SSSHHHHH! New NAA Calibered Guardian!

When I get it, ANY TFL'er in the area is welcome to come out and check it out too. Gimme your take on it... Pluses and Minuses. It's always good to get more than one opinion.

I'll need a cam too. Anyone have a digital camera? My little cheap 14 dollar digicam my wife picked up at walmart just doesnt cut it. The images look like Game Boy Classic graphics.
 
I was just sent some more info in this caliber... I'm keeping it to myself as it was sent in confidence. However, out of loyalty to TFL I will spill the beans on two images I was sent.
I'll upload them here.
 

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Here is the other one:
Note the 4 layers of denim... that's about what, 7 inches of penatration after 4 layers of denim? Also note the slug is fully expanded. That's a good positive sign.
 

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New bottlenecked .32NAA

Nice to know that when the power of a larger case is squeezed down to suit a smaller projectile it is viewed as an achievement. That looks very much like my pecker on a cold winter morning. I'll now justify it as a necked down and more powerful round. :-)

However, intrigued as we all are by inovation, looks good to me.

Herb Fredricksen herbfred@cpcug.org
 
There is an article in the new Gunworld magazine about the 23/32 (and a brief mention of the 32/380)

Apparently the 25/32 was put together by J.B Wood.
Switching to the caliber should be as easy as changing a barrel in a current .32acp gun.

It looks like NAA and Kel-Tec have both been shooting the round, but as of yet, Kel-Tec hasn't commited.

That 32/380 sounds pretty intriguing :)
 
I'm a big fan of the NAA Guardian so I'd buy the New .32 NAA. It sounds like a great idea to me. I wonder whether they'll be able to convert older models to the new necked down calibers?

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Those grips on my Guardian are Goncalo Alves from Hogue and sold through NAA's website. The Custom grips make this little handgun more versatile and comfortable to shoot.

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Small diameter bullets make small holes. Blood doesn't flow very fast from small holes. This is the primary reason why .32ACP, .22ACP and .22LR have the poor reputation that they have as defense cartridges.

The second reason is because sectional density of .32ACP, .25ACP and .22LR (and .380ACP) bullets is insufficient, after expansion, to reliably penetrate deeply enough to reach and crush a hole in vitals.

.357 SIG pushes a 9mm bullet really fast. It is considered "just another choice" by many because the increased velocity doesn't translate into superior stopping power, when compared to 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP.

The increased velocity of the new NAA cartridges will, most likely, increase expansion reliability, and, perhaps, improve penetration performance after expansion. While this is a positive improvement, the initial problem remains. They're loaded with small caliber bullets, which make small holes.

So the choices are: do I want to carry a .32ACP sized handgun that shoots a .25 caliber bullet or do I want to carry a .380ACP sized handgun that shoots a .32 caliber bullet?
 
Just got back from NAA. The gun is exactly as you would think... a normal .380 Guardian with a tighter bore. The only thing really that sets it apart is the tag line etched into the slide that says ".32 NAA". This gun is just a pick out of a small selection... Not a ringer to try to impress anyone. You can tell that instanly by doing a dry fire.
This trigger will challenge all gun writers to come up with new metaphors to describe a horrible trigger. Put the one that fits this one the best is "Dragging a Piano across a gravel road."
The sights are evidenly made for Gnomes. More of a cartoonist impression of sights rather than actual gun sights. Just ignore them and you'll do fine at the ranges this gun is intended for.

Enough of the gun...

This is about the cartridge. .32NAA has some merit. Yeah, I tend to agree that velocity isn't as big of a factor, but in a mouse gun, it is. I was once hit by a .25 slug that bounced off the frisbee that I was shooting at. Speed does make a difference at this level. The bottle necked cartridge is also a boon as pretty much all mouse guns have a rep for failing to feed at some point or another. The extra energy and the shape will allow it to be more reliable than either the .32ACP or the .380. I wouldnt call it Inovation, I'll save that for when they start cloning Jessica Alba and sell the copies at 7-11. But it is a logical next step for guns of this class.
 
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