Something Completely Different

[CandG]

So, you get 3 tries to hit the bad guy and that's it?

It is different, I'll give it that. I don't see what need it fulfills though.

I certainly hope it doesn't cost more than about $150, because that's what it looks like it's worth, at the very most.

[I Swan]

Conjoined twins gun. Weird. Well .25 is not that great of a round for self defense, I doubt two of them would be much better. What is this gun for?

I like how you used the PC term and not Siamese twins! Yes I'm not exactly sure what niche or need this fills except someone just wanting it. I tend to collect odd guns but I don't have that much interest in this one.

[Mark77]

So 2 .25acp= 1 .380 or 1 9mm? Seems interesting.

.25 ACP + .25 ACP = .50 BMG

[damon1272]

If shot with 2 .25 act's that may cause a serious laceration and may put an eye out if the person's eyelid were open and struck in the eye.

[200Apples]

splithoof

But what is it for?

Hee.

"Why, to sell! of course."

[Marquand]

But what is it for?

It seems to be marketed towards the concealed carry crowd. It's supposed virtues are the increased hit probability of two rounds going off at the same time and the low recoil of the .25 ACP cartridge, even when fired in pairs.

Personally, I'd rather use a 5 shot J frame Smith & Wesson in .38 but for the casual concealed carry guy who isn't going to practice and doesn't want his gun to hurt his hand when he fires it, I can see the attraction.

[200Apples]

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My dear Marquand, his (the marksman splithoof) was a rhetorical question. A friend of ours used to ask that question often...

However I would agree on your J-frame point. Wasn't it Clint Smith who said, "a handgun is supposed to be comforting, not comfortable...".

[zapatito92]

seems like another just because kind of guns, I would not trust my life with it, but I would buy ne for ****s and gigs

[AKexpat]

It's supposed virtues are the increased hit probability of two rounds going off at the same time and the low recoil of the .25 ACP cartridge, even when fired in pairs.

A bit off topic, but my late father once bought a used Fox Sterlingworth SXS 20 gauge shotgun with double triggers, and it weighed about 5 lbs. The first time he shot it, both barrels discharged because of bad sear(s). That was in the 60's when I was a teen.

I remember him telling me that the recoil was not doubled but, rather, squared.

I have never been able to corroborate this. Any takers?

Jim

[CandG]

It seems to be marketed towards the concealed carry crowd. It's supposed virtues are the increased hit probability of two rounds going off at the same time and the low recoil of the .25 ACP cartridge, even when fired in pairs.

Personally, I'd rather use a 5 shot J frame Smith & Wesson in .38

Indeed. If the first bullet didn't hit, chances are the second one half an inch away didn't hit either. Unless they're angled from each other, but then that sounds like an even worse idea, neither bullet would hit where you're aiming.

It sounds like an example of "we're out of ideas for unique products, let's invent something new that solves a problem that doesn't exist, I'm sure someone will buy it"

[Paladin]

I'm sure any fans of Yancy Derringer would LOVE it!

He carried a brace of Sharp's pepperbox derringers: one up his left sleeve and one in a vest pocket. They're definitely for extremely CQB distances....

[smle-man]

From Wikipedia regarding the .25 auto round>

"...The cartridge was designed by John Browning for early blowback pistols that lacked a breech locking mechanism. The cartridge was designed to duplicate the performance of a .22 Long Rifle cartridge, when fired from a 2" barrel."

So with this cartridge and firearm at arm's length distance a shooter is putting the equivalent of two .22 rounds into the target for each pull. By the time the gun is empty the attacker is leaking blood from 6 places and may have a broken rib or two at the very least.

Not the carry piece I would pick by any means but better than a sharp stick and nothing to fail to feed. It does away with the problem of light hammer strikes that .22's have to contend with.

[Springfield45]

Never buy a 25 ACP pistol.

If you do buy one or one is given to you it is Okay just do not ever buy any ammo for it.

If you buy ammo for your 25 ACP you will be temped to shoot it and maybe even use it for self defense.

And god forbid you were to do this you may actually shoot a bad guy with your 25 ACP.

You would most likely hurt this person and they would be very angry at you and hurt you.

[CandG]

better than a sharp stick

I'm not totally sure that it is, a sharp stick could make more, deeper holes

[Carcassonne]

This is interesting:



6 shot 25acp, fires two rounds with each trigger press.

Estimated price - $300. For that, I'd buy one as a curiosity.

I think I'd still rather have a J frame over it for personal protection.

-- Michael

I think the legal definition of a machine gun is that it can fire more than 1 bullet with each pull of the trigger. That gun might be considered a machine gun.

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