Introducing: The NAA Sentinel 

I second the .32

Yep .32 you will sell a lot

yes, they should just enlarge the 22 design so it can fit five 32 caliber (hopefully 327 mag) rounds

@@rickk4990 I wouldnt want to shoot a 327 out of that gun ,to much pressure and recoil

32 and a I frame

Was it a 22 magnum round or 22 lr? One shot for each guy?

what an awesome story! can you send an email to rachels@northamericanarms.com? We'd love to feature you.

I second the question, was this 22lr or 22wmr?

I hate to admit but I feel suspicious that that is true

BOTH survived and BOTH need colostomy bags because BOTH still sustained identical injuries?

Better hope the bad guy doesn't have a 30 round Glock.

Me To....never leave home without it... We call em pocket Pistols

I don't think ring hammers are any less likely to get snagged. You'll still have an area that a string/strap, material can snag on.

​@@deucedeuce1572You honesty think that a Rounded Ring is no less snaggy than a Pointed Spur??...😏

@@aldousorwell3807 Not if there's an entire channel of area for something to get snagger. Besides that, the large almost flat area of a round ring, having grooves even gives a good area for things to get snagged on. If you don't have the capacity to picture even the most basic of objects in your mind, then I'm not sure you'd understand my poor ability to explain without writing an entire paragraph. Regardless of the shape of the hammer spur, there's still a large, low area there for shit to snag on. Having a rounded hammer spur will barely make any difference at all. There's a reason that snag free frames completely remove the hammer spur and are DA only. None of them ever have a round hammer spur, because it does very little to nothing to stop snagging. (Because there's a large cavity below the hammer spur either way. Yeah, it may help reduce the hammer spur from snagging on clothing as long as it's not a large fold, but it will do nothing at all to stop other things from snagging on the hammer at all). It's pointless to have that if being snag free is your goal. There's more than enough material in just about any pocket to fold over and snag onto a round hammer spur in the exact manner it would fold over and snag on a pointed one.

@@deucedeuce1572 I have the CaPaCiTy to picture it just fine.😂 ...And even after all of your paragraphs, I picture a long pointed-tipped spur being far more likely to snag on anything and everything imaginable. ...And since this is a SA gun, the point of some DAO guns having the spur removed completely is Not An Option.

@@aldousorwell3807 Good point on that. Would be retarded to remove a spur on an SAO. Comparatively, I'm sure it's better... but not by much. There's no doubt it would be less likely to snag on a shorter piece of thread and stuff like that... but when it comes to cords/threads/strings and clothing, they're not very snag free at all. I get in the habit on thinking self defense, pocket carry and all that and rarely deal with SAO guns, except NAA revolvers on occasions. That whole area behind the grip from the top of where your hand or web of your thumb would be and the whole area above that is one big channel for crap to get snagged on... and having a rounded hammer just isn't going to stop anything from getting into that "crevice" there and snagging. The way clothing (especially pockets) pleats also will get snagged to a rounded hammer almost as bad as a pointed one. It's something I've tested myself before (the pocket/cloth folding and snagging on hammer spurs). I can't say it was just as bad as the pointed one's, because the pointed one's were harder and took longer to unsnag... but the rounded hammer spurs got caught almost as often and almost as bad in most cases. I never checked with strings and cords, but it's obvious to see how strings and cords will get snagged regardless of the shape of the hammer spur.

Beautiful

Yeah, tell me about it! I bought my Pug not too long ago and now they have something "pug-like" with a swing out cylinder? That's my luck.

@@snowdogthewolf collect them all!😀

Oh no! Now might be a good time to get your collection started 😉

Been there done that. I remember buying a S&w shield the week before the shield plus was introduced. I ended up buying both

Time to add another NAA to my collection!!!

Gee.! Let's hope not! That's a terrible gun! It LOOKS good...but really a bad day at the range to shoot.

@@jonjacobjingleheimerschmid3798...You think a Pistol The Size Of a Zippo that you could carry in your sock, was Designed for Range Day Comfort?...😂

@@aldousorwell3807try 4 zippos lol

@@offdeadeye88 Pardon my reverse-hyperbole...😁

*32 long

@@ted.angell7609 Absolutely!

I agree totally. As long as it can handle the pressure increase.

@@ted.angell7609 practically doesn't exist.

@@ted.angell7609 .32 long is about as weak as a .22, yet much larger. It's a pointless round to even exist in the modern era of revolvers.

I was thinking the same thing

Yer mom swings out the wrong way.

Swings out just fine. Maybe you use the wrong hand?

@@JasperVW being left handed is a crippling disability

I always reload revolvers holding the cylinder in my left hand. I dont see this being a huge issue. That being said, i trust my j frame taurus. ​@@spiffinz

The inventor is a lefty?

Finally something for us lefties

The first red flag.

Maybe it derives from the days when you had to pull the pin out and remove the cylinder completely for a reload? Perhaps the ergonomics for that required the cylinder to swing out to the right (for 90% of the population)? I'm just spit-balling here. 😉 I have an SP101, LCR, a Taurus Judge, and two NAA's, and I must admit I never noticed the aberrancy of the NAAs swinging to the right. I always regarded the NAAs as oddball weapons that colored outside of the lines. They look like revolvers, but somehow, they aren't. At first, with the pin system, it was implicit that you were only going to get 5 shots. The Sidewinder was my second NAA purchase. As most people know, the Sidewinder does have ejection problems. No, EJECTION problems you morons! It doesn't need viagra! Despite the clumsiness of the new design, it is still much faster than the pin system. I think NAA has listened carefully to the market. I might look into the latest iteration.

You can probably actuate the ejector with your trigger finger...😂

They're such weak rounds and would defeat the entire purpose of the gun. You would have to carry a much larger gun for almost zero benefit. Rimfire ammo is a lot cheaper too if I'm not mistaken. I was considering buying an old antique .32SW until I did the research and saw how terribly weak they are.

We are putting out a LR conversion option as well so you can switch between Mag and LR.

@@NorthAmericanArmsInc looking forward to seeing it on video. Thanks !

@@NorthAmericanArmsIncFantastic! I’ll wait for the .22 LR and order. Great look product.

@@NorthAmericanArmsInc No smaller frame (22lr frame) version coming out?

​@@NorthAmericanArmsIncHope you guys sell it together with both cylinders! I would probably buy one.

I second that emotion! Pug lOVER here!

I've been looking at a pug for sometime now, I was curious, would carrying a spare cylinder for CCW be faster than reloading the Sentinel?

@@sukhvindermangat1087 I don't think it just slides off. I wanna see a little baby speed loader for it.

@@deadGrlz206 yeah, I think the Sentinel has a fixed cylinder while the Pug has a removable cylinder... I was planning on having 2 cylinders for 22mag and 1 for 22lr if I went with the Pug... Have you seen those rubber/silicon speed loaders for j-frames? They hold the rounds and you just "peel" off the rubber/silicon after seating the rounds in the cylinder, seems easy enough to adapt to 5 rounds of 22 mag! If those were available, I think the Sentinel would be faster to reload Over a cylinder swap for the Pug!

What an amazing country, where people feel they need a gun just to get their mail

​@@zcl812 Don't be so condescending. Walking to the mailbox suggests someone living in a fairly rural setting. You know, where snakes and other vermin may be found. Have you ever been in close quarters with a rabid raccoon? I didn't think so.

​@@zcl812. .feral dog packs kill adults and children while walking where I live. . .a pistol could save lives from feral dog packs, feral javelina packs, mountain lions and gangs of feral drug addicts where I live. Imagine living in a country where one's so safe from any danger & insulated from knowledge that one can be astonished that others don't live in the same country or enjoy the same luxury & security as oneself.

Something wrong with being left handed friendly?

Wrong(ness) in the context of utilitarian and normative ? Yes... 🤷‍♂️

@@Soli_Deo_Gloria_. most right handed people use their dominant hand to load while holding the revolver in their left hand. This system still works with this model

A gun this small is going to require finer motor skills to reload than your typical .38, so moving it to your off hand so you can load the tiny .22 rounds with your primary hand makes sense. It's a more finicky process for sure.

its so they don't have to redesign the internals from the one that doesn't have a swing out cylinder. The mistake was made on that one all the way back when they designed it and now they are married to it

there is no room for them in that market, and it would need to be of a totally different design.

@@sinisterthoughts2896 Now, if they made a .38 revolver based on their top-break design, there may well be a market for that.

​@@jic1Definitely, that and one chambered in .32 long!

Why??? This is a niche market that this company caters to and they are very good at it. Want a .38 revolver? Then there are a lot of great choices out there.

@@Orion64-y4w Not really in top-break though, just S&W Schofield and No. 3 reproductions. That's why I think that there's potential there.

They're excellent self defense weapons. Yeah, they're not a 15rd 9mm... but they do precisely what they're intended to do. I just have to add though, that you never want to dry fire these without snap caps in the cylinders. The shock of the steel hammer slamming into the steel frame (not being cushioned by a bullet/rim) can cause the steel to work harden... which cause it to crystallize and become brittle. Then the firing pins on the hammers either chip, break or break off entirely. Most modern revolvers have a floating firing pin, but these have a fixed firing pin on the hammer. It's a nice, thick, solid firing pin that's far less likely to break than many of the older, very thin/pointy firing pins... but they can/will still break if constantly dry fired. They can be found online for fairly cheap, but it can be difficult to know which one's to buy. Some last a very long time (many 1000s of dry fires) while others can fall apart after just a couple... The aluminum one's with the rubber primer work the best (for me) when it comes to center-fire snap caps... but I haven't found many good rimfire snap caps. The one's that work the best by far for me (so far) have been 3d printed one's made out of PLA+. Dry wall anchors are okay too and they're very, very cheap... but you don't get that many hammer drops on each one. They wear out pretty fast. You can get 50 or 100 of them for just a couple bucks though... so many people consider them a fair investment. Forgive the rant. I've made the mistake of not using snap caps myself and have had to pay for it. I'm not assuming that you don't use them, but just wanted to (at least) add it for anyone else reading that doesn't know. I been around guns and worked on them my entire life and didn't know until I was in my 20's.

​@@deucedeuce1572you made some great points. Excellent post. I personally would not dry fire any NAA mini revolver or an rimfire for that matter. I'm curious on your thoughts about dry firing 22 rifles.

@@timd729 never dry fire rimfire anything. I've heard the same about shotguns but I've never had a problem

@@timd729 The manual for the "Earl" model specifically states it's fine to dry fire as long as cyl. is removed. If you look at the hammer design and the notches in cyl. it makes sense. Using snap caps could cause a problem if rims rub frame and put any stress on the lever that turns cyl. those are some tiny delicate parts. What's worse for this gun is trying to put dozens of rounds through it between cleanings. The shells need to slide in easy and be fully seated in cyl., the gap between rim and frame is very tight, any rubbing can damage it by causing problems with cyl. timing.

@@deucedeuce1572 Normally I would agree with you, but not with the "Earl" model, see my response to Tim.

This should be top comment

i'm not even sure what you're talking bout in either case. it's literally single action. and the second thing you said doesn't even make physical sense.

@@cryengine_x Purchase an NAA mini revolver and experience the trigger for yourself, purchase a sidewinder and experience the spent casing ejection issue, the cases closest to the cylinder shroud catch and don't eject well, so you have to rotate the cylinder and push the ejection rod multiple times to get all the cases out, and the ejection rod is not long enough to push the magnum cases out all the way either.

@@jshappart ok i understand better the ejection issue, i never had a sidewinder. i had a naa mini and the trigger seemed fine maybe i'm just not sensitive.

Had a NAA about fifteen years ago. It shot fine with 22lr but every other round of 22 mag would keyhole. A gunsmith told me that there wasn't enough rifling in that tiny barrel to stabilize the round in flight. The 22 mag was originally designed as a rifle round.

Try a different grain bullet, if you're using thirty grains say, go to forty or fifty. Im guessing it would like shorter bullets. I had to play around with ammo choices for a bit. Found the right brand, bullet etc. Im pretty accurate out to thirty yds with my LR cylinder. Mag cylinder didn't matter much for me. I'm doing load development now on new rifle I built. I believe if it continues, notify NAA

​@@deniskozlowski9370because of the limited rifling, I wonder how .22 short would perform? If I had the LR cylinder, I'd try it. Probably CCI.

Why is reloading a tiny .22 revolver in the middle of a gunfight your first concern and not the fact that it's a single action like it's still the 1840's. The fact it takes longer to draw and shoot this as a backup gun than to just reload your main gun should be the main point of contention here, these could be muzzle loaded and they'd be more practical if they were at least double action. I don't think anyone was asking to make these easier to reload for extended shooting sessions at the range, and nobody's gonna be fumbling around in a dark alley with a Barbie sized gun and a handful of loose .22's when the guy robbing them has a converted machine pistol with a 33 round magazine.

$399.

They still make the Guardian semi-autos in .32 ACP, .380 ACP, and a couple of proprietary cartridges. I suspect they don't make bigger little revolvers because that would put them directly into competition with companies like S&W, Ruger, and Charter Arms.

I’d like a 32 as well

22 mag, even the "hotter" rounds are barely 22LR ballistically speaking, out of a 2" barrel. 800-850FPS is about all you'll get without going to 30 grains or less... And a barrel length of 1 1/8", drops those numbers by almost a 1/3rd. At that point, you're in low to mid range pellet gun specs. It's better than a sharp stick, but I wouldn't call it a serious round when shooting it from such a short barrel. It's a deterrent at best, and shouldn't be relied on for a serious defensive situation.

​@@RIPPER334yea, ok

@@MrFurley69 Do you think I'm wrong? I'd be happy to point you to the multiple ballistic test that are out there... It's not hard to find.

We are glad to hear you like your NAA! It really is a convenient carry. Happy that you came across this video for safety notch help.

If you didn't know about the safety notches, what condition have you been carrying it in?... Hammer Down On A Hot Round??...😬

It should have a Light Rail and take Glock Mags!🥳🤡

@@aldousorwell3807 well that’s just nonsense you silly goose

@@Stew-rl9qk 😁

$399 I believe the MSRP is... ...And you pretty much never see these new for less than MSRP. ...But you never see much markdown on the used ones either.😅

We have a lifetime warranty on all our firearms. If you are having issues with your trigger, give us a call and we would be happy to check it out for you.

@@NorthAmericanArmsInc thanks I will when I can afford to pay to send it back.