Concealable Pocket Pistols: How To Choose And Use Small-Caliber Handguns

By Terence McLeod

"Pocket pistols" are small, easily concealed, inexpensive semiauto handguns in .22, .25, .32 and .380 calibers. Though often maligned as too puny for serious self-defense, millions of Americans carry... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581602790
• ISBN13: 9781581602791
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Paladin Pr
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Not bad but a little dated.

Inside this small book you will find info about small semi-auto handguns like bryco, jennings, and raven arms. Though the book has a 2001 copyright Kel Tec isn't included in the book which is all about American small pocket pistols. You won't find Cobra or Jimenez firearms either (likely due to the time the book came out). If you are interested in the saturday night special-esque firearms this book is for you.

Practical advice for practical pocket guns

It's not easy to find postive and useful information concerning inexpensive pocket guns, even though there are millions of them in pockets and dresser drawers all across America. In fact, it is much more likely you will find these pistols derided in print with the worst form of gun snobbery imaginable, when practical and helpful information about their safe carry and use would be more prudent. In Concealable Pocket Pistols McLeod gives the pocket pistol owner something he can use--practical information. In eight succinct chapters McLeod provides valuable insight on choosing, carrying, maintaining, feeding and employing your inexpensive pocket pistol. He knows his audience, and gives them what they need and nothing more--there is none of the judgemental philosophy, snobbery, and John Wayneism found in some other books about concealed carry. He provides just practical opinion on how to get past the price tag and make your gun do what it was designed for--keep you out of harm's way. He doesn't ever claim that the guns he's writing about are top shelf combat guns; he does however, face the reality that many of us in the real world own and carry these inexpensive guns, and he seeks to make sure we do so informed. This is not a book for gun snobs, nor is it an encyclopedia of gun knoweldge. Tactical enthusiasts will be sorely disappointed with it. It is a short, terse read about having confidence in that Raven or Jennings "mousegun" that bounces around in your pocket as you go about your buisness.

Excellent Older Pocket Pistol Guide

This Guide is an older work that covers most of the older,low cost guns,many of which are still very popular as Pocket Pistols for everyday carry. One of the models it features is probably the most popular pocket pistol in history,"The .25 Raven." Even though many of the newer guns are not addressed directly, the information is directly transferable. This Guide supplies information on pocket carry that is not available elsewhere. Any critiscism of this Guide seems to center around the fact it is not as big as a dictionary and it is targeted at the somewhat experienced crowd rather than being an ABC primer for the total novice.

Not just for the wealthy anynmore

This little book does well in dispelling the myths of self defense with a handgun. Everyone has the right to defend themselves from an attacker. The auther covers the available "pocket" pistols on the market. He discusses how they function and how to safely handle them. Defense awarenss is also dealt with. Don't be a victim AND be realistic. This book will help. Self defense should be affordable and reliable. Not only a benefit of the wealthy.

Packin' Heat!

This 71 page paperback is a concise, easy-to-read overview of some currently available models of semi-automatic "pocket" pistols. It covers design and function, ammo, shooting, malfunctions, how to pack, and staying alive with the pocket pistol. A major drawback is lack of coverage of historic pocket pistols as well as other types of pocket pistols such as revolvers or derringers. I recommend this book for those interested in a short quick read on a neglected area of firearms writing.