How about a 5/8" thick, all-titanium .45 ACP or 9mm? Check this out.

[em9sredbeam]

The word cute comes to mind, but can't bring myself to like it. Just not rich enough. I wish I was one of you guys who don't think twice about dropping 8 bills on a novelty. I guess Im wasting 45 hour minimum of my life a week, plus 10 hours of driving. Would take a snubnose 5 shot in an ankle holster or jacket pocket for a bug if I was that worried about carrying a backup. That thing looks like a back up gun's back up.

[emsalex]

Kimber pepperblast that shoots 45s?

Somthing else to add to the want but would never buy list.

[bombadillo]

Good lord, that thing would pack a whollop when popping it off even ported! I would LOVE to own one at only $300 or so though.

[scarville]

Interesting concept---shows people are thimking---I think I would prefer it in 9mm---45 might just be a little too much of a good thing. Anybody catch the price?

The make it in 9mm as well. In fact the website implies the barrel assemblies for the different calibers are interchangeable.

BTW, It's a good bet the barrel is not titanium but has a stainless steel sleeve. The website only claims the frame is made of titanium or aluminum. Ti alloys are wonderful materials and have a lot of uses but it is not a good material for a barrel.

[bombadillo]

Price mentioned was around $300 bucks or so.

[TripleThreat]

I called Heizer today and spoke to them (him) at length about thier Double Tap gun. For starters he's very opinionated and not very personable for being in sales, if you want to call it that.

When asked about the calibers, he's 100% for the 45 over the 9mm. He admits this isn't a range gun and it would hurt the webbing of your hand if shot it repeatedly.

He also says the 9mm is not bad to shoot, and the 45 is hard on the hand, and as such suggest only the ported model if going with the 45. He also said (when asked) that the ported model must be shot from full arms length to avoid burn marks to the face (yikes~).

With that, I'm really sold on the 9mm in a non-ported configuration. Lastly, he stated due to some new technology, there is very little loss of kinetic energy from the porting, i.e. from a 45 acp it goes from 779 FPS down to 729 FPS (or there about) it was right at 50 feet per second loss on with a 45 caliber.

Hope this helps some of you out there that are considering this weapons as well.

[CaffeinFeign]

makes my hands hurt just looking at it...

[Anchors]

How can I make the barrel long enough for SSE without machining a whole new upper?

Can the caliber be altered for the SSE?
Can I make it 22lr sized and put it in the larger barrel?