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North American Arms Mini-Revolver · Deep Dive

North American Arms Mini-Revolver

From a one-inch mini-revolver barrel, .22 Magnum loads measured 619–751 ft/s — not the 1,000 ft/s printed on the box, which is a two-inch number.

The six-ounce, five-shot .22 WMR single action from Provo, documented around an owned NAA-22MS-P: its tangled Casull/Freedom Arms origin, the safety-slot mechanism and what NAA lets an owner touch, measured ballistics from a one-inch barrel, and carrying it under Michigan law.

Photo: S&W 500 and NAA Mini by Stephen Z · CC BY-SA 2.0

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    Volumes

    1. Vol 1 Origins: Dick Casull's Smallest Revolver, and a Company Older Than the One It Supposedly Came From Rocky Mountain Arms, North American Arms, Talley, Freedom Arms and the 1990 story, checked against the maker's own account and the patents
    2. Vol 2 The Family: Three Frames, a Hundred Variations, and What \"NAA-22MS-P\" Means Short, Long Rifle and Magnum frames; the model code decoded from NAA's own catalogue; porting, conversion cylinders, the Black Widow, Pug, Sidewinder, Ranger II and Earl
    3. Vol 3 How It Works, and How to Keep It Working The single-action lockwork part by part, the safety slot, loading, what NAA lets an owner take apart, maintenance, the failures actually on record, and what the lifetime warranty covers
    4. Vol 4 .22 WMR from an Inch and an Eighth Measured velocity from a one-inch mini-revolver barrel against the box, what the numbers do in gelatin, muzzle flash, and NAA's own ammunition rules
    5. Vol 5 Carrying It: The Deep-Concealment Niche, Its Honest Limits, and Michigan Law What a six-ounce single action is for, what its sights, trigger and reload cost, how to carry it safely, and the Michigan statutes that apply the moment it leaves the house