Reviews on NAA .22 Magnum Revolver?

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Moosetrot

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Thinking about getting one of these as a concealed carry gun for my wife. I've looked at a ton of YouTube videos but would really like to hear some first hand reviews of what these little guns are like, especially felt recoil and its effect on the ability to hang onto it. Any experience with the folding grips?

Thanks!

Moosetrot
 
I own the fixed grip model, my only vice is I have to watch the position of my thumbnail when I shoot. The rear of the cylinder has caught my thumbnail a few times during recoil.

It is easy to carry and works well while fishing small streams and such. I will usually load a a couple of CCI shotshells in mine, they work great for varmints with no shoulders. The stainless factor is a big plus as well when you are a nimble as I am wading streams.
 
Have tried a few of the small NAA revolvers. The first was one of the 22lr models, too small to hold onto and prettymuch flipped outa the hand each time it was fired.

The 22 mag models have a little larger grip, which works so much better, imagine the folding grip would be even easier to grip. The 1 5/8" barrel gives a little more velocity and doesn't blast your support hand finger with muzzle blast/etc.

In the summer time, when wearing shorts, I carry a wasp model in the pocket. 1 5/8" barrel, comes with both 22lr and a 22mag cylinders and I really like the bead sight instead of the tall standard sight. When trapping coons, or out with the dogs I tote the 22lr cylinder. It's handy to carry in the hand when out running/jogging also.
 
If you get one.Go over the safety again and again.I am sure some will not agree but I think those are the most dangerous firearm ever made.If I could influence you to get something else almost anything else it would make me feel like I had done a good thing.I don't have words to tell you how much I hate those little death traps.If you get one unload it and lock it in a draw in the attic and don't ever touch it.
 
I don't see where there is an issue with the safety. They have been redesigned so the hammer sits in a notch between the loaded cylinder so it won't strike the round. I really like mine, carry it every where, only problem is it shoots high so I'm going to work on the front sight. Another plus is NAA has some of the bset CS there is from what I have heard.
 
I have the 22 mag with folding grip. The grip is comfortable. I love this gun for conceal carry, you can conceal it anywhere!!

The recoil is not that bad, my wife is sensative to recoil and is OK with it. It isnt her first choice, but it isn't her gun either. With practice, I think she would get to like it.

Accuracy of course isn't ideal, but that is to be expected. I wouldn't want to use it more than 10 yards out, less if I could.

The trigger is not the nicest either, but again, when you look at the price and size that is to be expected.

If you buy it for what it is, a last resort, easy to carry conceal gun, then you are good to go.

If you have specific questions or concerns fell free to PM too.

I have owned compact 380's and the recoil was way worse than the 22 mag out of the NAA. Just like VAhunter said, the hammer can be lowered mid round to eliminate AD's, from what I have read this has cleared up any safety concerns with it. From my experience it is safe to carry.
 
A .22 Mag out of such a small barrel wont stop a charging hamster. .22 magums need a fair about of barrel length to get up to speed. As much as I lothe them, a .25 Auto is superior and with all the great little .380 pocket guns out there now I see no reason to get something as lilliputian as one of those tiny NAA wheelguns.

Worse thing is that if your wife does happen to shoot someone with that thing, and they find out about it, they may get mad enough at her to do bodily harm to the poor woman.

Buy her something that may safe her life- not end it.
 
A .22 magnum out of a 1 5/8 barrel revolver will produce a wound channel around 1.5" in diameter, and will penetrate up to 11". Thats way more than the 25 auto or 32 auto. Put it in the right place, the 22 magnum with good ammo, like Hornady critical defense, is plenty.

The American Hangunner magazine has a article this month on this very subject.
 
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Originally Posted By: ninehorsesA .22 magnum out of a 1 5/8 barrel revolver will produce a wound channel around 1.5" in diameter, and will penetrate up to 11".


What are they using for test media? Cool-Whip? And how are you going to aim a gun that looks like it came in a Cracker Jack box? Heck, I got attachments on my Swiss army knife bigger than that gun and probably more lethal to boot.

Not only is the NAA hard to shoot it dang hard to shoot accurately. A point and pull the trigger small auto is much better and guarding your gizzard than that NAA thing is. Heck, it even sounds like they left a letter off for the name of it. I should have been a NAAF. Not Actually A Fiream world describle it a whole lot better to me.

You'll have to excuse me now. I have a pissed off hamster calling wanted to know if I shot him with my NAA .22 Magnum. He don't remember what that tiny bruise came from and I dont know what to tell him!
 
While I agree a .22 mag isn't the best self defense round out there but I bet a round or two at point blank range would someone off of me in a hurry.
 
Alot of people shot describe it as a bee sting. Were talking with 9mm, 40S&W, and 45 ACP, along with .357mag. Many of us fall into the trap of carrying what is convenient or comfortable. We should all be carrying the largest gun and caliber that we can reliably make rapid hits with.
 
Strung out crack heads might be describing 45's as a bee sting??

I agree, carry as big as you can, but sometime you just cant carry big. I would rather have something than nothing.

The 22lr and mag are both often underated calibers. Not my first choice, but would take them over a knife, since I don't know how to use a knife, and am comfortable with my NAA 22 mag.

I have large hands and with the flip grip, find it more than comfortable to shoot, it is more comfortable in my hand than most compacts I have held.

As far as shooting accuratly, practice, practice, practice.
 
Well for all the naysayers out there. Step up and be a test subject for such an impotent round! My guess is you wont wanna bd hit with it at all. I carry a 22 lr for self defence all the time and practice all the time i fill sand bags with flour and swing em from a tree. Shoot em like a person running at me. I can get 6 outt 10 rounds on target 99% of the time!!!
 
Thats the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Of course no one wants to be shot with it. Does that make it ideally suited for the job? Nope. I don't wanna be hit with anything. Not even a thrown rock, but it doesnt mean I CCW a small stone. And no, most of these people are not "strung out crack heads", just regular joes. Often time people who are shot dont even know it. This is not the movies and the odds of someone dropping in their tracks when being shot is minutely small.
 
Originally Posted By: BoeydafunkThats the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Of course no one wants to be shot with it. Does that make it ideally suited for the job? Nope. I don't wanna be hit with anything. Not even a thrown rock, but it doesnt mean I CCW a small stone. And no, most of these people are not "strung out crack heads", just regular joes. Often time people who are shot dont even know it. This is not the movies and the odds of someone dropping in their tracks when being shot is minutely small.

That's it in a nutshell. The pipsqueak calibers can kill, but they do a piss poor job of stopping. In many many gunfights it has been proven that in the heat of things many shot with tiny bullets did not even know they were hit, much less slow down their attack. That is why it is so important to have something that will impart some serious hydraulic and hydrostatic shock in order to stop the bad guy. In other words, .22 rimfires just wont cut it. Oh, you can shoot someone enough times to finally get his attention and stop the fight but that don't make rimfires fight stoppers.
 
Originally Posted By: RustydustA .22 Mag out of such a small barrel wont stop a charging hamster. .22 magums need a fair about of barrel length to get up to speed. As much as I lothe them, a .25 Auto is superior.

Buy her something that may safe her life- not end it.


I think you need to do your homework. The .25 Auto is a worthless DUD of a cartridge and the 22 mag is superior IMO. If you want to buy her something "that may save her life", the 25 Auto is most assuredly a POOR selection.....
 
Originally Posted By: 2muchgunOriginally Posted By: RustydustA .22 Mag out of such a small barrel wont stop a charging hamster. .22 magums need a fair about of barrel length to get up to speed. As much as I lothe them, a .25 Auto is superior.

Buy her something that may safe her life- not end it.


I think you need to do your homework. The .25 Auto is a worthless DUD of a cartridge and the 22 mag is superior IMO. If you want to buy her something "that may save her life", the 25 Auto is most assuredly a POOR selection.....

Have done much homework over the years, thank you. Perhaps it is time for you to do yours. According to Gunblast.com, the speeds of a Federal 50 grain HP out of a 1 1/8" barrel are 722 fps. Even less than the typical 750 fps that you would get with your normal .25 ACP factory load. And given that you have only 5 shots with the NAA and it has to be awkwardly cocked before each shot and the .25 Auto will give you 7-8 shots as fast as you can pull the trigger it is very apparent that the .25 wins hands down. No contest.
 


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