier than and near as bulky as a regular Airweight j-frame. Double action, IIRC there was a rotating firing pin gizmo that hit each barrel, one after the other, every time the trigger was pulled.

But, just like with a SxS shotgun, in this case I think the just looks of them four muzzles at the business end counted for a lot.

Birdwatcher

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