School me on NAA Mini revolvers

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I do not know nearly as much about revolvers as semi-auto so here I am. I have a NAA mini .22Mag. I am interested in purchasing a .22LR conversion cylinder for cheaper practice and all the other reasons to shoot .22LR. I look on NAA website to find this FAQ

Can I order additional cylinders?

Absolutely. LR-frame guns can have additional LR cylinders; Magnum-frame guns (including the Black Widow and Mini-Master) can accommodate either LR or WMR cylinders, regardless of their original configuration (some people originally order BWs and MMs in LR only). However, we require that the gun be returned to us so that we can assure ourselves, as well as you, that the gun is properly timed. The necessary (and absolute) alignment of the chambers with the gun's bore is critical and often requires a little tweaking of the cylinder star &/or hand &/or bolt.
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I know of several places and people I can buy a .22LR cylinder from. The question is how critical is it to send the firearm back to NAA to be properly timed?
 
Tolerances are pretty tight on the NAA micro guns and the cylinder is right there in your palm. If it were me, I'd go with "Pretty damned important".

As I'm fond of saying, it's a pretty narrow line between "fine firearm" and "Hand grenade"
 
If it was mine I would send it back to NAA and have them do the work. My BW has 2 cylinders and the 22lr gets the most use because of the cost, but I carry with the 22WRM.
 
I wouldn't trust a random cylinder.

Either send it in or buy a 2-cylinder gun, you do not want the bullet to miss the barrel as it exits the area.

If I was ordering an extra cylinder and sending the gun in, I'd probably get at least 2 extras, maybe one just for shooting shorts, for example.
 
DON"T take the side plate off !! The screw hold other parts together. AAArrgg !
The gunsmith " Don't ever do that again"

Dan
 
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And that damned hand spring is almost guaranteed to take off for parts unknown, while trying to reassemble. I still need to send mine back to be reassembled.
I had to strip it completely for cleaning, about 16 years ago.,
Won't do that again.
 
Even if it works, there's a good possibility one of the chambers will 'spit' when it fires, which is often unpleasant.
 
I would buy a two cylinder gun and not worry about this one. I feel sure somebody will want your 22 mag version and pay a fair price.
 
Okay, don’t shoot the messenger!

We have 250 members in our gun club and one of the members is a gunsmith. Most of us, if not all of us, have used him over the past 20 years and no one has any complaints other than the time it takes before he works on your gun.

I asked him if any harm could come to me or my NAA Mini .22 Magnum if I shot .22lr in it. He said no, but I would probably get a lot of case splits doing it.

I tried a cylinder full and there wasn’t any problems other than 4 split cases. I felt uneasy shooting the .22lr and never did it again.

Anyone here know for a FACT (no opinions please) whether this practice is safe or dangerous?
 
Not safe without a conversion cylinder.

Go stand up a .22wmr round next to a .22lr round and look closely at the differences.

.22wmr is NOT a longer version of .22lr, it is from an entirely different family of rimfire cartridges.
 
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Okay, don’t shoot the messenger!

We have 250 members in our gun club and one of the members is a gunsmith. Most of us, if not all of us, have used him over the past 20 years and no one has any complaints other than the time it takes before he works on your gun.

I asked him if any harm could come to me or my NAA Mini .22 Magnum if I shot .22lr in it. He said no, but I would probably get a lot of case splits doing it.

I tried a cylinder full and there wasn’t any problems other than 4 split cases. I felt uneasy shooting the .22lr and never did it again.

Anyone here know for a FACT (no opinions please) whether this practice is safe or dangerous?
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The official stance from NAA and anyone else who makes a .22WMR is it is not safe to shoot .22LR out of a mag. Which is why most of the same companies make conversions. But I have heard the same, and done it out of my NAA. But only 5 rounds of .22LR, with a Nomex gloved hand and as much safety as I could without putting it in a redneck rest. All 5 cases were split to some degree and needed a push to eject. One curious experiment done.

I have considered selling the little NAA to replace it with their Sidewinder model. Now if only I can find one or NAA put them into full production instead of limited edition.
 
best thing to do with the NAA mini is sell & buy a good grade knife ...things way to small to hold ...LOL
 
Headj ; I don't see anything in that story about a NAA ...as far as the .22 I know they will kill ...I said the NAA is to small to shoot & control ...BTW article says "handgun" not mini-rev....I would still pick a knife before that toy...take care
 
Just send the gun to NAA and they will fit a second cylinder to the gun.
They fixed up my Black Widow quickly and without any problems at all.
Exellent service.
 
have you ever shot one Kendak? Having owned and fired the magnum minis and the 22 short mini, I cant imagine that anyone with handgun experience couldnt handle, control and shoot accurately an NAA mini revolver within 15 feet at least.
 
heyjoe - “…I cant imagine that anyone with handgun experience couldnt handle, control and shoot accurately an NAA mini revolver within 15 feet at least. “
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Joe - I’ve been shooting handguns for over 50 years and I agree with you, BUT the sights are so miniscule that it would take too long to manage a consistent fight-stopping or fight-delaying shot in an SD situation.

I solved that problem by using a shot cartridge as the first to fire in that situation. At close SD distances out to 15 feet just quickly pointing and shooting in the general direction of the face will put at least 1 pellet in one of the assailant’s eyes -- end of initial assault (maybe the entire assault) and now you will have time to place a higher lethality shot or two or three or four.

If you have ever had a twig snap into your eye you will know what I’m talking about -- now imagine a shot pellet at several hundred feet per second. You still have to practice this a few times to see how you will have to hold the NAA Mini to accomplish this. For most it will be a very fast learning curve.
 
I've fired them. You can easily make torso shots in the 3-5 yard range without sights. If you want to use them at longer ranges get a model with regular sights and/or a laser.
 
My wife and I routinely practice with the NAA as the last ditch gun for a SD situation. We both can shoot out to 15 yards aiming down the sights and under 2 yards easy shooting from the hip or other unusual firing situation. The NAA is only a primary carry when we go to the gym, quite at home next to my mp3 player/smartphone. You won't be winning any competitions for it but the NAA minis are a great "get off me gun" as she puts it, or a backup gun. In either case this thread shouldn't stray to far into the lethality of the .22WMR.

Looks like I will be sending it in to get a conversion cylinder. Should hold us over if/when we can get ahold of a Sidewinder.
 
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