The Wild West ~ The Famous Sleeve Gun

I would agree that such a device would be legal, unless your state has a law like "switch-derringers are prohibited". Nothing like that in CO.

I wouldn't go to such trouble for a 1 or 2-shot Derringer. Now if I could have something that would instantly whip my G21 into my hand...yes! I recall such a device, called a power-holster, was used by Harry Harrison in the 1960 SF novel Deathworld.

Maybe an activation device in the other sleeve, or a device that required you to swing the arm such that the centrifugal effect would start it down the sleeve and past a certain point the spring would take over...

But I wouldn't use one down here in FL, and would want it hooked up to a gun with a triggerguard & some other safety device.

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Originally Posted by HiWayMan

Something similar can be seen on the bad guy in the Arnold movie Red Heat. Also, Sykes' and Fairbain's "Shooting to Live" alludes to a device like this being made by a doctor they were aquainted with. They talk about it in the final section I believe where the Fitz Special is covered. I am curious as to how it is triggered so that a casual movement like reaching for the butter dish at dinner doesn't shoot your gun across the table. You may be able to utilize a setup similar to that used on artifical limbs that allows the upper arm muscles to control the hooks at the hand.

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The main character in the movie TAXI DRIVER starring DiNero had a similar device and it showed how it was actuated. That was a cool movie. Especially the last 15 min.