NAA .22 Mag Mini Revolver - any good?

I foiund mine to be more suited to my use by replacing the grips with the oversize rosewood grips.
Willr
 
Python1340,

Thanks for bringing up this thread and because of this, I have retrieved my NAA for some occasional carry. I have this gun in 22 magnum.
 
I have the .22Mag Pug. It is well made perhaps too well made (close tolerances). Last time I looked NAA was still saying on their website that the gun will function with all available .22 Mag ammo , when they know that not to be true. Mine came with a slip of paper in the box warning not to use with PMC ammo. After one round, the Winchester ammo I bought with the gun, locked up the cylinder. I called NAA , who said, "Yeah, we've heard that. Try CCI, that's what we use. " CCI works fine as predicted but I wonder if they have a legal department .
Keep mine in my sock drawer and usually it's the one I stick in my front pocket before leaving the house. My advice however is before using one for self defense, make sure it works with your choice of ammo .
 
My take -

Beautifully made, a pleasure to look at, fun to shoot, and totally impractical.

But they sell well and have something of a cult following.

Jim
 
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an NAA I modified


~25 years ago I shot some 1 pound roosters with a Ruger 10/22 with American Eagle hollow point ammo. The body shots had no effect.

I stopped carrying an NAA revolver thinking it was inadequate.

Then some guy at work said his ex father in law was attacked by a pack of dogs and ran them off by shooting them with an NAA revolver.

While there may be poor stopping power, it does pack a lot of deterrent in 4 ounces.
 
It's small, slow to fire multiple shots, it shifts in my hand, and very slow to reload. Those are it's bad points. It is easy to carry! It rides in my jeans watch pocket. Because of that I carry it almost all the time. Even when I carry something else as well. At 5 yards I can keep my shots in the head of a human silhouette target. It's loud as all get out, at the range people have thought I've been shooting a 38 or 357 snubbie.
 
There are plenty of stories out there where somebody used one of these tiny revolvers to stop an attack. I've heard of them being mentioned as ENT guns... ear, nose & throat. A .22LR bullet fired right into someone's face is going to ruin their day, and anyone with a shred of common sense is going to avoid being shot if at all possible. The only thing to keep in mind is that these are not weapons that you brandish or hold attackers at bay with. If you need to use it then USE IT. If you merely try to threaten your antagonist you may find his common sense being overridden by a desire to maintain his "street creds" and not cower before somebody holding a tiny little toy gun at him. Also, if you're far enough away from him that you have time to point a weapon at him then he's likely out of practical range for a NAA revolver. Like the others have said, it's a "get off me!!!" gun only. Keep it located somewhere that you can get to it even if you're struggling with someone. While the folding grip NAA sells makes the gun easier to shoot it also turns it into a two-handed weapon, which might be a problem in and of itself. I think it might be better to fashion some sort of oversized grip rather than use that, and keep the pistol in a back pocket where it can be reached.
 
Seeing as how I'm in the switchblade knife designing business, I have often thought about converting one of those folding grips to spring operation.
 
Just added a new boot grip to my Mini today - makes it a lot more comfortable to handle:
(hope the picture is right side up)

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