NAA Guardians

[chicharrones]

Anyone have tips for a more pleasant range experience and accuracy with a NAA Guardian? I have a .32 ACP with about 300 rounds through it and it is truly painful to fire. I have hands that are about average to on the larger end of average for a male. I can only get a finger around the grip and the long trigger pull makes it difficult for me to fire the pistol while aiming. I love everything else about it and it's perfect for my personal situation so this is really frustrating for me. Any suggestions or advice are appreciated.

I've had a .32ACP Guardian for years, and still do. Hard to grip under recoil, slips in the hand under recoil (which can give "limp wrist" extract/eject problems), shallow rifling, etc. A 3 yard gun at best, so it's a "get off me" gun, IMO.

My only suggestion is to shoot it less per range session. Like no more than 4 magazines, then move on to another pocket gun or compact gun that range session if you have one.

I rarely carry it anymore, but I have it if I need it.

 

[golden]

I have a .32ACP Guardian and found it extremely unpleasant to shoot. It works well enough, but compared to my BERETTA 3032 Tomcat, it just does not compete. The BERETTA is larger, but not heavier due to the aluminum frame. The larger grip area and double action/single action trigger makes the BERETTA much easier to shoot and as a result, I carry it more often.
My primary off duty gun is a GLOCK model 42, but on the occasions when I do not have it with me, like now, I use either the BERETTA or an old WALTHER PPK which the GLOCK replaced as my off duty gun.

As far as ammo, I like the FIOCCHI XTP load which may expand and will still penetrate. I usually keep a COR BON Powerball round in the chamber, though.

I have not intention of selling the N.A.A. Guardian as it is an interesting gun, but not one that I would recommend to anyone.

Jim

 

[WestKentucky]

I really want one in 25naa but I keep reading horror stories of slide bite and painful range sessions. I talk myself out of it and as soon as I buy something else I go back to jonesing for a NAA.

the ones I have held (not fired) felt like more than a toy. The polymer micros feel like a toy and I don’t like that. I know the chances of failure are slim but I worth that with a piece of plastic that small and flimsy that it will break or twist in a fight or a fall. If I need the gun I need the gun to work, and if I fall I don’t want to risk a ND into my femur. The other thing I like about heft is that you feel the weight. You know whether it is there or not. Seems I shoot in wind every time I shoot and heavy guns seem to buck wind better than light guns that seem to act like parachutes.