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I was looking thru my Gun Digest book and notice an odd looking gun called the Downsizer WSP.
Has anyone ever seen or shot one of these?They seem to be hard to find.
 

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My Downsizer WSP is a money-maker. :D

Fire off a .45 acp from the palm of your hand, with the muzzle a mere fraction of an inch from your trigger finger.

My standing offer is I will pay you $5.00 if you can fire, reload, and fire again in under 60 seconds. If you go over 60 seconds you owe me $10.00.

I demonstrate how to use the ball-detent release for the tip-up muzzle, and the proper method of employing the tactical reloader device (usually a BIC stick pen).

I've only paid out twice in over a hundred times. The WSP has a trigger pull that is greater than any of the strain guages my FFL has (max = 20#). My guess is 30# +. If that's not enough to slow you down, the "recoil" will.

Just about everybody who has fired the thing has uttered the same 2-word phrase immediately afterwards -- "Day Yumm!" [needs a good ol' boy accent for best rendition] That phrase is universally accompanied by a shaking/waving of the hand while simultaneously massaging the heel of the palm.

OK, I got the thing because I had some fun money after a good night of poker, and a long life of little to no brains. The thing is accurate, grouping (if you can call it that) under 6 inches out to maybe 12 inches. After that things widen up rapidly. Calling this a belly gun is being very honest about where you place it before pulling the trigger.

It's only use is as a last-ditch item, but between the alleged power of the .45 acp round coming out of the casing, and the damage inflicted by the muzzleblast of hot gasses, it ought to get the BG's attention.

One last thing. The literature that comes with it has the following warning in the largest type font: "Do NOT fire more than five (5) times in any 24-hour period." Experience suggests that severe blunt-force trauma injury may resullt. :eek:

stay safe.

skidmark
 
LOL skidmark! Excellant write up on what looks like a super cool little pistol. I like it. Smaller than a playing card, pays for itself over time, whats not to like?:D

Granted, it fills a super small little niche, but a reloader like myself could cook up some slug the bore level loads and increase its shootability somewhat. My bet would have to specify they do it with factory ammo. Corbon anyone?:D

I wonder if that thing is rated for 45 Super? Nah, better not go that far, I do call em friends.:D

Too bad it's not 99.95 like it should be.
 
Skidmark, do you still have the Downsizer and if so, can you do a YouTube video?

There isn't one video on this hand cannon.
 
M2HB-Well skidmark last posted about four years ago so you might not be getting an answer soon.

Then again he might have just been waiting in the weeds for me to make a snarky comment and come out and thrash me properly.

Sigh. It's always a problem with these old sometimes dead threads popping up again. Good luck finding information about it.
 
I just liked Skidmark's bet that he had going. I want to see it in action.

There really isn't much info on the Downsizer.

The one YouTube video shows various pistols, but no Downsizer.:mad:

Having a YouTube video of him doing his bet would be awesome.:D
 
Resurrected page after a decade!! I feel old. Here is my Downsizer. HURTS to shoot however IT IS unique. Not that many out there. I have all the smallest and then some. Here you go with my Pen gun.
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It looks similar to the Double Tap but with a distinct flair all it's own. I'm told the Double Tap is hard to use as well.

The irony to me is that I've been researching derringers and Double Tap is impossible to get in touch with as well. I've seen their guns so they are being made, but their website is horribly broken.

If they used something smaller than 45acp it probably wouldn't hurt as bad. Is that why a lot of derringers that I see in the wild are 22lr?
 
From the OP's pic I was going to say it looked like a Taurus Curve prototype but didn't get a sense of scale until peggysue's pic. That is I-n-s-a-n-e! :eek: :D why don't you just hold the cartridge in one hand and hit it with a hammer? :p

Derringers- same thing. When your point of aim is measured in inches rather than yards, 22lr is about as effective as anything else.
 
Thanks for the picture.

I just wanted to see Skidmark put his bet on video. I think it would be funny to watch.:D
 
sue, is shooting the DownSizer really s bad as Skidmark claims? like fearing actual nerve damage by repeated use etc.? I could imagine it would feel like getting whacked with hammer with you hand under a small piece of steel...... but it does look handy indeed.
 
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