THE MACBROZ BLOG

I just got a surprise in the mail from Bond Arms: a set of 9mm barrels for my derringers. Had to sit on that excitement for five minutes before I texted the crew — because this isn’t just another shiny part, it’s a whole new way to poke at fundamentals with a fresh platform. Why I asked for 9mm barrels I wanted something different to run with my buddies at the range — not to prove the gun, but to test ourselves. Swapping in a 9mm turns the derringer into a platform that behav

Bond Arms reached out and sent me two derringers to review — a Stinger in .22 LR and a Roughneck in .357 Magnum / .38 Special — so I grabbed them from my FFL and wanted to share first impressions before Range Day with the Squad Drills crew. I haven’t fired either yet — this is straight-from-the-box thoughts, a little history, and what I plan to test when we run these two-shot pocket rockets. Why a derringer? Derringers are tiny, simple, and unapologetically old-school — the o