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Trooper Joe

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Just picked up these two NAA revolvers. After shooting the 22 Mag revolver, I loaded it with the new Hornady Critical Defense load and decided to semi-retire my KelTec P32 for a while.

Love this little gun and am comfortable carrying it instead of the KelTec. In the 60's, all the Troopers at the Flint, Michigan post were buying the Hi-Standard .22 Mag derringer. These were great little guns and made a good back up gun.

[I do keep a XDs .45 in the truck :)]

Now, it they would only make some defense ammo for that neat little .22 short. It is really a hoot to shoot and surprisingly accurate.

Trooper Joe


(I borrowed the photo's from the NAA home page. My guns are just like them.)
 
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Yeah, a .22 short is inferior to most airguns in my experience. Good for mice in the basement maybe.

But then again, I wouldn't carry a .22 mag either unless I had no other option. 9mm is as small as I'd be comfortable going for SD, but that's me.

The .22 mag with it's long cylinder looks like a mini-Judge! :) Is it hard to get used to the spur trigger?

Ivan
 
Big brother

I just traded for the best single action
Made by NAA 45 win mag high polish finish
It has 7.5" barrel. There were only 500
Made.
 
Been carrying a Pug at home and on dog walks, loaded with Hornady Critical Defense ... I love that little gun, especially at the range, where everybody wants to shoot it and is amazed by its accuracy and ease of handling ... the Sidewinder, which operates with an opening cylinder like larger revolvers, must make it even better ... great gun, vastly superior IMHO to most derringers on the market today.
 
I traded a P32 for the NAA I have now. Love it.

And don't be fooled, .22 Magnum is a nasty little round. If you hit something important, it will certainly stop an attacker sooner than later.
 
The .22 short from the little NAA barrel is more effective than you think! Remember- the short was designed as a handgun cartridge.
The .22 magnum is louder than it is effective. Muzzle blast does not make a cartridge effective.
The short, LR and magnum will work fine as long as the bullets hit the right spot.
 
There's a funny scene in a funny movie called "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" that features the NAA micro revolver.
 
I have both. For grins, I shot the old blue bottle TX CHL protocol with both.

With a 1 5/8' barrel 22 mag I shot about a 230 out of 250 - would have to go look at the target. But with the 22S and NO practice beyond firing a few rounds first, about a 150. Definitely not my best as anyone should shoot a 250 with a semi.

I carry the 22 mag as a BUG. I bought the 22S as it was cute.

The 22 Mag is loud. I once shot it in an indoor range between partitions and thought I blew up. I felt my hair be blown backwards on my head and saw the flash. Awesome!
 
I'm the happy owner of a 1" barreled 22 mag with boot grips. I find that if the weather is warm and I'm in shorts, the NAA is in my pocket. If the weather is colder and I'm wearing jeans I tend to opt for my Ruger LCP.
 
Handsome little guys. Very well made. I have two myself, but went the other way with the P32. Now the little guys are backup to the P32. Of course, like you I have a full-size in the vehicle, except mine is a 5946 w/8 mags. ;) Oh, before anyone comments, yes, it is in a gun vault chained down..
 
I to have a PUG..

They are good guns for your opponent to have.

Yes and as I write this I sit in McDonalds, drinking coffee, packing my Glock 26 (isn't WiFi wonderful!)

I use the PUG for snakes in the woods so my 629 .44 can be fully loaded with 240s for field use. Other than that I leave it at home.

Deaf
 
I have 1 in 22 mag with 22LR cyl. I think their a joke for carry . I would trust my Beretta 950 25auto any day over it. I can send a lot of rounds down range accurate with the Beretta and if need be swap a mag while your trying to get cyl. out to reload.

22Mag in a short barrel is more noise and muzzle flash . Sorry I take my Beretta 25 auto and 9 quick shots over that slow SA little pistol. .


He is what Ballistics by the inch says

Another point to consider with the NAA-22LR: ballistics. We did test this model as part of our BBTI .22 test sequence. Suffice it to say that the 1 1/8-inch barrel had the poorest performance of any gun we tested in terms of bullet velocity/power, which is to be expected, and is a trade-off for the very small size of these guns.
 
I've actually "shot things" with .22 LR out of my NAA. Then the same sorts of things with the .22 WMRF cylinder. There is a lot of difference.

The guns are small and light. It isn't the short barrel that makes the difference. So I went with the Mini Master. Four inch barrel. Dual cylinder. Bigger grips. When it is winter and I'm wearing a coat, I carry it as a BUG in a coat pocket up high on my chest.

And it isn't really fair to compare reload speed. I don't even carry any extra ammo for it. You do what needs to be done with what is in the gun. Or you throw it and run. Which is what I expect anyway from a last ditch, bad guy on top of me BUG. Contact distance.

They are nice little guns and very well made. I sometimes carry mine when out fishing. Used to use an OM Ruger Bearcat but the Mini Master is even smaller.

Gregg
 
I have the cap and ball version in 22 mag and it is a blast. Am looking for a 22lr - mag version. I shoot 22WRF out of my other 22 mag revolvers. It was the 22 mag of 100 years ago. I don't think it is any less powerful out of a revolver than 22 mag, out of a rifle is where the 22 mag has the definite advantage of being the more powerful round due to barrel length. Less noise and flash too using 22WRF. Bought 2,000 rounds of it last fall for a little less than what 22 mag was selling for, enough to last me the rest of my life. I use 22lr for plinking, my 22WRF rounds are for serious work.
 
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