Richard Mann
The cocobolo wood grips, which are available direct from NAA, look very good on the little Guardian. They also thicken the grip making the pistol more comfortable to shoot.
Mountain Arms. In the early ’80s, NAA became a subsidiary of Talley Manufacturing, an aerospace manufacturing com- pany. Teleflex Inc., which chose to sell NAA, later acquired Talley and Sandy Chisholm, a 10-year Teleflex employee who was charged with the NAA divestiture. In 1991, Chisholm left Teleflex and became the owner of NAA.
D NAA is probably best known for
their extremely compact revolvers. They manufactured a .22 LR mini-re- volver that weighs less than 6 ounces, loaded! They also have similar ver- sions in .22 Magnum. These revolvers are very popular with gun owners for personal protection and as novelty pieces because of the extreme com- pactness and affordability.
More Than Guns NAA also manufactures a full line
of subcompact, semi-automatic pis- 16
ick Casull created North American Arms (NAA) in the early ’70s to continue the development and manufac- ture of several firearms designed originally for Rocky
NAA promotes the Guardian pis-
tols as having a performance-based set of features including a 1911-style mag- azine release, the absence of a mag- azine-disconnect
safety, an external
take-down button, integral sights, re- liability with all commercial ammuni- tion and last but not least, availability. Over the last year, sales of sub-
tols. These pistols are known as the Guardian line and are built on two different-sized frames. The smallest is chambered in .32 ACP and .25 NAA. The larger of the Guardian pistols are chambered for the .380 ACP and .32 NAA. According to Chisholm, the inspiration for these pistols was the revered Seecamp pistol. As rare as Seecamp pistols are, I once arrested a drunk driver motoring around town in a dilapidated Toyota truck. He had a 6" beard and a Seecamp shoved in his cowboy boot.
compact pistols in .380 ACP has been nothing short of mind blowing. De- mand has been to the point at times customers were on a long waiting list to get a Ruger LCP or similar-sized .380 ACP. With Guardian street prices running between $300-$400, and with the claim these guns were actually available, I was eager to give one a try.
Guns & Accessories I contacted Ken Friel at NAA and
arranged to have a sample sent out for testing. Instead of selecting the .380 ACP, I thought it would be interest- ing to give a Guardian in .32 NAA a try. I figured if they can make a semi- auto for a proprietary cartridge built
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