Reeder Custom Guns - I have a hankering for a little Derringer

one of the western style but a small one, not a .410/.45 etc. I used to keep those little pot-metal Davis things around back when I sold them. (3) for $100 was my cost. I liked the little .22 Mag. versions. They made a .32 ACP version too. I want to play with the mechanics etc. I have a Colt copy of the #3 but it has a pot metal barrel and rifling (it looks to me) and is .22 short only, single shot.

I also like the old vintage ones that FIE imported from Italy, they were .38 Special and a few like the HAWES were sometimes found in .38 S&W (short), although I think they were German.

It has to drop in my pocket and almost disappear. The .22 WMR makes a good snake gun with the CCI shotshells. At least at long hoe handle distances.

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I just don’t have much mechanical ability. I can learn to take down and put back if somebody shows me, but don’t do so well on new machines. So I leave that for others and use my strengths elsewhere. It is a gift I wish I had.

We are a NAA family. My father has carried the smallest .22lr they made for years. My wife and I prefer the black widows. I keep my wallet in front pocket and it is behind the wallet without any printing issue. My wife has one in her purse as an extra. Each of us have a primary weapon but these are also always handy. I’ve used it on snakes and raccoons and one 60lb coon in a trap. I really need to get one of Gary’s tools to flatten ammo tip.

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a month where guys take them apart and think they are a gunsmith and ruin the internals. We have a really nice S&W model 17 in 22 LR in here now that the guy thought he was a gunsmith and has ruined most of the internals by taking them to a grinding wheel. We have a Browning A-5 Classic 12 gauge where the owner tinkered around inside to make it shoot 3" magnum loads and real light target loads interchangeably and he has pretty much ruined the recoil system.We get AR-15s all the time that guys have bought all the parts and tried to follow a video on how to build an AR-15 yourself and now it is all boogered up inside.

We have at least 5 or 6 guns in our safes right now where the owners watched a video on the internet and tried to do it himself and did a lot of damage to his gun. And invariably it is a classic handgun like the model 17 S&W above. My recommendation is, if you are not a gunsmith and have the tools needed and the years of experience to back it up, don't ruin a nice gun by doing it yourself.

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I always liked the High Standard double action Derringer.

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I like the fact there is no mechanical safety, just the 20# trigger pull. Fine for what it’s intent is. Fast two shots! No hammer to fumble with either. I bet GNR has embellished a few over the years.

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I still think is is the finest derringer ever made in a pocket size gun.I used to carry one in a cowboy boot, alternating between it and my Budischowsky semi auto.
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For a short time American Derringer made a double action 38 Special that was super slick. It was a copy of the High Standard derringer. A divorce robbed him of the company and I never saw any of the 38 specials again.
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I have a hankering for a little Derringer

I like my NAA .22 for pocket or when I'm wearing my speedo.

You boys make a good argument for the NAA.

I have a NNA Black widow in 22 mag

I really liked yours. Good sights!

I wish I was a better tinker.

be glad you aren't a tinkerer. We get 3 or 4 guns

.22 Mag

Bunch still around, market is about $300

I have fancied up several thru the years

Pretty neat