I wanted one of these minis for a ccw. I tried one out and I could not shoot it anywhere near accurately. I must have shot around 400 rounds with little improvement. Do you know anyone who can actually shoot this gun accurately?
Yeah....ME. I've taken small game with mine, one notable rabbit at about 50 feet. It's no Bullseye gun, but it's accurate enough to hit a B27 amidships several out of 5 from even 25 yards. Out to 15 yards, not a problem and inside 7.5 yards, center head is no problem. I've even head shot a rattler coiled up under my game feeder with the thing when I had nothing else, but a 9mm on me and the nine seemed excessive. I always have this thing on me. Took a nutria a while back at about 15 yards when I was bow fishing. Took too shots for that one, missed at about 10 yards with him swimming away. It has taken numerous marauding possums around the place. So, while it's no Ruger Mk 2, it has its uses by virtue of always being there.
With mine, I put a folding holster grip on it. Part of the problem with these little guns is the inability with anyone with decent size paws to get a grip on 'em. The holster grip gives one that full grip while still folding up for easy concealment. I had to find the ammo it liked, is a little picky. It's funny, but some ammo shoots way off POI of other ammo. I settled on Federal Lightening and filed the front sight down to get it regulated for that load.
I just bought a super companion, the muzzle loading version of the gun. With 2 grains of Bullseye, it shoots a bit harder than the .22 magnum and with a spare cylinder, it's much quicker to reload via a cylinder swap. Spare cylinders are only 40 bucks and I have one on the way for mine, ordered it yesterday. I might get another one in the future, but really, I don't carry the gun routinely, prefer major calibers for self defense. There are times, though, that I need ultra concealment.
I still carry the .22LR as an always back up to whatever primary and/or primary and back up I'm carrying that day. It's rarely my only choice, but I have found that when I'm wade fishing, I can clip it to the top of my T shirt to keep it out of the water (holster grip has a clip on it) and it's not readily recognizable as a gun, yet out of the water. That's one use I have for it as a primary. I'll probably start carrying the super companion for that since it has more punch. It's almost as accurate and pushes a 30 grain conical to 1200+ FPS. The .22 pushes the 38 grain HP to 800 fps. I figure the super companion has more chance of adequate penetration, though I haven't done the penetration tests to prove it, yet.
I wouldn't recommend the NAA as an always primary carry, but as a back up or third gun and occasional when nothing else is possible, it fits a niche for me. Some will put the little gun down. Perhaps they never have occasion to need one. That's fine, but I like having the option available and I like having the .22LR there in my weak side pocket all the time.
Here's the super companion with the .22LR under it folded into its grip.