North American Arms is a United States company, headquartered in Provo, Utah

Provo, Utah

Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...

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Pistol

When distinguished as a subset of handguns, a pistol is a handgun with a chamber that is integral with the barrel, as opposed to a revolver, wherein the chamber is separate from the barrel as a revolving cylinder. Typically, pistols have an effective range of about 100 feet.-History:The pistol...

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Revolver

A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...

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The company was originally named Rocky Mountain Arms. It was not until a couple of years later that they changed the name to North American Arms.

Mini revolvers

The mini-revolvers produced by the company are single action revolvers, which have a spur trigger design and are very reminiscent of late 19th century pocket revolvers, the major difference being the size and the fact the mini-revolvers are made completely of stainless steel

Stainless steel

In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French "inoxydable", is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 or 11% chromium content by mass....

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Semi-automatics are made in the following calibers:

• .25 NAA
  .25 NAA
  The .25 NAA was introduced by North American Arms company for their smaller & and lighter .32 ACP Guardian model. It is simply the .32 ACP necked down to accept .251" diameter bullets....
  
  
• .32 ACP
  .32 ACP
  .32 ACP , also known as the .32 Automatic is a pistol cartridge. It is a semi-rimmed, straight-walled cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning, initially for use in the FN M1900 semi-automatic pistol...
  
  
• .32 NAA
  .32 NAA
  The .32NAA is a cartridge/firearm 'system' designed and developed by the partnership of North American Arms and Cor-bon Ammunition. The cartridge is based on a .380 ACP case, which is necked-down to hold a 32 caliber bullet with the goal being an improvement in ballistic performance over either the...
  
   
• .380 ACP
  .380 ACP
  The .380 ACP pistol cartridge is a rimless, straight-walled pistol cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning. The cartridge headspaces on the mouth of the case. It was introduced in 1908 by Colt, and has been a popular self-defense cartridge ever since...
  
  

Mini-Revolver

Mousegun

A mousegun is most often considered a category of small revolver, or semi-automatic handgun intended for self defense. Typically such small pistols are of .380 ACP caliber or less, with .32 ACP and .22 Long Rifle calibers also being common. The term is used to describe a class of small handguns...

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• .22 Short
  .22 Short
  .22 Short is a variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. Developed in 1857 for the first Smith and Wesson revolver, the .22 rimfire was the first American metallic cartridge....
  
  
• .22 Long Rifle
  .22 Long Rifle
  The .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge is a long established variety of ammunition, and in terms of units sold is still by far the most common in the world today. The cartridge is often referred to simply as .22 LR and various rifles, pistols, revolvers, and even some smoothbore shotguns have...
  
  
• .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire
• .22
  5 mm caliber
  This article lists firearm cartridges which have a bullet in the to caliber range.*Length refers to the cartridge case length.*OAL refers to the overall length of the cartridge.All measurements are in mm .-Rimfire cartridges:...
  
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  Gunpowder
  Gunpowder, also known since in the late 19th century as black powder, was the first chemical explosive and the only one known until the mid 1800s. It is a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate - with the sulfur and charcoal acting as fuels, while the saltpeter works as an oxidizer...
  
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The company briefly manufactured revolvers in .17HMR but no longer does.

External links

• North American Arms
• The North American Arms Pug Review