If you’re one of the many who’ve bought a DoubleTap Defense tactical pocket pistol and think shooting a couple of parabellums or .45s from a small package is the bee’s knees, you’re gonna love their latest. The St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Earth pistol innovator just announced the addition of two new calibers; .410/.45 Colt and .40 S&W. That broadens their caliber options to four in your choice of either titanium or aluminum. Press release after the jump . . .
ST. LOUIS, MO (October 2013)DoubleTap Defense, LLC, a firearms design and manufacturing company, announces the addition of new calibers for the patented DoubleTap™ Tactical Pocket Pistol to include the .410/.45 Colt and the .40 S&W. DoubleTap Defense will unveil the new calibers at the 2013 NASGW Expo & 40th Annual Meeting in Grapevine, Texas.
The new .410/.45 Colt and .40 S&W calibers will beavailable in the DoubleTap™ pistol model and as a Barrel Conversion Kit. The new .410/.45 Colt caliber for a 2.5-inch cartridge has become a popular self-defense and home protection cartridge readily available and affordable for the average citizen. The new calibers expand the variety of ammunition that can be used on the aluminum or titanium 5/8″ slim, no-snag frame and allow customers a greater choice in preferred ammo usage for their personal protection.
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About DoubleTap Defense, LLC:
Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, DoubleTap Defense, LLC is a firearms design and manufacturing company intent on delivering new paradigms in firearms engineering and production. The DoubleTap™ Tactical Pocket Pistol is the brainchild of founder Ray Kohout, a firearms industry professional. http://www.doubletapdefense.com/
Manchester’s finest should train and join Manchester United. I think they are intellectually better suited there.
I dunno, but 40 is a little big for a squirrel.
Sounds like a good u-tube video though.
So.. is he really republican then??? I think not. Democrat in a republican skin. Hey, whatever it takes to disarm right?
Ms. Hudak’s logic on Guns:
“I just want to say, statistics are not on your side, even if you had had a gun. You said that you were a martial arts student, I mean person, experience in tae kwon do, and yet because this individual was so large and was able to overcome you even with your skills, and chances are that if you had had a gun, then he would have been able to get than from you and possibly use it against you…”
Guns put people on the same playing field regardless of the individual’s size. In fact larger people are at a slight disadvantage as they are a larger target. A woman need only pull a trigger and down goes a 250lb rapist. This clearly shows Ms. Kudak’s agenda is more important than rape victims, women’s defense, and the rights of Colorado citizens.
Since when it the same old tried and failed solution an unusual approach?
An unusual approach would be looking at cities with LOWER homicide rates, and following their lead.
I’m going all in and holding out for one in .50 BMG. Pocket rocket? More like pocket Polaris!
Still too stupid for me.
Okay, took my new Ruger LCR 22 to shoot at the range for the first time yesterday. I absolutely love
this piece. Used CCI 22 LR and it performed flawlessly, aside from casings sticking a couple of times when I went to unload. I am a beginning shooter and hit the target fairly well with this baby at 30 feet and even got a couple of bullseyes. Today I will receive a trigger mount laser which goes in front of the
trigger and which cost me $79 through Amazon. Can’t wait to get it and go shooting again.
Somewhere I read that 22 short ammo should not be used with this gun. I did purchase some of this
ammo bc it was cheap, but am hesitant to try it. Has anyone used 22 short in this piece.
I’m holding out for them to make a high-capacity model, with more barrels stacked up. I’d like to see a Octuple Tap, or even an Duodecuple Tap. Because that’s the only way this product line could get even more ridiculous… Who wouldn’t want a seven-pound, twelve-barrelled derringer the size of a cricket bat, with the ergonomics of a cinder block?
I’ve been saying I would buy a 45/410 version of this gun ever since they announced the original. Now it looks like I will have to put my money where my mouth is. That plus Ruger’s reintroduction of the Red Label mean my wallet will be screaming for mercy over the next two years.
To me the .410 double tap will make an excellent trotline firearm, and general varmint abatement tool for rattlesnakes, raccoons, opposum, and the like, that refuse to relocate from near the house after repeated warnings.
I consider it more of a tool for shooting situations where any risk of ricochet is unacceptable and the amount of power needed is less critical. As such, I don’t see why so many shooters don’t appreciate the potential usefulness of a 45/410 derringer. Maybe those shooters just haven’t taken the time to conceptualize other potential uses for firearms aside from their use as a weapon of self-defense or big game hunting, i.e, they have never had too shoot a snake that refuses to relocate his basking spot away from the barn foundation, or have never had to dispatch raccoons that repeatedly trap themselves in trashcans as part of their nightly raiding routine.
Certainly I don’t consider it an EDC weapon, even though it could serve that role in a pinch, but I do think it could be a useful tool for some situations, even though its usefulness is hardly proportional to the price. Even as a tool it may be on the outside end of diminishing returns, but I am a gun lover and I want one anyway.
first time I saw a “Honey Badger” in a video game I thought it was a joke, lol… this MCX is better looking imo.
300 blackout suppressed seems like the best choice for the role this thing seems intended for
Looks like a glue gun accident to me.
I think most people knew from the beginning of all this that going after pistols would be unpopular. It’s easier to vilify the big scary asshalt rafles then it is to demonize the handgun even though that’s the firearms that is used in crime 98% of the time a gun is involved.
I am hopeful that people are beginning to wake up and smell the tyranny.
I have to ask seriously if TTAG is getting some renumeration for continuing to hype this piece of crap. I mean you don’t have to be a Google genius to find the numerous articles and reviews about how much this gun absolutely SUCKS! Many examples of it dimpling the unused loaded cartridge along with YT videos of the damn things having faulty dual-ignitions and just about splitting people’s hands open.
I’d think the only real story about DoubleTap should be ……When the hell is DoubleTap going to recall their faulty pistols?
I held one out of curiosity yesterday. I surprised at it’s size. I was expecting it to be much, MUCH smaller and lighter.
Robert,
I can’t say a blame some women or liberals for feeling anti gun when there are 2a supporters on the internet who lump their entire group together and say “They are the ENEMY”
Many of those opposed to gun rights are potential advocates for RKBA. If you don’t believe this look at the change in support for all out handgun bans. That’s a dramatic cultural change in 50 years.
The amount of men and even conservatives who are opposed to new gun legislation is not so overwhelming that they can all be counted as 2a supporters.
I expect a lot from this site and your comments in your last paragraph are really dissapointing.
The only role I can feasibly see this weapon in is a back-up or back-up, back-up gun. Either way, too much cost and too little capacity, there are at least a dozen guns that serve this role better and for cheaper.
If I see something I want and it’s a sub $500 piece I generally get it. If it’s expensive the process is much longer. I’ve had a boner for the SCAR 16s for forever, and I was almost ready to pull the trigger last year but the buying frenzy set me back. With the new 10″ barrels being out and prices dropping I’ll probably hop on one Q1 2014.
I don’t know what goes through anyone else’s heads when they make these decisions, but for me it’s just acknowledging that whatever I buy is going to be a ‘toy’. I have a reliable carbine and handgun, and that’s all I really need for the coming zombie apocalypse/home defense in the way of guns. I love having toys, but I also have a lot of hobbies that I get to far more often than I shoot.
I dunno… does that answer the original question?
When I get a hankerin’ for a new gun I read the worst reviews first (because glowing reviews usually can’t be trusted) and look for common complaints, recalls, etc.
If someone reports their gun malfunctioning in a big way from the factory and a less-than-stellar experience with the company’s customer service department I do even more research.
If I find out that’s common with that company, I do not buy the gun.
Call it the Cynic’s Guide To Buying A Gun, if you like.
Or the pessimist’s.
So make sure you have your **** together and treat your customers right if you want my business.
I only buy proven designs and/or well researched pieces, and I consider myself a budget gunner. I like “different” stuff, but only if it is quality. My AK variant is a Norinco Hunter, for example. Milled, takes full size mags, smooth action, 20″ barrel, accurate and fun for $350 right before things got stupid. My most expensive pieces are my CZ pistols, a matte stainless 75 and a 75D compact. I dig 3rd gen Smiths if the price is right, like my rough but ready 5904 and my near perfect 457. All used but the compact CZ, all great shooters and dead reliable.
The first (and only so far) purchase was based on price mostly. The process consisted roughly of google around. Watch a bunch of people say “Holy crap the mosin is so cheap and not a total train wreck”. Convince wife. Make purchase. Home defense plan begun.
Second planned purchase was similar process. Think hard about the features I want. Handgun. Cheap as possible ammo. Reasonable size hole in bad guy. Lots of other considerations obviously. Eventually settled on glock 19 because Glock 19. (saving up the pennies! Thinking used, but we’ll see). It’s hard to argue with the wealth of info out there on most guns. This site included.
Well usually the number of options that the guy has in his trunk up at the park is pretty slim. So usually I just go with whatever has the most chrome and stainless on it, especially if it looks cool being pointed sideways?
amidoingitwrong?
Police chiefs of major metro areas are administrators and politicians, they do not go out arresting people or investigating crimes. As such, there is no reason for them to be LEOs–but if they are not they should wear suits and be subject to the same carry rules as any other citizen in the same jurisdiction.
Gee, that reminds me. The Sheriff of San Francisco County Ross Mirkarimi is not a LEO either, and not authorized to carry a firearm AT ALL under California law unless he qualifies for a CCW/CHL. Which would be pretty hypocritical since he is as rabidly anti-CCW as his predecessor. (He is a former City Supervisor who ran for the job.) [As of the last time the state published statistics in September 2011 there were no CCWs issued for San Francisco, so this may have changed over the last two years.]
Now see, here is the rub. For years people laughed at me for buying ammo at every opportunity, even for weapons I did not own. Now everybody is all weewee-ed up cause they can’t find the ammo they want. Oh. Well. Should have been listening to me instead of laughing.
Thus endeth the lesson.
Holiday purchases are an imperfect indication of market saturation. The AR market is relatively saturated, but that could change after the next mass shooting, which will probably occur in a gun free zone. As for me, I have all the hardware I need. I could maybe add a compact 9mm and a full sized .45 1911 because my .40s just “kick too much.” Maybe a .300 Win Mag, if I need more reach than the 30-06 or .308. My .338 Lapua still needs a scope, unless I get a QD mount for that and my .308 scope. A spare Ruger 10-22 takedown or two couldn’t hurt, with a few extra (million) rounds of .22 LR. Throw in a Ruger SR-762, 300 BLK AR, and a decent over/under and I’m totally set. All those things need food, of course, and I’m running out of ammo boxes. I’m pretty well set though. For now.