Safe Versatile And Fun

I am a recent convert to Bond Arms. The reason is, I wrongly held the belief that derringers were dangerous and pretty much useless for self-defense. That is until I handled my first Bond Arms derringer. Bond Arms offers a thoroughly customizable and modern take on a historical firearm, while being true to it's aesthetics and by adding safety featu...

Ryan Stafford

Great CQB Weapon

Went shooting my Bond Arms Ranger II last week I was apprehensive about shooting 410 shells from a small barrel. I was pleasantly surprised by the recoil of the Sellier and Bellott 2 and 1/4 000 3 pellet buck shot. The recoil was very moderate, and performed well at 10′ I also shot the Winchester PDX defensive disc 12 pellets combo. The ...

Great Re-Enactment Piece

My wife and I are involved with an Old West re-enactment group out of Fort Smith, Arkansas. I had been looking for a Derringer type piece to be used in our performances as I enjoy portraying different characters in the 1870’s to 1890’s time period. We are sticklers for authenticity and it is difficult to find actual Derringers from t...

WOW

I fired my new Cowboy Defender with both 410 and long Colt 45 rounds last weekend. My target was a torso sized cardboard box I placed on a 1″ pvc pipe. My first shot with the 45 round at 30 yards was pretty much in the center of the box and completely destroyed the pvc pipe inside. I was impressed. I was also pleased that the recoil was fa...

First Time Out

OK. Here goes, I removed my new Band Arms 45LC Mini from the box, loaded it and fired it at paper plate from about 6 feet. The first round struck just off from the plate high and left. I re-cocked and took aim again. This time taking into consideration the strike of my first round. I struck the plate just a little left and above center. During t...