Smallest handgun you’ve owned

[wiscoaster]

Plenty of derringers already in this "smallest handgun" thread, so I'm only adding this one I own as an example of what NOT to get:

Cobra C22M (.22 WMR) ...

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... because I'm still trying to figure out how to get it to shoot reliably. It will frequently fail to fire and it's from a random barrel.

 

[Zendude]

Beretta Pico. It cycled well, but I couldn’t hit a target with it. Not enough grip to grip.

 

[FFGColorado]

Ruger LCP(gen 2)..worked ok but a PITA to shoot and I couldn't hit squat with it. Plus it was 'strawberry'(pink)..but cheap..$175...

 

[Hokkmike]

What’s the smallest or lightest mouse gun you’ve owned? For me so far it would be a chopped little ace at 3” oal

Bodyguard .380

 

[Dudedog]

Kahr P380


So big compared to some of the ones here.

 

[GarySTL]

I've got two of the NAA revolvers in 22Mag. One is the sidewinder and the other is the Ranger 2. Looking to pick up the Earl when I see one.

 

[Paul R Zartman]

Pictures are everything....

 

[22250Rem]

Pictures sure are helpful. Here's the two smallest around here with a quarter for scale. On the left is another Defender revolver like Obturations in post #28. Except this one's in 32 Short Rimfire, ( try finding that ammo! ), and on the right is the .25 ACP Raven I picked up used in 1995 for the grand sum of 25 bucks. The Raven functions well but almost never gets used because, well; it's a Raven. Together they represent two distinct eras in the history of small, easily concealable, inexpensive handguns.

 

[Mosin77]

I’ve got a few small ones... Bauer .25 (Baby Browning clone) and Beretta 950BS Jetfire .25, NAA mini in .22lr with the shorter 1 1/8” barrel, KelTec P3AT which feels like a service side gun in comparison... The 25s are range toys. I want a Colt Junior too. The NAA is hands down the smallest, and is a bit more practical than the tiny autos for carry (IMO) because it can be tossed in a pocket and depended upon to operate reliably when necessary.

 

[Climb14er]

I carry a NAA .22 Mag 1 1/8 inch barrel, with rubber grip in a NAA IWB while fast walking or running. Been doing this for many years. I highly doubt anyone in their sane mind would want to get hit, close up by a .22 Mag round. My 1911 CCO .45ACP in Milt Sparks is normal carry.

 

[Armored farmer]

I had this naa for a few years. I really liked it and found it to be well built, but it didn't hold up to my edc and shooting.
I replaced it with a lcp, and have been very satisfied.

 

[Terry G]

LCP and LCP II. I gave the original to my Daughter. I really don't carry the LCP II as a BUG any longer since I bought a Hellcat.

 

[jar]

Goldilocks and the Three Guns:



From the top: FN Browning 'Baby'; Baby Browning and Walther Model 9.

 

[md7]

S&W 642. Pocket carried it for years before transitioning to an auto loader for ccw

 

[Hanshi]

A Raven .25 acp I bought decades ago.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Yeah - I know, but... they still fire a projectile.

Pinfire that fire segments of wire or paper-clip.


Todd.

 

[Mauser lover]

Yeah - I know, but... they still fire a projectile.

Pinfire that fire segments of wire or paper-clip.

Todd.

What velocity do you get with what projectiles? I’ve contemplated this before, but never had anyone to actually ask.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

What velocity do you get with what projectiles? I’ve contemplated this before, but never had anyone to actually ask.

Almost nothing. Barely a novelty.

I figure mostly an issue of being able to rag on a guy for having gun styled cuff links or tie clasp that don't actually fire like your own do. Then, you take one off and shoot his mint julep cup with a resounding *ting*.

Todd.

 

[d2wing]

I had a Raven .25, Actually I had a few small pistols in .22 LR, 25, 32, and .380. One was stolen and I must have sold the rest. More recently I had a DB9 and a DB380. The 380 was really small and surprisingly accurate. The DB9 is a little bigger and harder to shoot. Both are very tiny and probably the smallest in there calibers. Not sure.

 

[Driftertank]

Smallest gun i've owned was a Walther P22.

Smallest gun i've shot was an NAA .22 revolver, nicknamed "Peter Pan" (it'll never grow up) by my buddy that owned it. Just trying to hit a target at 10yds made for much merriment...

 

[Robk13]

D2, I had one of those tiny raven 25 acp auto "Saturday night special" once. It was the first and last .25 I will ever own. It choked up on every ball round I tried in it. Finally I traded it to a friend for a wrangler .22

 

[mavracer]

Had a NAA mini, currently smallest is a 1908 Colt vest pocket or a Beretta 21a they're pretty close in size.

 

[usp9]

Not too long ago I was given this Hawes .25 acp. Not as small as a Seecamp but still pretty small. Never been able to pin this down as to who actually made this model. Italian or German or ???. Interesting little pistol.

 

[Robk13]

Hawes has always been a German manufacturer as far as I know. I have owned several western and Montana Marshalls made by hawes over the years and they were all produced in West Germany by J.P sauer. If memory serves me correctly hawes was made by J.P Sauer or at least on sauer machines. Also the proof marks on that piece look German to me.

 

[Robk13]

I also used to have an old old hopkins and Allen blue jacket no 1 in .22 short. That thing was micro. When it was fired it would shave tiny hot pieces of lead and bury them nicely into your hand.