questions about 17 naa

[ray]

who owns 17 who shoots one how do they shoot i know naa wants to exchange them

[Warthog]

I own two and so far they do pretty well.

[ray]

thanks for getting back

[RICKS PLACE]

No sought,  please understand my question.  Yes, I know it could also be asked re the .22 Mag.  but the .22 ia a proven defense round, the .17 to my understanding is a rifle caliber.  Very flat shooting, high speed, accurate, and so on.  Why put one in a mini?  In my opinion, my mini is only for tin cans, maybe small slow moving pests, but mainly for EDC defense.  That's all I carry my B/Ws for as I have for years.  Give me a small (NAA size} center fire (32 or bigger), dependable revolver, and I'm our of here.  Considering the years I have packed a B/W, I will not hold my breath.  So, please, why a .17 in a mini?

[OV-1D]

  I've read the cartridges tend to back out hanging up the cylinder . Seems most opinions agree NAA doesn't make a barrel long enough for proper use of the cartridges abilities because of just that its a rifle cartridge by nature . It would serve better as a curio than a shooting weapon , might be worth more as just that a curio in the distant future and in another galaxy far far away . Don't expect that bullet to be around much longer actually .

[Uncle_Lee]

Why put out a mini in .17??
They wanted to make money !!
Different strokes for different folks.
If everyone bought the same thing then there would be no choices in the world. 

They don't make them any longer in .17 because they didn't make money.

[Canoeal]

Going back and searching, the .17 versions seemed to have twi issues; the cases backing out jambing the cylinder and keyholing. There probably was no adequate fix.

[RICKS PLACE]

Again, to throw water on the original purpose of this subject, the backing out of the cylinder makes sense.  Back in the day, I owned a .22 Jet S&W.  I had to use lighter fluid in the cylinders to clean out any left over lube prior to firing the thing or the case would back up and freeze the cylinder for the nest round.  The .22 Jet was a necked down .357 case down to .22.  Could have been .38 Sp cases, just don't remember.  Didn't keep the gun, to much noise.
 

[Warthog]

OK, the two I own are a Black Widow and a Mini Master, both have longer barrels. At the range I anticipate using this sort of weapon, I have not had a lot of key-holing.  Some does happen, have not had trouble with cases or the working of the revolver, though I admit I don't take them put much and never shoot them too long either.  I am getting older and want to see how long this little collection can live.