First NAA mini, made in Spanish Fork?

Macguy · August-25-20 17:08

So I have been looking at the minis for a while and finally picked up a used one at my local gun store for a good price. It's a .22lr version that was apparently made in Spanish Fork and not Provo. Is there a difference in quality or value with it being a Spanish Fork edition?

OV-1D · August-26-20 06:08

Welcome Macguy , myself I find the earlier models were given more time to put together , all edges smoother , serration of the cylinder pins alone show more detailed work , everything about these guns along with operation seem to just be much better , more care in the products end results .

theysayimnotme · August-26-20 09:08

How effective is that rubber slip on grip? Is it worth the MASSIVE price & even worse the shipping cost?

Wumbey Goomba · August-26-20 16:08

Eighteen dollars, plus a couple three
shipping, doesn't seem all that "massive"
to me.

The early models do seem to be better
quality.

theysayimnotme · August-27-20 01:08

Shipping is SEVEN Dollars for an item that shouldn't cost more than a Dollar to ship. But I would still like to know if it makes the revolver meaningfully easier to hold? Same question for the magnum models.

Wumbey Goomba · August-27-20 06:08

Comes standard on Pug.
I like it. It's a little larger than
Birds head grips, and a lot grippier.(not sure if that's a word)
Guessing would be the same on LR, Short models.

And yes you convinced me, seven dollars to mail a set of
grips,does seem a little excessive.

Canoeal · August-27-20 09:08

I bought a 36" x 3/4" Walnut dowel last week, from the only place I could find it. The dowel was 9.75 the shipping was $18. I think the biggest rip off in the world is what companies are charging for shipping. The week before I had two sets of calibrated plastic jug pumps that cost $13 a set. I was part of another order that had been on back order. The pumps came almost three weeks after the order. The shipping on the pumps which must have weighed all of four ounces was twenty bucks.

bearcatter · August-27-20 09:08

Wonder if there is THE first mini, serial 001 ? Should be in a museum.

Wumbey Goomba · August-27-20 13:08

I would of hollered first not the.

theysayimnotme · August-27-20 15:08

I tried to paste a reference by Uncle Lee about NAA revolvers made in Newbury Park California but once again I failed.

WyoShooter · August-28-20 06:08

Quote from: Canoeal on August-27-20 09:08
I bought a 36" x 3/4" Walnut dowel last week, from the only place I could find it. The dowel was 9.75 the shipping was $18. I think the biggest rip off in the world is what companies are charging for shipping. The week before I had two sets of calibrated plastic jug pumps that cost $13 a set. I was part of another order that had been on back order. The pumps came almost three weeks after the order. The shipping on the pumps which must have weighed all of four ounces was twenty bucks.

Well, they have to pay taxes on the profit they make from the sale of the item but no taxes on the money they collect for the "shipping expense."

bill_deshivs · August-28-20 12:08

That's completely wrong. Profit is profit and is shown as such.

A company that ships a lot of packages has to use standardized packaging that holds most parts.
There isn't someone in the shipping department that says, "How can I ship Mr. Smith's grips at the cheapest cost?" They have standard packaging and if the part fits, that's what it ships in.

Canoeal · August-28-20 13:08

Four plastic pumps in a 5 x 5 box; weight less than five ozs. I don't think its $18 to ship it. I'll check what it cost next time I go to my local shipper. Oh, its not my fault they didn't have the promised product and did not tell me so. The total of the original order was over $300.

Wumbey Goomba · August-28-20 15:08

I just got seventeen.

LHB · August-28-20 21:08

Some places make some profit off of the shipping. A few years ago I ordered a scope mount from a nationally advertising outdoor supply company, and they charged me $21.00 for shipping via UPS, their only option, and it arrived, USPS, taped to a piece of cardboard in a white letter sized envelope with three first class stamps on the envelope. I have never ordered anything from them again, or their associated companies.

Wumbey Goomba · August-28-20 22:08

I don't mind them making a little profit,
it's the gouging that's hard to swallow.

How bout those commercials.
Get a second one FREE, just pay
a separate fee.

I wish I had a T.V. and a phone I could
slap and the person on the other end
could feel it.
The T.V. would always be crooked, and
my dialing finger would be worn down to
a little nub.

RogueTS1 · August-31-20 08:08

It is "Shipping & Handling." I believe the "Handling" is where they get you! $:-\$

Wumbey Goomba · August-31-20 13:08

As in, They are Handling huge profits,
from shipping.

You know what Earl Pitts says.

theysayimnotme · August-31-20 15:08

Invoice for 1911 .45 automatic- $14.15 + $2.85 "packing & handling". Of course that was around 1965 (The date is torn off.)
Plus two M1 Garands & a M1 carbine total shipping less than $70 2005 to 2007.
All with no Kalifornia sales tax, fees or waiting period- shipped directly to my house.