pocket pistols and revolvers industry firearms fate active predecessor rocky mountain arms founded 1972 headquarters provo utah united states products pocket pistols owner sandy chisholm website north american arms north american arms is a united states company headquartered in provo utah that manufactures pocket pistols and mini revolvers also called mouse guns . 1 the company was originally named rocky mountain arms when it was founded in 1972 . in 1974 it was bought by new owners who renamed the company north american arms . 2 contents 1 mini revolvers 2 semi automatics 3 references 4 external links mini revolvers edit north american arms model naa22s mini revolver chambered in .22 short . the mini revolvers produced by the company are five shot single action revolvers which have a spur trigger design . they are reminiscent of late 19th century pocket revolvers the main differences being their size and also that naa s mini revolvers are made completely of stainless steel . 1 the design of the mini revolvers was developed by freedom arms which stopped selling these mini revolvers in 1990 and then sold the design to north american arms . since then north american arms has further evolved the design switching to a safety cylinder design featuring notches machined halfway between the chambers . as a result the revolver may be safely carried with all five chambers loaded by resting the hammer in a safety notch . older naa mini revolvers can be retrofitted with this safety cylinder design upgrade at no cost to the owner simply by returning an older design naa mini revolver to north american arms for an upgrade . the company manufactures revolvers in the following calibers .22 short .22 long rifle .22 winchester magnum rimfire .22 black powder cap and ball 3 the cylinder must be removed from the frame to load and unload with the exception of the sidewinder models ; these revolvers have a swing out cylinder . the top break ranger came from a limited tool room run . the .22 m a .22 winchester magnum rimfire revolver equipped with boot grips naa mini revolver in .22 lr . it can fold into its own grip for safe belt clip carry . this picture illustrates the naa 22 magnum black widow revolver cylinder in the safety position . north american arms black widow model naa bw m chambered for 22 magnum semi automatics edit in 1997 naa branched out into semiautomatic concealed carry pistols known as the guardian models to compete with seecamp . 4 semi automatic guardian pistols are made by north american arms in the following calibers .25 naa .32 acp .32 naa .380 acp the .25 naa cartridge was developed by north american arms based upon a wildcat bottleneck cartridge using .32 acp brass necked down to grip a .25 caliber bullet with the goal of increasing penetration beyond what either a .25 acp or .32 acp could do . 5 likewise the .32 naa was developed by north american arms to increase the penetration of a .32 caliber bullet relative to a .380 acp cartridge . 6 references edit a b peterson phillip 19 august 2011 . gun digest book of modern gun values . iola wisconsin gun digest books . p. 195 . isbn 1 4402 1835 8 . hogg ian ; walter john 29 august 2004 . pistols of the world . david & charles . p. 266 . isbn 0 87349 460 1 . john taffin november 2009 the earl a new mini mag from north american arms guns magazine ayoob massad 28 september 2007 . the gun digest book of combat handgunnery . iola wisconsin gun digest books . p. 38 . isbn 1 4402 1825 0 . shideler dan 28 february 2011 . gun digest book of semi auto pistols . iola wisconsin gun digest books . p. 56 . isbn 1 4402 2439 0 . barnes frank c. 5 october 2012 . cartridges of the world a complete illustrated reference for more than 1 500 cartridges . iola wisconsin gun digest books . p. 333 . isbn 1 4402 3059 5 . external links edit north american arms the north american arms pug review u.s. patent 4 450 992 belt buckle mini revolver combination patent v t e city of provo attractions byu arboretum bean museum carillon tower harris fine arts center lavell edwards stadium marriott center miller field museum of art museum of paleontology museum of peoples and cultures smith fieldhouse events festival latinoamericano freedom festival stadium of fire sunfall festival utah valley marathon other covey center for the arts lds temples city center provo peaks ice arena shops at riverwoods sundance resort utah lake state park utah starzz utah valley convention center velour live music gallery historic locations houses alexander allen carriage beebe booth brown clark taylor cluff davies eggertsen frisby hines mansion johnson hansen knight knight allen knight mangum loose ray roberts smith smoot g. taylor t.n. taylor twelves wentz other historic districts downtown east central fort utah hotel roberts knight block lds lakeview tithing office tabernacle third ward chapel lewis terrace maeser school olmsted station powerhouse provo canyon guard quarters provo city library silver row startup candy factory utah state hospital rec . center superintendent s residence west co op industry & business action target agel enterprises alpine air express aquaveo bluehost combustion resources empower playgrounds morinda new play project north american arms novell nu skin qualtrics vivint geography bridal veil falls provo canyon provo river uinta wasatch cache national forest utah lake y mountain education brigham young university provo school district independence hs provo hs timpview hs rocky mountain university of health professions healthcare & research utah valley regional medical center utah state hospital media newspapers daily herald the universe television byutv byu television international kbyu kupx kuth k43jv 3abn am radio keyy kovo ksrr fm radio kbyu kenz kxrk transportation interstate 15 provo airport provo station amtrak frontrunner the ryde u.s. routes us 89 us 189 utah state routes ut 114 ut 265 utah transit authority other community action services and food bank google fiber missionary training center utah county wasatch front retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title north american arms & oldid 742670209 categories firearm manufacturers of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in utahprovo utah1971 establishments in utahcompanies based in provo utah navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 02 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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