Customer Comments

Took my Rustic Ranger to the range. At 7 yards the 45 Colt hit where I was aiming and the 2 1/2 inch 410 000 buck just slightly to the left. Might have been me jerking the trigger. Not much felt recoil for a big bore short barrel. Moving to Arizona soon and this will make a great snake gun and back up ccw.

Just received my 9mm barrel, so took some 9mm and some .410 ammo to the range on Saturday. After going through a box of 9mm, marveling at how accurate this fine piece of machinery is, I swapped barrels and loaded up what, will ultimately be, my defensive round of choice. After 4 rounds, I packed up my stuff and went home… I had heard that the .410 round was not for the faint of heart when it comes to this size firearm, but you just don’t appreciate it until you wrangle with it first-hand. Still rather be on the ‘giving’ than the ‘receiving’ end of a .410 round coming out of this extremely well-built piece of American exceptionalism! The only issue that I ran into was that the trigger guard worked itself loose during this visit to the range. I thought that might be a little odd, since I had gone over the gun prior to firing it with a fine-tooth comb and made sure everything was good and tight.

I have fired my 357/38 Texas Defender with the 3 inch barrel. The top barrel is right on target and the lower barrel shoots low, I will figure out the elevation needed to get shots on the X. I have taken advantage of the reduced price on a second barrel and I’m looking forward to firing the 4.25 inch .45/.410 when it arrives. I hope that you will consider making a .45/.410 carbine. Thank you.

Yes, I have fired my first Bond Arms gun, (Texas), handles very well , I ordered another barrel and a holster, and strongly thinking about getting another Bond Arms derringer shortly.

I fired my new Cowboy Defender with both 410 and long Colt 45 rounds last weekend. My target was a torso sized cardboard box I placed on a 1″ pvc pipe. My first shot with the 45 round at 30 yards was pretty much in the center of the box and completely destroyed the pvc pipe inside. I was impressed. I was also pleased that the recoil was far less than I had expected. Love the gun.

The Texas Defender is just what I was looking for in a home and personnel defense gun! I tried both the colt 45lc and 410 thriple o buck shot. Being 65 and not to steadty holding the gun still, I like the triple o buck shot over the 45 colt lc. The kick of the 2.5 inch barrel is managable for my age. Thanks for such a nice pistol!!! 5 stars rating from me!!!!

Bond Arms has created a very fine handgun with what’s called their Backup model. There’s not one thing that I don’t like about this fine handgun, although it is unfortunate that there’s currently a 4-week backlog to get a good holster for it… but I trust it will be worth the wait.

I finally had my long awaited opportunity to fire my new Snake Slayer. It’s in the 410/45 long caliber. It was a great experience and quite an attraction at the range. I was not sure what to expect with the accuracy but I am very pleased. I had a very nice pattern at 20 yards with the 45 Colt. I also purchased the BAD Driving Holster which is extremely well made and fits the Snake Slayer like a glove. I’m proud to have this combination in my inventory.

Purchased a snake slayer recently and absolutely love it. Besides being a fun gun to shoot, it provides an excellent self defense tool. I shot a number of different types of shot shells to get an idea of the coverage and the gun was very comfortable shooting all of them. Love having a shotgun in my hand and it is indeed a “hand cannon”.

Great craftsmanship, shoots very nice 357, 38special, also bought second barrel 410 and 45 colt, love it.