In 1914, Austrian watchmaker Georg Grabner created the Kolibri — the “Hummingbird” pistol. The smallest autoloading pistol ever made, it fires a .11 caliber bullet. He marketed it as a self-defense firearm for women to carry in their purses. More pictures and history at the link.
farnarkler
I think I will buy one for my son who is going off to preschool next fall. Can never be too safe, y’know.
neatoman
yeah… hopefully .11 mm will stop an angry squirrel? i think you need a .38 at the very minimum for personal protection. but if it’s me, nothing less than a 9mm.
Sunny@theLibrary
I don’t think this would work unless you could, I dunno, put it directly up to your attacker’s eyeball or something.
calma
Am I the only one who expected to see a gun that fires hummingbirds?
Mr.Kris
That might work if used Lorena Bobbit style……(shuuuuuudddddderrrrrr)
Gauldar
@calma
Is that like the trained dogs, the ones that bark and shoot bees out of their mouth?
siggie
this is nothing, check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_TeYqvpk-A&feature=fvsr
Loomis
It kills by lodging(sp?)the bullet under the skin and the ensuing infection gets you.
Gadget Sleuth
Loomis: What I was thinking…these bullets couldn’t actually hurt someone enough to make them stop taking your purse or possessions.
Carl
Not for nothing but the lack of a trigger guard means you’d shoot it while it was in your purse, possibly denting your mascara case.
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