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Post by HighCotton on Feb 11, 2016 19:45:16 GMT -5
I'm gonna shoot this Cobra .38 Special in the next few weeks and IF it seems to shoot OK, I'll probably offer ~$50 for it. It is fired yet, like new in the box. Anybody ever shoot one of these? Thoughts?  |
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Post by bullseye69 on Feb 11, 2016 19:49:56 GMT -5
Looks well made.
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Post by nfalls116 on Feb 11, 2016 19:50:36 GMT -5
I'm gonna shoot this Cobra .38 Special in the next few weeks and IF it seems to shoot OK, I'll probably offer ~$50 for it. It is fired yet, like new in the box. Anybody ever shoot one of these? Thoughts? I've read good enough stuff on them that I'd offer 50$ without shooting |
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 11, 2016 20:08:31 GMT -5
I'm gonna shoot this Cobra .38 Special in the next few weeks and IF it seems to shoot OK, I'll probably offer ~$50 for it. It is fired yet, like new in the box. Anybody ever shoot one of these? Thoughts? $50? If you don't want it I'll take for $50.... |
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Post by medic22 on Feb 11, 2016 21:35:33 GMT -5
Ill give you $75
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Post by bullseye69 on Feb 11, 2016 23:52:00 GMT -5
Do I hear $80 80 80 80.........
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Post by HighCotton on Feb 12, 2016 6:39:28 GMT -5
I've read some reviews. Guess this has some kick! It'll be a week before I get to shoot it but I'm anxious to see how it does!
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Post by ms660 on Feb 12, 2016 15:36:42 GMT -5
I bet you miss what your aiming at!!!!. I have yet to shoot a derringer that I could hit a barn with at 20 feet, but then again they are not designed to be tack drivers. I'm surprised that Booth actually hit Lincoln
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Post by dbd870 on Feb 12, 2016 15:58:00 GMT -5
Yeah, I see those as 3-5ft type back up weapons.
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Post by nfalls116 on Feb 12, 2016 16:04:35 GMT -5
They are gut busters if you need a derringer you don't have 20 feet its a scuffle gun
Almost got one at rural king
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Post by omegahunter on Feb 12, 2016 16:20:50 GMT -5
I bet you miss what your aiming at!!!!. I have yet to shoot a derringer that I could hit a barn with at 20 feet, but then again they are not designed to be tack drivers. I'm surprised that Booth actually hit Lincoln Dad had a .38 Special derringer that shot really well with slightly downloaded ammo. He loaned it out to a friend for cowboy action shooting. I had to rebuild the guts when it came back, one of the barrels wouldn't fire. It was an import, Excam. It probably shot factory stuff well, but that tended to sting the hand! |
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Post by HighCotton on Feb 13, 2016 16:26:50 GMT -5
I've got some of my handloads that are light old Elmer Keith recipes at around 850-900 fps. I doubt they'll be super accurate but then I'll be starting at about 10 ft away!
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Post by stevein on Feb 14, 2016 8:22:01 GMT -5
I have a friend that has a Derringer in .38. Calls it his gettemoffmegun.  I always thought a full wadcutter would be a good bullet for them. Cuts a nice round hole in paper, should trans fer energy to what ever it hits. |
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Post by HighCotton on Feb 14, 2016 8:33:42 GMT -5
I have a friend that has a Derringer in .38. Calls it his gettemoffmegun. I always thought a full wadcutter would be a good bullet for them. Cuts a nice round hole in paper, should trans fer energy to what ever it hits. You're reading me Steve...just that my loads are semi wadcutters! I use them in my LCRx and figure I'll try them in this derringer. |
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Post by tony on Feb 14, 2016 22:58:44 GMT -5
I didn't keep my Cobra very long because of the extremely heavy trigger pull . My wife couldn't even pull the trigger and when I did get it pulled back I was so far off target that I couldn't hit anything with it.
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Post by featherduster on Feb 15, 2016 13:53:24 GMT -5
Keep one thing in mind a derringer is not a target weapon it's a point blank animal designed to kill.
Trigger pull is unimportant.
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Post by dbd870 on Feb 16, 2016 8:17:31 GMT -5
Keep one thing in mind a derringer is not a target weapon it's a point blank animal designed to kill. Trigger pull is unimportant. Yep, I see them as a second gun; only for when things have already gone terribly wrong and the attacker is right on top of you. I'd never carry it as a primary but if it's that for a second gun or nothing then it certainly beats nothing. (I probably should take my own advice!) |
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Post by HighCotton on Feb 21, 2016 17:53:04 GMT -5
I said SQUEEZE! C'mon boy...SQEEEEZE!!!  So, my son and I had a little fun with this derringer. What you see above is about the best we could manage from 10 feet after shooting a dozen rounds. Interestingly, the top barrel fired first and was consistently about 6" high compared to the lower barrel. But, WOW! The trigger pull on this is like no other gun I have ever fired. Even when following the instructions of pulling the trigger downward toward the butt of the gun. I don't know how you could tell if a gun has a 30+lb. trigger pull but this one feels like something close. Part of the reason may also be that only "one finger" really gets a grip on the grip!  All that said it was kind of fun to feel that much power in such a little gun. |
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Post by stevein on Feb 21, 2016 18:51:45 GMT -5
Do you cock it or is it a double action only? Single action can be fixed easy, DAO I don't know about.
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Post by HighCotton on Feb 21, 2016 21:19:11 GMT -5
Do you cock it or is it a double action only? Single action can be fixed easy, DAO I don't know about. Yes sir, I first half cock it before loading. That part is a must. Then I fully cocked the hammer and fired like a single action. I read about trigger mods that can be done on the gun. Not sure if I'll go that route yet. For now I kind of like the challenge of trying to get some accuracy as designed. I do think the gun MIGHT make a good backup for your backup's backup!!! |
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