Please Vote How small is too small? .380ACP .32ACP 25 ACP 22LR 22 Short

[Big Frank]

Since .22 Magnum for my NAA Mini isn't listed, I voted for .380, the next smallest caliber I own. I don't have a Concealed Pistol License yet, but I think I would be more like to carry a .45 than anything else.

[dgang]

  Surprised you didn't include the .22 Mag. A North American mini revolver with 2" barrel will send a bullet through a 3" phone book, through a !" pine plank and rattle around in 18" of empty shotshell hulls. Not a man stopper but better than no gun at all. Plus you can slip it into your pocket with nary a bulge

[tombogan03884]

Surprised you didn't include the .22 Mag. A North American mini revolver with 2" barrel will send a bullet through a 3" phone book, through a !" pine plank and rattle around in 18" of empty shotshell hulls. Not a man stopper but better than no gun at all. Plus you can slip it into your pocket with nary a bulge

Depends on what you want to do, do you want to kill some one ? or do you want to make them stop doing what made you shoot them in the first place ? .22 and .22 mag are good for killing but much less effective in making some one stop in the middle of their particular crime.

[PegLeg45]

The first thing in my right front pants pocket every morning is a NAA .22LR revolver.
It is there everyday, all day.
It is a back-up to my Glock 27 .40 that goes with me any time I leave the house during our 10 months of summer here in the south. I would prefer my 1911 .45 ACP Commander, but the Glock does conceal better under a plain t-shirt in a Serpa holster. And, it is lighter. When it does get cold enough to wear a jacket, the Commander is there.

The biggest thing I've ever had to use the NAA .22 for is snakes. The first 2 shots are CCI snakeshot, followed by Aguilla high velocity hollowpoints.

[Big Frank]

.380   Hey, It was good enough for "Bond, James Bond"!.....

James Bond never used a .380. His PPK was a .32 ACP. Mine is twice as good as his.

Okay, I see now that this was already pointed out.

Some .22 magnums out of a handgun have more muzzle energy than some .38 Special standard velocity loads. But that's with a 6.5" barrel. Out of a NAA Mini they probably have about the same muzzle energy as an average .32 Auto, or double that of a .25 ACP. I don't want to get shot with one.

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