NAA mini revolvers

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I thunk I saw 'em somewhere with CASULL engraved right on 'em
(good to know I still remember something right every now and then)

me, I would love to run an American 180, just ONCE doncha' know :)
 
I've got a TC contender in .30-30 Winchester. That's "enough gun". If you're on a beach in a bathing suit, you can't conceal it. There are times when you just can't carry any more gun, so you'll either have to carry something like the NAA or nothing. Go unarmed if you're that sanctimonious....:rolleyes: Me, I want the option even if I only have to use it a couple times a year. Besides, mousers are fun. :D
 
Oh, yeah, muzzle shots...:D.....

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I'll never forget this trip. We went to Texas to visit the Outlaws, and we rented a pontoon boat from a nearby lake. When I was getting the Yadda yadda from the renter, he had a NAA in the belt buckle that I noticed. I also saw one of the longer barrel ones hand grips poking out of his pocket. We were taking the boat from the slip to the courtesy dock when he saw a snake on the shore about 25ft away. He pulled the one from his pocket and POP! hit it on the first shot! He sticks the gun back in his pocket and says sheepishly, I'm afraid of them damn snakes....

I told him that had to be one of the best snap shots I had ever seen and told him I was a competitive shooter at times. He said he has to shoot the snakes all the time because if he doesn't they get on the boats and scare the heck out of him and the renters.
 
I call my NAA 22 Mag a nose gun. If I carry it it's Gun# 3. I will put it in a shirt pocket. I figur if you were at a out door bank machine with it in your hand and sombody tried to grab you, you could stick it up their nose and change their minde.
 
Haywood, you're not to far off on my experience anyway.

"Back in the day" (Jurassic) when revolvers ruled the world, I was LEO. Carried one of the puppies in a "custom" made holster (my wife sewed the shirt pocket of uniform shirts into a holster pattern) daily. Was gun #3, in addition to primary 4" or 6" and snub on the ankle.

Never thought to bag a rabbit on the run or anything, but in a close in fight with me sticking a .22mag into your ribcage or under your chin...well you get the idea. Fireball on that little mag was HUGE, bigger than the gun :). Always said if I didn't kill ya, at least I'd give you a good 3rd degree burn for measure.

Still have that little mag. Walking the dog at nite, mailbox in the pj/robe, etc. it has never failed to go boom when asked.
 
I wouldnt use it as a main ccw or even a back up but as a last resort gun in your pocket or on your ankle it has its value. Look into getting a black widow model. It has a bit bigger grips that are alot easier to shoot accurately with. I think you can buy the grips from NAA also.
 
Yup, back in the day, I referred to mi mini as my "Onion Field Special." Those old-timers familiar with that story (and the book, "The Onion Field," written by Joseph Wambaugh) understand the reference.
 
I have really come to like my NAA .22 WMR with the 1 5/8" barrel. I put some bigger grips on it and found that really improved the handling of the gun. I can snap it out of my pocket and keep all of my rounds on a piece of notebook paper at 5-6 yards with no trouble at all. It's not what I would use as a primary CCW, but it has it's place in my line-up of pocket/back-up guns.

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I took my NAA .22lr out for it's checkup this weekend. I used to keep it loaded with stingers, but saw the velocity results at the NAA website: http://www.naaminis.com/lrvelnew.html and I switched to a mix of Aguila 60gr sss and yellowjackets. I fired all rounds thru a 1 1/2" phone book..the aguilas all keyholed but still penetrated and lodged in the 2 X 6 behind book as did the yjackets. The jackets did reach deeper by 1/4" and made a nice clean hole going through. This was from about 5'
 
great little guns

I've carried NAA revolvers off and on for years as "my american express gun" you know , Don't leave home without it. They are great when I'm wearing sweats , they don't drag my pants down , Problem is everyone I've had I end up selling them to friends after they shot them .My personal choice was my Black Widow with a custom Ted Blocker pocket holster.
For your enjoyment heres one done by Ron (I think) Yellowhorse
 

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I don't get real carried away with one load's power over another. What matters is accuracy and they hit POA. These guns seem very picky about that, or at least mine was. Federal Lightening shoots well and to POA. Stinger sucked in it.

One thing about mine, if the ammo is fresh, it will NOT misfire. That's a good thing with Federal Lightening. Seems the firing pin has some width to it. It is among my most reliable .22s.
 
I've never had an ignition problem with any ammo in the NAA..even some really old thunderbolts that looked like they had been sitting in a damp cellar for a decade. They did shoot way low though...much like the stingers. The yellowjackets and the aguila's hit pretty close to POA out to about 10' (1 1/8" barrel)
 
NAA "The Earl"

I know that this is slightly off subject but if you would like to see a very neat little revolver check out "The Earl" on NAA's website. 4" octagon barrel and a larger flared grip I took one look and had to have one for a companion to my Ruger Old Army.
I haven't had the time or weather to shoot it seriously but I did take two squirrels off my bird feeder at 20 feet with LR bird shot. Sure surprised me. Squirrel stew tomorrow night.
 
I got mine

I fell in love with the "Earl" also . Would love to see them do it in Blackpowder like the companion
 

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in regards to the blackpowder versions, how long does one want to leave it loaded up with a cap, powder, and ball? If this was your everyday carry piece would you want fire it all out every week or once a month and load up fresh? It just seems like you wouldn't want it sitting around a long time and then fail, if needed.
 
in regards to the blackpowder versions, how long does one want to leave it loaded up with a cap, powder, and ball? If this was your everyday carry piece would you want fire it all out every week or once a month and load up fresh? It just seems like you wouldn't want it sitting around a long time and then fail, if needed.

I've been experimenting with that. After a full week of carry, I took it to the range and fired it. No hangfires, every shot accurate and with power. I was shooting 2.0 grain bullseye in the gun.

I've decided that if I carry it more'n a week, I'll pull the cylinder each week and decap, unscrew the nipples and reload. No need to punch out the bullets. I just dump the powder in the nipple hole, then screw the nipple down over it. Works fine. I've done it once.

Now, I don't plan on carrying mine a lot, just occasionally, but I've been carrying it as a back up lately just to experiment. In a sweaty summer pocket, I might need to dump the powder more often, don't know. I'll probably experiment with that in July or August. :D

You need to dump rimfire ammo, too, after a week or two. The humid pocket environment will eventually get to it. Of course, that routine is a little less involved. I'm not sure, but .22 mag might be a little more impervious to moisture since it does not have a heal seated bullet like the LR. I don't have the magnum version.

The spare cylinder for my super companion came in today. I put it in and it works fine. COOL! :D Quick reload available.
 
MCgunner,

Do you carry it with five loaded chambers or only four with a hammer on an empty? The safety notches do not work in a percussion version because of the different hammer and firing pin. Or do you carry it on a 1/4 cock?

Thanks in advance.
 
I decided it was safest to carry it with hammer down on an empty cylinder ala Colt SAA. I don't trust half cocks. I carry the spare cylinder full figuring it won't go in the gun unless it's a shooting war going on and I'm desperate behind cover wanting firepower. And, I always have my .22LR NAA for a NY reload.

The super companion has become a specialty carry for me, to carry when nothing bigger is prudent. As such, it will be loaded, carried for the event in which I need it, then unloaded and stored. I doubt I'll ever carry it daily and in the past I haven't need to carry such a small gun, but on rare occasion. The .22 is easier to keep up with as a daily also carry. It's smaller and easier to hide than a P32 Kel Tec and SHOULD have as good or better penetration, though I haven't experimented with that. Neither thrills me with power, but it's a notch below my .380 in size, so handles the niche for me. The P32 isn't appreciably smaller than the P3AT, so I really don't consider .32 has a place in my collection. And, well, I mainly bought the super companion because I've been thinkin' I wanted one for a while just because. Whether it's a legit carry from time to time was less of a consideration, but it has proven itself worthy to me as an option for special situations, like I say, where nothing bigger is prudent. And, I'll probably clip the thing to the top of my T shirt as I've been doing with my .22 version when I'm wade fishing. Keeps it dry. Don't wanna wade in salt water and get my .38 wet. I'll keep it in a dry box in the Kayak and use the .22 super companion to fight my way back to the .38, as it were. :D And, well, the most I'll probably need it for out there on the bay is to pop a shark if I snag one too big to get my hand around. I do that occasionally. It's a low threat environment, not exactly like a dark parking lot in an urban mall or something. Chances of being accosted out there are nil, I just don't like being totally unarmed. Must be the boy scout training.

And, I'm getting better with this thing, able to get 4-5" groups at 40 feet with it off hand, all-be-it my sight picture is a might weird considering it hits low/left. It is a better "better than nothing" gun than my .22LR version, though, as it has 33 percent more velocity and reloads are quite a bit quicker with the spare cylinder..
 
MCgunner, I've not handled a muzzleloading NAA. Do they lack the tween chamber safety notch that the 22 Lr and Mag have? I use my NAA mag as a copperhead gun loaded with 5 birdshot and the hammer securely locked into the safety notch. Obviously it is safest to carry the pistol with the hammer on an empty cylinder but IMHO the mechanically positive manner with which the hammer engages the tween cylinder safety notches makes me feel rather secure in it's safety.
 
The BP version uses a floating striker/firing pin in the frame and it's big and round to match the percussion cap dimensions. The hammer strikes the striker which crushes the percussion cap. Since the striker is big and round, there's no way to make a safety notch in the cylinder. Those cuts you might notice in the pictures and think are safety notches are what the cylinder locks with, they're not safety notches.

I have found that if you don't rotate the cylinder after loading and installing into the frame, there is enough drag from the caps on the frame of the cylinder that it will not rotate on its own in a pocket. And, truth be told, I don't the half cock could fail even if you dropped the gun on concrete square on the hammer. I'm sure it'd be quite safe to carry that way, cylinder partial rotated and caps keeping it out of battery, but I'm just sorta paranoid of these things. The half cock is more like a 1/20th cock. It doesn't come back just a tad before it hits the half cock. On SAAs, it's more of a HALF cock or at least a quarter cock and those things are heavy if they fall on the hammer.

As I get used to this thing, I may get over the slight paranoia of a half cock failure, I just figure if you carry it hammer down on an empty chamber, you KNOW it's safe. And, I don't think it's the kind of gun that needs an extra round. It's not a combat weapon, it's a pure close range self defense weapon. Don't even think about getting into a run and gun shoot out with this thing. :D I've used a .25ACP before in self defense. Never even had to pull the trigger, the guy ran off. All he had was a knife, but I'm just sayin', self defense isn't combat. Even so, I still want more gun if I can get away with carrying it and I can 99.9 percent of the time. It's that other 0.1 percent of the time that this gun comes in handy. And, hell, I just like playing with mini revolvers. :D
 
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