Adding naa mini cylinder later on

[cbourbeau32]

Hello all! I have been looking at the naa mini revolvers. I have located a black widow with the 22 magnum cylinder. Can I acquire and add a 22 lr cylinder later? Are they "drop in" or do they require timing? I see them for sale on ebay.

Thanks

 

[GEM]

I don't have a Black Widow but my NAA takes either cylinder without any troubles. If the gun has both cylinders sized for it, I haven't seen trouble reports. There's an NAA forum that probably has all kinds of answers.

 

[Barry loyd]

According to their website the gun must be returned to them for timing. https://northamericanarms.com/customer-service/

 

[GEM]

Mine was sold with both cylinders so I guess it was tuned before sales at the factory.

 

[ancientnoob]

I think that Ranger II looks rather nifty. Its break top! Its a remake / redesign of an older discontinued Ranger I. It might be something to look at.

 

[flyingtiger85]

I picked up a Ranger II a couple of days ago in the new version longer barrel.I called them asking about buying a 22lr.cylinder and they said it would have to be sent in and timed with a $100 dollars as mention in the post above.This model gives the bullet it a little more twist and a slightly higher speed for accuracy is my guess.Haven’t seen many of these for sale yet but maybe they are just starting up production.
Didn’t really need another gun but it sure does look neat and is fun to hold and fiddle with.So I really did need it after all.Impulse buy got the best of me.

 

[ancientnoob]

I picked up a Ranger II a couple of days ago in the new version longer barrel.I called them asking about buying a 22lr.cylinder and they said it would have to be sent in and timed with a $100 dollars as mention in the post above.This model gives the bullet it a little more twist and a slightly higher speed for accuracy is my guess.Haven’t seen many of these for sale yet but maybe they are just starting up production.View attachment 844986 View attachment 844987
Didn’t really need another gun but it sure does look neat and is fun to hold and fiddle with.So I really did need it after all.Impulse buy got the best of me.

Nifty! That’s the version I was looking at!

 

[RJTravel]

If you have the mag version you may not need the LR cylinder. Others have suggested that you can cut off the head of a mag cartridge and slip the LR (or short etc) into the mag case. I tried it and it works. I learned the hard way not to shorten the mag case but just cut off the head only. Don't know about accuracy - research the naa site for more info.

 

[Delawarean]

If you have the mag version you may not need the LR cylinder. Others have suggested that you can cut off the head of a mag cartridge and slip the LR (or short etc) into the mag case. I tried it and it works. I learned the hard way not to shorten the mag case but just cut off the head only. Don't know about accuracy - research the naa site for more info.

That is an interesting idea.

Can you get the LR brass out and use the magnum brass more than once?

 

[Pat Riot]

According to their website the gun must be returned to them for timing. https://northamericanarms.com/customer-service/

What he said ^^^^

A friend of mine sent his .22 Mag in to NAA and they fitted a .22 LR cylinder for him. He said the price was reasonable and he liked the results. I do not remember what it cost him.