NAA The Pug .22 Mag vs. NAA .22 Mag mini revolver

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Yeah, the stuff I tried is the Hornady +v 30 grain designed for varmint hunting with a rifle. The new CD ammo uses a 45 grain bullet. That 30 grain stuff wouldn't even hit paper at 25 when it did go bang, either, way off POA. If it misfired, happened every cylinder with at least one, it'd always bang on the next hammer fall, so the ammo just seems to have tough rims.

As to .22 not going bang, I change my ammo, especially in summer, every week. In a hot, sweaty pocket, the stuff will go dud on you after a month or so in my experience. I get always bangs in the little NAA by doing this, very low risk of a click when the trigger is pulled. But, yeah, rimfire is susceptible to moisture in a sweaty pocket. I just take these rounds that I've rotated out of the mini and fire 'em off at the range.

The magnum gun, I rotate the rounds out about every 3 months since I only carry it on Sundays and every now and then for a special occasion. I sorta trust it more, but haven't proven that it's more moisture resistant than the .22LR's heal seated bullets, yet. I suspect it is more resistant, but I wanna prove that before I believe it. Anyway, heck, I rotate out (or actually SHOOT) my centerfire carry ammo more often than that.

CCI has the eqivaluent .22 MAG with pointed black tips, 2,200 fps but I don't know if that's any better. I heard the Hornady poly tips are better.

 

[JFrame]

I was finally able to get around to watching that episode on my DVR of "Swamp People" (the "Shooting Wild" episode) involving the NAA mini. Actually, I sort'a fast-forwarded to the specific moment.

The gun the gator-hunter uses looks to be a .22 magnum mini with a 1 1/8" barrel. He gets dragged into the water by a 50-pound gator, pulls out his mini, and pops it dead with one shot.

Unless these guys are absolutely crazy (and they seem to know their stuff), this one guy at least seems to have tremendous faith in the .22 mag mini.

His comment after the incident: "This little pistol I keep in my front pocket. It's gotten me out of a bunch of jams. A bunch of 'em."




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[Hoppes Love Potion]

Shot placement is everything. You have to nail the gator right behind the head. Looks like most of those swamp people use a regular old Ruger 10/22 rifle to make the shot.

 

[JFrame]

Shot placement is everything. You have to nail the gator right behind the head. Looks like most of those swamp people use a regular old Ruger 10/22 rifle to make the shot.

Nice to have a mini as a back-up in case one gets into a bit of involuntary alligator-wrestling...


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