problems with NAA Guardian .380

[No Quarter]

Glad to hear ytou gun is working now. I had mine melted and had the gutersnipe night sights installed. I love this little gun and it is my always carry pistol.

The sights are good enough for me to drill out the head portion of a silhouette target at 7 yards all day long. I love not having the factory "nubs" on top of the slide if for nothing else but asthetics.

My gun rarely stovepipes the last round also. Great little gun and I think you can shoot the heck out it and never wear it out - even if you do - NAA will replace it or fix it if necessary.

I rareyl ever shoot less than 100 rounds per session through mine. I usually put 200+. I have about 1500 rounds through it and it is like BUTTER... SMMOOOOOOOOOTH!

NQ

 

[Kestrel]

No Quarter,

Can you elaborate a little on the Guttersnipe sights? I've thought about having them put on mine. Are they quicker than the factory sights? (If you can call them sights.)

Thanks,
Steve

 

[Mal H]

Yes, I'm interested in the guttersnipe sights, too. Do you think it is something someone could do with just a milling machine?

Can you post a picture of the .380 after the meltdown?

 

[KahrKarrier]

Gutter Sipes, HMMMM A shorter sight radius on an already short site radius. I have the standard sites on my Guardian and they work well for what the gun was intended. Face it, this is a belly gun. I met a fellow at our range who paid NAA $150 to mill in guttersnipes and he thought it was money wasted and that they only look cool and don't improve anything. He did say that it made the gun easier to find in a dark bed room because of the glowing tritium but also pointed out, that if you can't see the BG all the night sights in the world ain't gonna help you hit him.

 

[No Quarter]

I don't know if you could machine a set of guttersnipes into your gun without being really good at setting up the necessary jig to do so.

That said, the shorter sight radius of these sights really does not hinder using them for target shooting.

With my sights I can EASILY qualify near perfect for the Texas CHL course of fire. I regularly put 200 rounds through this gun into a dinner plate sized target at 7 yards using rapid fire. Aimed fire, I can get good groups 2-3" for such a small gun out to 10 yards easily. I can make a cokde can dance around as far out as I would ever care to shoot. While the tritium does not glow as brightly as some other sights (due to their small size) they are more than adequate for a sighting system in a dark room.

the sight picture of three dots straight across is easy to get used to and easy to acquire.

I shoot my Guardian better with these sights than I ever could with the standard ones. I recommend them absolutely.

Go to the NAA website and I belive they have pictures under their custom shop link.

NQ

 

[enfield]

Holster issues aside, If I was going to put sights on the Guardian, I'd put the Express sights on. You keep the maximum available sight radius, and you get sights that are useful for 1-handed drills.

But this has nothing to do with reliability. My Guardian .380 was bought slightly used, and has never failed to feed, fire or eject with any mag or ammo I've tried in it. I'm tickled with it and will probably get one for my wife before she 'appropriates' mine.

PS - I'm not in a rush to buy Express sights for it as I carry it as a backup, and I can knock the lights out of a silhouette at 7 yards without the sights.

 

[shtf]

much has happened since...

i've last posted... nothing wrong with the important parts of the gun, but i've busted two trigger return springs in the course of about 400 rounds.

first one broke at roughly 250 rounds, and the second one broke at around 400. i guess that since i have tested reliability, i won't fire it much, until i absolutely need to. good thing is, that they have a great customer service dept.

this gun was never intended to be a range gun...


p.s. it is very difficult to install the trigger return spring. simple, but difficult.