# Pocket Pistols
*The Modern Armory, Firearms, Explosives, and Ammunition for Exodus NDS, 1939 to Today. Source: https://exodusnds.com/sourcebooks/modern-armory/pocket-pistols*
Every entry in this chapter is built to be carried without being seen. **Concealable** is the family's reason to exist, and every other number on the stat line is what it cost.
The chapter runs on one trade. A gun that hides better holds fewer rounds, fires a smaller cartridge, or is harder to shoot well.
| Concealable | What it hides in | What it gives up |
|:-:|:--|:--|
| **3** | A pocket, a boot, a sleeve | Damage 4, or two shots |
| **2** | A waistband under a shirt | A range band, and usually a point of Crit |
Nothing here reaches past Short range. A character who expects a fight at a distance is in the wrong chapter.
**Skill:** Light Ranged throughout.
##### Derringer
Remington Double Derringer, Bond Arms, High Standard D-100
5
4
Short
0
Light Ranged
150
Common
Ballistic
Concealable 3, Limited Ammo 2, Inaccurate 1
Two barrels, two shots, and a grip that holds two fingers. It is carried by people who expect to need a gun once, at arm's length, and to have a second plan after that.
**Limited Ammo 2** and **Inaccurate 1** are what **Concealable 3** costs at this damage. Reloading means breaking the action and feeding it by hand, which is a maneuver the owner rarely gets.
##### Mini Revolver, .22
NAA Mini, Velo-Dog, pocket rimfire revolvers
4
5
Short
0
Light Ranged
120
Common
Ballistic
Concealable 3, Limited Ammo 5, Inaccurate 1
A five-shot rimfire revolver small enough to close a fist around. The sights are a notch in the frame and the grip is an afterthought.
It is the lowest damage in the chapter and the easiest gun in the book to hide. **Inaccurate 1** reflects a barrel shorter than the cartridge it fires.
##### Pocket Pistol, .22 or .25
Baby Browning, Beretta 21 Bobcat, Colt Vest Pocket, Raven
4
5
Short
0
Light Ranged
100
Common
Ballistic
Concealable 3
A flat vest-pocket automatic. It has no Limited Ammo and no Inaccurate, which is what separates it from the mini revolver: it is a real pistol, only a very small one.
Damage 4 will not stop a determined opponent quickly. It is here for the character who must be searched and must still be armed.
##### Pocket Pistol, .32 or .380
Walther PPK, Colt 1903, Makarov PM, Beretta 70, SIG P230
5
4
Short
1
Light Ranged
200
Common
Ballistic
Concealable 2
The plainclothes pistol of the twentieth century: slim, reliable, and chambered for a cartridge one step below a service round. Half the police and intelligence services of Europe issued one.
This is the standard light pistol with **Concealable 2** and a higher price. It is the baseline the rest of the chapter is measured against.
##### Snub Revolver, .38
S&W Chief's Special, Colt Detective Special, Ruger LCR
5
4
Short
1
Light Ranged
180
Common
Ballistic
Concealable 2, Limited Ammo 5
A five-shot revolver with a two-inch barrel. It can be fired from inside a coat pocket and it does not jam, because there is nothing in it to jam.
It matches the .32 or .380 pocket pistol on every number and costs a little less. **Limited Ammo 5** is the difference.
##### Subcompact Pistol, 9mm
Glock 26, SIG P365, Kahr PM9, S&W Shield
6
4
Short
1
Light Ranged
400
Common
Ballistic
Concealable 2
A service cartridge in a frame cut down to pocket size. It is the modern answer to the snub revolver and it did not exist in useful form before the 1990s.
It keeps service-pistol damage and gives up a point of Crit and a range band for **Concealable 2**. Of the guns that hide under a shirt, this one hits hardest without asking for Might.
##### Four-Barrel Pocket Pistol
COP .357, Sharps pepperbox, Lancaster howdah
6
4
Short
1
Light Ranged
300
Rare
Ballistic
Concealable 2, Limited Ammo 4, Cumbersome 2
Four fixed barrels and a rotating firing pin, in a block of steel the size of a wallet. The type runs from the Sharps pepperbox to the COP .357.
Four shots at service-pistol damage in a gun that still rates **Concealable 2**. It pays with **Limited Ammo 4**, a slow reload, and **Cumbersome 2**: a full-power cartridge in a pistol this small is hard to hold.