Saturday, May 17, 2008

Guns: Mouseguns I Haven't Tried

There is a whole world of small handguns that pretty much exists only in America (since we have the most liberalized concealed carry laws on Earth). Since mouseguns (which I define as any gun that can be readily carried a pants pocket) have little or no military application, they are relatively uncommon even in places that are otherwise hotbeds of violence, like the Sudan or the Middle East. I tend to pocket carry most of the time, and there are a few firearms that I'd like to try out, but haven't gotten the chance (they're all autos, since I've tried all the pocket revolvers):

Beretta series mouseguns:

Other bloggers are big fans of these little numbers. There's the Tomcat (.32 ACP), the Bobcat (.22/.25), and the ever-popular Jetfire (.25 single action). Definitely not something you would rely on all the time (even .32 ACP ain't exactly the Hammer of Thor), but it'd be fun to give these a test-drive.


Rohrbaugh 9mm:

The BMW of mouseguns - pretty much the smallest 9mm autoloader money can buy, but also expensive and rare. You won't find a whole rack of these in your nearest gun store, that's for sure. Still, I wonder how it handles 9mm in such a small package.


Bersa Thunder .380

Actually, a friend of mine has a Bersa .22, and in my experience, its reputation as fun and comfortable to shoot is well-deserved. I'd like to test drive the .380 version, since it's both inexpensive and reportedly a good gun. This is actually a bit big for a mousegun; it's definitely on the borderline of what you could pocket carry in terms of size and weight.


NAA series/Seecamp:

Right now there's a few people reading this who are thinking, "What?! How dare Mulliga lump Seecamp with NAA!" But frankly, they occupy the same segment of the market - non-polymer pocket pistols.

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