Prof Young
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Wheel Gun Shooters:
I'd decided that my Christmas present would be an NAA mini revolve, but didn't know which one to get. Read everything I could find and settled on either a pug or the black widow. Went with the black widow magnum with a two inch barrel and an extra cylinder for shooting 22LR. Local range lady found me one and I got it for $315.
First impression was that the grip was HUGE. (see first pic below) And it is. You can get a smaller grip. I read the manual which included multiple warning to NOT shoot Armscor precision in 22 mag. So first range trip did not include any of that and the gun shot well. Had to learn how to aim it, but clearly the gun will shoot as well or better than I do. Sights are more like something you'd expect on a larger gun.
Second range trip was disastrous. Shooting 22LR the cylinder kept binding up making the hammer very hard to cock. Then shooting 22 magnums the flange that holds the cylinder pin in place kept jumping out of it's slot. Yipes. I took a picture of the cylinder pin flange problem (see second pic below) and sent it to NAA. Got a nice e-mail back from "Susan" saying they'd send me a new cylinder pin assembly at not cost, of course. When it came I realized I'd been putting the flange in the reverse direction. (Hey Susan didn't notice either.) I had it on back wards. Changed that and the problem dissolved. My fault not NAA so I owe them for a new cylinder pin assembly (My words not theirs.) In terms of the binding cylinder I had a suspicion it was the ammo not the gun and I was right. I'd been shooting Remington Thunderbolt. Switch away from them and the gun ran just fine.
Most of that above was the third range trip when all the bad turned good. The grip was a touch loose but tightened up the grip screw and that firmed it up well. So all in all this gun is way fun to shoot, the customer service is great and I don't think this will be the only NAA gun I end up owning. It may be a BUG or even the main carry for certain circumstances. All the good things I've read about NAA turn out to be pretty accurate.
Life is good!
Prof Young
I'd decided that my Christmas present would be an NAA mini revolve, but didn't know which one to get. Read everything I could find and settled on either a pug or the black widow. Went with the black widow magnum with a two inch barrel and an extra cylinder for shooting 22LR. Local range lady found me one and I got it for $315.
First impression was that the grip was HUGE. (see first pic below) And it is. You can get a smaller grip. I read the manual which included multiple warning to NOT shoot Armscor precision in 22 mag. So first range trip did not include any of that and the gun shot well. Had to learn how to aim it, but clearly the gun will shoot as well or better than I do. Sights are more like something you'd expect on a larger gun.
Second range trip was disastrous. Shooting 22LR the cylinder kept binding up making the hammer very hard to cock. Then shooting 22 magnums the flange that holds the cylinder pin in place kept jumping out of it's slot. Yipes. I took a picture of the cylinder pin flange problem (see second pic below) and sent it to NAA. Got a nice e-mail back from "Susan" saying they'd send me a new cylinder pin assembly at not cost, of course. When it came I realized I'd been putting the flange in the reverse direction. (Hey Susan didn't notice either.) I had it on back wards. Changed that and the problem dissolved. My fault not NAA so I owe them for a new cylinder pin assembly (My words not theirs.) In terms of the binding cylinder I had a suspicion it was the ammo not the gun and I was right. I'd been shooting Remington Thunderbolt. Switch away from them and the gun ran just fine.
Most of that above was the third range trip when all the bad turned good. The grip was a touch loose but tightened up the grip screw and that firmed it up well. So all in all this gun is way fun to shoot, the customer service is great and I don't think this will be the only NAA gun I end up owning. It may be a BUG or even the main carry for certain circumstances. All the good things I've read about NAA turn out to be pretty accurate.
Life is good!
Prof Young