Anybody ever use a 22 derringer as a trapping gun

Most have such a horrendous trigger pull they are about useless I stood on a small bridge and tried to pop a coon at 8 feet and it was tough I would not recommend one if at all possible!

No

No! I own one but rely on the longer sight plane of my Heritage .22!

Chris

Lol was just wondering I have 1 but have never shot it. Just curious they seem like a neat idea but kinda useless

Yes kind of a pain in the yahoo to shoot straight but the little NAA revolvers aren't bad.

It is a belly gun. If it ain't touching what you are trying to kill, you will just - it off.

Tried, failed, won't try again.

This is a Taurus pt22. I guess it qualifies as a derringer? Not any bigger hardly than a pack of cigarettes. It is a semi but double action only with a safety. Barrel tips up to load so you don't rack the slide. Very nice when your hands are bout froze. Cheap ammo jams a lot but CCI long rifle 40 grain bullets do not. Accurate enough to about 10 feet to make useful trapping. I like it when wearing waders. I keep it in a ziplock bag in that chest pocket. Gets the job done and easy to carry. When dirt trapping I like my single six though. Can pop a rabbit or squirrel for supper if I'm in a mood too. Wife bought that Taurus one day when she went to a local gun store with me one day. I don't remember what I was buying but looked up to see her filling out paperwork. Told me she was buying it because it was "cute". I laughed at first. Thing is handy to carry though sometimes.

I have that Taurus also, and have used it some in the summer trapping. Mine does not jam like a lot do, but for regular trapping season I use my single six. The Taurus is handy to stick in your pocket for a quick check.

Danny you'd better look up a derringer

Those double barrel two shot pocket guns are really tiny. Don't hold enough rounds either. Ones ive seen don't eject to good. Be fun with cold fingers. Beretta makes one that Taurus copied to get the pt22. The berretta takes shorts only. It works for dispatch also if you can find shorts. Can find lr ammo anywhere and that short pt22 barrel they are about like shooting shorts when the shorts are fired from a rifle.

I have a north american arms 22. I only use it at very close range. It takes some practice but you can kind of figure out where it shoots. The thing I like about it is I can carry it in my pocket and I hardly know it is dead. It may take a couple shots but they end up just as dead as with any other gun.

I have one strictly for that day when I have to put down one of my hounds.

A couple years ago I thought I'd never hear those words muttered ever again.

To short a barrel , in accurate , no velocity , not enough kill power to humanely do the job, unsafe with to short barrel , to easy to get hands in front or have accident , u have to have almost right up to it to dispatch, I have a 6 1/2 barrel , I don't use cheap ammo, as far as I concerned the derringer or short barrel guns are worthless, , they can ban them, fine with me, all there good for are ppl to stick in there pockets an whatever or only good purpose is a gun collecter

coonman your only 3 feet from something in a trap. work just fine. in a fight for your life or a fight for your wifes life you might be closer than that. lets repeal law. we got plenty. time to do away with 3/4ths of them

Taurus usually copies other makers models that have become popular and sells them cheaper They change some minor thing to make it their own. The Taurus pictured above is their version of the BERETTA 21A. Also known as the "Bobcat", it's a .22 LR, they also come in .25 auto, known as the "Tomcat". The .25 not much of a cal. for anything. I carry a "Bobcat" in my shirt pocket trapping and other times. Never had a misfire or jam with CCI Mini Mags or Blazer amo. Other amo that I've tried, problems. Shoots accurate if you can hold the short barrel still. There is no extractor in the slide. Empties and slide are operated and extracted by their own back pressure. That's why you need the right amo. The flip up barrel is why I like it. Easy to unload with cold fingers. No need to remove magazine and work slide. Just flip up the barrel and drop the shell out. I sometimes flip up the barrel, lower the hammer to safe position, then lower barrel back with shell still in barrel. Can be done with gloves on and everything you do is visible. Small gun but no loss of power that I can tell. Two shells mentioned above will always go through a coyotes when shot through the lungs. I like my Beretta 21A Bobcat.

Danny, you probably know all this, just putting down what I know.

well except the 22 lr part. only tip barrel berretta I ever seen was short only. so got to looking and that's the third model they make

The berretta takes shorts only.

That would be a Beretta Minx---don't think they make them anymore---like mine so much I bought a NIB one for a spare.