MarketWatch photo illustration/Ideal Conceal, Everett Collection
Posted on 03/23/2016 9:22:46 PM PDT by Swordmaker
In its locked position it will be virtually undetectable because it hides in plain sight.’
Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just... carrying an iPhone?
The Ideal Conceal handgun has made waves for what its maker calls an “ingenious” design that looks exactly like a smartphone when in the “locked” position.
Ideal Conceal says on its website that, indeed, hardly anybody will notice it: “Smartphones are EVERYWHERE, so your new pistol will easily blend in with today’s environment. In its locked position it will be virtually undetectable because it hides in plain sight.”
The Ideal Conceal weapon is a .380-caliber derringer. Two bullets in two barrels. While the gun is still patent-pending, It’s expected to be available by mid-2016 for $395 each.
“From soccer moms to professionals of every type, this gun allows you the option of not being a victim,” the company says. “Most threats will occur in less than a 30’ range. Ease and speed of deployment will mean the difference in the outcome. With the Ideal Conceal pistol you can be quick on the draw stopping a threat effectively and immediately.”
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I carry a Sig P-229 with 13 rounds of .40.. and two extra mags. Hopefully, enough to fetch my rifle from the truck.
Wait, Derringer?
Looks a bit large for only two shots.
My Springfield XDS .45 only holds 5 in the mag. I carry two extra mags in leather case, other pocket. No printing or discomfort with bluejeans.
Check it out. I knew a guy who carried a North American .22. I suppose that might be better than a derringer but, geez.
I figure if I can’t stop a threat with 15 Hornady Critical Defense rounds, it’ll be ‘feets, don’t fail me now’ time. But it’s a BUG.
Of course there’s my Glock 19 too.
FP-45 Liberator
HST is your friend :o)
A .40,.357.,or 45 ACP would make it too wide or too heavy or too unsteady. A 9mm might work. At $395 they must not be using the highest and lightest quality of steel.
Good carry choices.
Actually my first striker pistol was a S&W Sigma in .40, known to some as the Smegma Swock.
I hated it at first but it and its terrible trigger are now sitting within reach as I prepare to slumber.
With that thing I figure the chance of an accidental discharge are lower and with adrenaline the trigger will be as smooth as a Sigs. And it has never failed to fire.
But the 19 is my traveling buddy.
I fault no one for their choices. I love my Glock 30. It’s my IDPA baby.
However, comma, I carry a Sig :o)
Don’t ever take it on an airplane (your sword bearing cane). TSA would have a field day about it, over reacting, staring and pointing in shock. “You need to come with me to the Back Room, Sir!”
That’s the one with the narrow slide? I saw the Hickock youtube where he was hitting steel targets with one from way out.
I was looking at them but my wife is still sore over me getting a CZ 97 a while back.
Ya know, the ‘poor man’s Sig’.
There has been a lot of progress in derringers over the last 151 years.
Ole Henry must be proud.
I sometimes wonder if that Mythbusters episode was more propaganda than explosives facts, that current explosives are not powerful enough to fit in a pen of that size.
Would be far better if it was say a 5.7x28 or two different calibers, like a .22 and a .410.
I haven’t seen many mythbusters but that would be an interesting one to watch.
Yep. Nowadays two magazines may not be enough.
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