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November 14, 2013
The Public Defender
became so popular that Federal Ammunition starting loading .410 self-defense rounds specifically for handgun applications. These rounds contain nine big pellets in each shell. In a self-defense situation where a carjacker is holding his own gun and trying to pull your car door open, a Public Defender loaded with this ammo turns the tables quickly. - - Carjacker's Worst Nightmare
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Yes. It's very good snake gun ...
Posted by: DHH at November 14, 2013 2:37 PM
It also chambers the .45-caliber Long Colt, probably the most lethal handgun round ever made.
Posted by: Donald Sensing at November 14, 2013 3:08 PM
Before 1934's National Firearms Act made them illegal, Ithaca produced the Auto & Burglar gun: a double-barreled smoothbore pistol that fired 20-gauge shotgun shells. The spray of buckshot from one must have been devastating at close range.
Posted by: Skorpion at November 14, 2013 3:46 PM
Bond Arms has similar .410/.45 double-barreled derringers. I have their Snake Slayer model, and it's a great little piece.
Posted by: Dar at November 14, 2013 8:47 PM
I have to pick up one of these. I'd imagine you could do a mixed load of .410 and .45 Long Colt--the shotgun shell for the first, maybe second shot, when the adrenaline is at its highest and accuracy at its worst, then the .45 to finish the job of removing the threat.
Posted by: waltj at November 14, 2013 10:03 PM
Grip is too frikkin' small for the caliber.
Posted by: jdallen at November 15, 2013 3:28 AM
Grip is too frikkin' small for the caliber.
Posted by: jdallen at November 15, 2013 3:28 AM
I dunno....
I don't get the appeal of a 5-shot .410 with whatever payload when you could have 8 230 grain hardballs (7 down/1 up)with a .45 ACP.
I think folks have gotten too enamored with the Hollywood fantasy of the All-Destroying Shotgun, the discharge of which causes bad guys to fly backwards to a safe distance.
And like the man says, the grip's too small.
Posted by: Rob De Witt at November 15, 2013 7:02 AM
Unfortunately here in antigunachusetts it's illegal to load shot shells in a handgun.
Posted by: Dave in PB at November 15, 2013 9:28 AM
The appeal of a shotgun to me isn't its Hollywood-style killing power, it's the spread of its pellets, whether you're using birdshot or buckshot. Adrenaline does odd things to fine motor skills, and first shots, even at close range, often miss. A shotgun increases the chances of at least winging the target, either persuading him to flee, or making it more difficult for him to aim at you. By then, you should have had the opportunity to compose yourself enough to get adequate sight picture/sight alignment/trigger control for any subsequent shots.
Posted by: waltj at November 15, 2013 9:49 AM
I agree the build and grip look suspiciously unwieldly, but without firing it, I couldn't say. However, the big advantage to me would be that its not only friggin' huge looking (that barrel alone is pretty intimidating to stare down) but that the shot shells are bad at penetration. So if I fire this, its not going through the target and the wall behind them. That's just my thought about it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 15, 2013 11:27 AM