North American Arms .22 mini revolver

[marano35]

I just purchased one of these little mini revolvers with the 1 5/8 inch barrel in .22 LR. I ordered a set of the new boot grips for it on the North American site. Has anyone on here used these particular grips? If so how much of an improvement are they over the originals? I bought this little gun to load the first two chambers up with CCI shotshells and the other three with regular rounds to have something I could take jogging with me. I ran up on a six foot rattler the other day and could'nt find a stick to save my life. I test fired it for pattern on a snake head I drew on a piece of paper and found the pattern very good. I also shot some long rifle cartridges through it and found it to be pretty accurate for the ranges its intended for and not having a rear sight. I like the little gun and I am gonna go to best buy and see if I can find one of those IPOD armband things to carry it in and I guess I will probably need to clean it and wipe it down often if I sweat through whatever I am carrying it in when I run...but I will make it work.

 

[marano35]

Boot grips.

I put them on and shot several rounds through the gun. The boot grips make a lot of difference in shooting the little gun without giving up a lot in space. I think they were worth what I paid for them. I would recommend them for this gun, they make it way more usable.

 

[MCgunner]

Do yourself a favor for the snakes and toss the rat shot. I've killed several snakes with mine using .22 LR Federal Lightening. Yes, it's accurate enough to make head shots on snakes at close range. No, rat shot is worthless. Better to kill it than irritate it.

 

[marano35]

I need to shoot it more...

I have shot some LR through it and I think I would be lucky to hit a snake head within five shots with the solids. I like shooting it enough to find out how good I can get with it though...so you may be right.

 

[MCgunner]

The gun is much easier to shoot with a larger add on grip. The boot grip will help a bunch. I couldn't hit squat with mine either until I added the holster grip, Heck, I couldn't hold the thing. It takes lots of concentration on sight alignment, but it's not hard to hit a shakes head at 10 feet with it. I've hit a rabbit at just under 20 yards with mine before. It isn't a target revolver, but up close, it's accurate enough to be REAL handy.

I can say, this is not the gun to shoot instinctively in low light. You have to be able to see the sights to hit anything with it past contact range. The sights don't stand out real well either, so it takes some decent lighting. It has its limitations, but it's a neat and useful little gun. The neatest part about it, it's so little and light, I carry it everywhere, even though I always have a serious gun on me, too.

If you carry it all the time like I do and don't shoot it too often, swap out the ammo. .22 tends to dud on you after being in a sweaty pocket for a while. I change the ammo in mine about every month.