I've always owned a NAA .22MAG/.22LR conversion revolver; I sold my first one once, but replaced it shortly thereafter because they're so handy. Overbuilt too, like a tank, and precise in their tolerances.Okay my 10-day waiting period is up and I got the new single action mini revolver. In California I paid $514 for this with the tax & fees. This is a used gun & it has only been test-fired, by me, when the owner decided to sell it. It is absolutely like new.
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This is the North American Arms Sidewinder made in Provo Utah. It's all stainless steel with cocobolo grips in the classic bird head pattern.
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It comes with a separate cylinder so you can convert it from 22 long rifle to 22 magnum rimfire.
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I have not shot this one yet but the little star extractor system should make it easy to unload.
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You can see that it's only a 5-shot.
Swinging out the cylinder is a little trickier than on a more substantial revolver. It only requires three fingers but they have to be the right ones.
The cylinder has 10 notches: 5 firing positions and five safety positions between them.
You carry this gun fully loaded, with the hammer down on any one of the five safeties. Then you simply draw cock and Fire. There's absolutely no chance of a drop-fire or impact fire as long as you have the gun on safety.
I also got the $30 plastic folding grip/clip/holster assembly. I will shoot some photos of that when I get it on
I've got the original though with cylinders that come all the way out without a crane; carry it loaded with magnums and carry the entire separate cylinder already loaded with long rifles. This is my formal wear carry setup...
Don't know if you've checked out ideal ammo yet; but the best SD load, if you want a hollowpoint that actually expands reliably out of such a short barrel, is the CCI 30 grain TNT rounds (#0063)... they still get decent penetration too. Plenty of other makers claim their SD rounds expand, but they really don't; at least not reliably out of a NAA. From an American Rifleman article testing various SD rounds out of the NAA...