Odd pistol
jdary
in, and when he emptied his pockets before lying down on the table, he
pulled out an odd folded up thing. He told the chiropractor that he
had his CCW and carried money around in his line of work and this was
a pistol. It was small and it folded out into a barrel and handle.
Is anyone familiar with it? Is that an ancient weapon or is it made
today? I've never heard of a folding pistol. Sounds like it would be
pitiful protection.
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# I was at my chiropractor's the other day and he said he had a guy come
# in, and when he emptied his pockets before lying down on the table, he
# pulled out an odd folded up thing. He told the chiropractor that he
# had his CCW and carried money around in his line of work and this was
# a pistol. It was small and it folded out into a barrel and handle.
# Is anyone familiar with it? Is that an ancient weapon or is it made
# today? I've never heard of a folding pistol. Sounds like it would be
# pitiful protection.
#
#
I think it's one of NAAs .22s. I think they have one that folds in half like
you describe. Pitiful doesn't begin to describe it. It would take to long to
deploy, have to few shots of an inferior (for the particular purpose) round.
I gave up on derringers long time ago when I realized that a derringer in a
reasonable caliber, .38 was almost as big and heavy as a S&W Airweight which
had more rounds and was more easily reloadable. Anything bigger seemed
ridiculous to shoot becuase of recoil, anything smaller just not enough
energy, any of them max 2 rounds and 5 minutes to reload.
Frank
Jim Casey
# ... a pistol. It was small and it folded out into a barrel and
# handle. Is anyone familiar with it? Is that an ancient weapon or is
# it made today?
Neither. North American Arms made a folding revolver that is
discontinued, but I've seen them at gun shows.
http://www.mpoetc.state.pa.us/mpotrs/cwp/view.asp?a=1135&q=443103
- Jim
BillM
"jdary" <jdar...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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#I was at my chiropractor's the other day and he
#said he had a guy come
# in, and when he emptied his pockets before
# lying down on the table, he
# pulled out an odd folded up thing. He told the
# chiropractor that he
# had his CCW and carried money around in his
# line of work and this was
# a pistol. It was small and it folded out into
# a barrel and handle.
# Is anyone familiar with it? Is that an
# ancient weapon or is it made
# today? I've never heard of a folding pistol.
# Sounds like it would be
# pitiful protection.
#
Probably a NAA mini revolver with a "Holster
grip".
http://www.naaminis.com/lrifle.html
Scroll down the page a bit and you will see it.
Bill
A A
chambered for the .22 LR and can be purchased with the folding grip. I
have one like this and I also have the .22 LR/.22 Magnum combo. The
folding grip has a built-in belt clip.
sta...@prolynx.com
# I was at my chiropractor's the other day and he said he had a guy come
# in, and when he emptied his pockets before lying down on the table, he
# pulled out an odd folded up thing. He told the chiropractor that he
# had his CCW and carried money around in his line of work and this was
# a pistol. It was small and it folded out into a barrel and handle.
# Is anyone familiar with it? Is that an ancient weapon or is it made
# today? I've never heard of a folding pistol. Sounds like it would be
# pitiful protection.
#
NAA makes a folding grip for their mini-revolvers, it folds up like a
pocket knife. These are in .22 caliber, so you're right. They are
what you carry when you can't carry a .25, the .25 is what you carry
when you can't carry a real gun. They are a lot of fun to shoot,
though.
There have been any number of revolvers made in the late 1800s that
had folding grips, all small caliber, some were called "bicycle
revolvers", others were called "Apache" pistols and included brass
knuckles and daggers in the combination. All these old guns are
firmly in the realm of the collector, unlikely that that's what this
guy had. Ammo is out of print for one thing. "Firearms Curiosa" has
a number of these illustrated.
Stan
Misifus
# I was at my chiropractor's the other day and he said he had a guy come
# in, and when he emptied his pockets before lying down on the table, he
# pulled out an odd folded up thing. He told the chiropractor that he
# had his CCW and carried money around in his line of work and this was
# a pistol. It was small and it folded out into a barrel and handle.
# Is anyone familiar with it? Is that an ancient weapon or is it made
# today? I've never heard of a folding pistol. Sounds like it would be
# pitiful protection.
#
Sounds like one of those NAA .22s. Not something I'd like to rely on.
-Raf
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Brian Bunin
#I was at my chiropractor's the other day and he said he had a guy come
#in, and when he emptied his pockets before lying down on the table, he
#pulled out an odd folded up thing. He told the chiropractor that he
#had his CCW and carried money around in his line of work and this was
#a pistol. It was small and it folded out into a barrel and handle.
#Is anyone familiar with it? Is that an ancient weapon or is it made
#today? I've never heard of a folding pistol. Sounds like it would be
#pitiful protection.
#
There's a .22 revolver that has a folding handle.
I THINK it's made by North American Arms.
nick hull
# I was at my chiropractor's the other day and he said he had a guy come
# in, and when he emptied his pockets before lying down on the table, he
# pulled out an odd folded up thing. He told the chiropractor that he
# had his CCW and carried money around in his line of work and this was
# a pistol. It was small and it folded out into a barrel and handle.
# Is anyone familiar with it? Is that an ancient weapon or is it made
# today? I've never heard of a folding pistol. Sounds like it would be
# pitiful protection.
One old design used brass knucks for a handle and folded do you grasped
them around the cylinder. The one I saw had no bbl at all but a folding
dirk instead. I prefer a Keltec ;)
Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/
petey
#
# I think it's one of NAAs .22s. I think they have one that folds in half
# long to deploy, have to few shots of an inferior (for the particular
# purpose) round.
Um, it *IS* an eye socket gun after all (thrust it into the immediate
threats eye socket and pull the spur trigger on it). I have shot mine
(a .22 LR version) at 1/2" inch plywood for fun (which it penetrated
easily), so I imagine (as a total surprise tactic) it would readily do the
job.
As a matter of fact, seeing how lousy most most non-practicing larger
caliber handgun owners shoot (even while not under duress), they'd probably
do better with a NAA mini stuck in the attackers eye socket at the last
second.
Al Patrick
#
# Um, it *IS* an eye socket gun after all (thrust it into the immediate
# threats eye socket and pull the spur trigger on it). I have shot mine
# (a .22 LR version) at 1/2" inch plywood for fun (which it penetrated
# easily), so I imagine (as a total surprise tactic) it would readily do the
# job.
#
# As a matter of fact, seeing how lousy most most non-practicing larger
# caliber handgun owners shoot (even while not under duress), they'd probably
# do better with a NAA mini stuck in the attackers eye socket at the last
# second.
I once heard, "If you want to HURT someone use a 357. If you want to KILL someone use a
22!" Now, If you make that a 22 MAG... You might not need to have it in the eye!
Rex
# petey wrote:
#
# #
# # (a .22 LR version) at 1/2" inch plywood for fun (which it penetrated
# # easily), so I imagine (as a total surprise tactic) it would readily do the
# # job.
# #
# # do better with a NAA mini stuck in the attackers eye socket at the last
# # second.
#
# I once heard, "If you want to HURT someone use a 357. If you want to KILL someone use a
# 22!" Now, If you make that a 22 MAG... You might not need to have it in the eye!
I regularly carry a NAA Black Widow in .22 Mag.
If the lead doesn't stop them, the muzzle blast will stupify them!
jdary
# discontinued, but I've seen them at gun shows.
#
# http://www.mpoetc.state.pa.us/mpotrs/cwp/view.asp?a=1135&q=443103
#
That link and the one in the other post were pretty interesting. So
basically it's a novelty gun. Kind of amusing to own, but rather
worthless for defense. Maybe if you hadn't been around firearms very
much, you might be impressed and feel "cool" if you had that stuck in
your pocket. I'd rather have good pepper spray than that little pea
shooter.
petey
# # Neither. North American Arms made a folding revolver that is
# # discontinued, but I've seen them at gun shows.
# #
# That link and the one in the other post were pretty interesting. So
# basically it's a novelty gun. Kind of amusing to own, but rather
# worthless for defense. Maybe if you hadn't been around firearms very
# much, you might be impressed and feel "cool" if you had that stuck in
# your pocket. I'd rather have good pepper spray than that little pea
# shooter.
I'd rather have the NAA .22 LR personally. I've seen some people who can
drink pepper spray straight and not even cough afterwards.