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The Bond Arms Texas Defender (BACD) is a 2-shot capacity .357 Magnum, .38 Special, .45 LC or .410-bore pocket-carry Derringer created around 3” stainless-steel double-barrels, a stainless-steel frame, beautifully contoured Rosewood grips, and fixed sights. Overall length is 5”. Compared to the very similar Cowboy Defender, the Texas Defender has thicker grips and a trigger guard, which the Cowboy Defender does not have.

More specifically, the Cowboy Defender lacks a trigger guard when brand new, and you can’t add one later. In contrast, the Texas Defender has a trigger guard, but you can remove it whenever you want. Between the thicker grips and the trigger guard, weight nudges up an ounce to 20 ounces.

The classic-styled single-action wonder is mainly stainless-steel. You get a crossbolt safety, an automatic spent casing extractor, rebounding hammer and retracting firing pins. It also has a spring-loaded cammed locking lever, which is pretty cool. The gun has an integrated front blade sight and a fixed rear one. In back is an upward thumb hammer. Even with all this, weight is just 20 ounces. This gun is designed strictly for short-range usage and is effective from 1 to 21 feet, and you’re not supposed to carry it around loaded.

Like many other manufacturers, Bond Arms makes many other barrels. What is rather unique is that the Texas Defender is compatible with all of them! The corollary is also true: the Texas Defender’s 3.5” barrels are compatible with almost any other Bond Arms pistol.

Of course, in each case, the superposed barrels make a single unit. Viewed from in front, each module makes a faceted figure 8 with flanks that are a series of horizontal and diagonal surfaces. Remove it using a 1/8” Allen wrench, put on a different barrel pair using the same, and that’s all there is to it. The firing pins line up regardless of chamber or barrel length, which is a pretty nifty trick.

The frame makes a nearly perfect 90-degree arch over the partially lightened ported trigger. The trigger guard is a nice design touch. It has a flat forward face and then curves about 80 degrees to join the lower end of the aforementioned arch.

Beyond the removable trigger guard, the Texas Defender has a simple crossbolt safety to prevent the hammer from hitting the firing pins. It can even be locked into “on safe” or “off safe” positions using an Allen wrench. For drop safety, the hammer can’t move without the trigger being pulled.

The wonderful Rosewood grips are diamond checkered and have a large Bond Arms Long Star badge at their top that echoes the grips used on all other Bond Arms Derringers. The Bond Arms Texas Defender is Made in USA.

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