New Member Introduction

[gwbasley]

Hi folks, I just signed up but have been a mini fan for years.  Both my wife and I carry .22lr minis.  Sure, it would be nice to have something bigger if I found myself in a "situation", but before the mini I carried a Walther .32 PP but , quite frankly, not all the time.  It was either too hot out and I was sweaty, or it was too uncomfortable for what I was doing, and so on...but the mini is ALWAYS there.  It's the first thing in my pocket when I get dressed in the morning and the last thing on my night stand at night...there is seldom a time when I'm without it.  That why I love it and bought one for my wife as well.  It is always there.  I hope to something to contribute to your discussions.

[Goatpacker]

Awesome!!! That's why I love them too!!! Too easy to carry!!! No reason not to have it!!! So easy to carry I carry 3!!!

[heyjoe]

welcome aboard!

[ikoiko]

Welcome. I think minis are fine defense. Easy to carry, so likely to be carried. Can't use what you won't carry.

[boone123]

Welcome from here also.
As i have said on here before, some of something  is better than none of nothing.

PS    I think thats why my wife keeps me around..

[Uncle_Lee]

Welcome to the pack.
You are starting your collection.
May I suggest your next mini be a ................................................... (hum) any would be a good choice. 

[jw1128]

Welcome to the pack.
You are starting your collection.
May I suggest your next mini be a ................................................... (hum) any would be a good choice. 

+1 1 mini is never enough...

[gwbasley]

Thanks for the warm welcome!  I can't tell you how many times I've been told that my carry piece is ineffective or "just a toy"...my reply is "Where is yours, because mine is right here in my pocket?"...9 out of 10 don't have it on them!  I like to add, "I don't want to get shot with a .22, do you?"

[jw1128]

http://naaminis.com/smf/index.php?topic=4469.0
There is a nice thread on that

[bud]

gwbasley,

Welcome. Always good to have new folks here!!

[OV-1D]

 Welcome GWbasley come on in and sit a spell , its tough to keep up with all you new guys coming aboard . Only one requirement gotta have a decent camera sooner or later for all those show and tells .

[MotoMike]

Boring, huh?  Would anyone here believe me if I told you I shot a prototype of Dick Casull's .454 through oak tree's in a field across the street from NAA's Newbury Park, Kali's original location 36 years ago, whilst in NAA employ? BTW, wherever you are, Rick, his dad Red, you guys were the best.

[boone123]

MotoMike.
I would.
Tell us more.

[Goatpacker]

OK Motomike!!!! Tell us more?

[MotoMike]

Cool. Here we go.
Back in the oldern days, there used to be a line of long metal buildings on the south side of the 101 in Newbury Park, KA., just east of the Conejo grade. It was the home of the Talley Corporation. I hired on in '78 as a machine operator for their new gun production company.
I started as a broach operator, which brought the cylinder clearances in the frame castings to spec.
I then progressed to the turret lathes and vertical mills for other production operations.
Whilst I was there, my supervisor was a gentleman named Rick Severns, an absolute total professional, and uber cool dude to just be friends with. Like all of us here, he LOVED his job, and loved sport shooting. We worked the swing shift and we did most all initial production of the mini revolver. While I was there,  Dick Casull collaborated with the Talley's on a couple of ideas, the first was the mini, the second was the .455 Magnum as it was being called at the time.
We had one of the original prototypes, I think there were three originally, and the other two were reportedly stolen out of a safe in one of the Talley's homes.  We were a very close knit crew, and one night Rick, took out one of the 455 Casull's and we took it across the street and proceeded to blow through some foot thick oak branches with some 300 grain handloads. We knew what we were playing with, and we knew how fortunate we were. Soon afterwards, one of the original managers became an ex-employee and was soon employed by a company in Wyoming making interestingly similar guns with even more interesting lacks of differences in design, if you know what I'm saying.
Even more interesting, (at least to us employees) was that Talley rejected the idea of producing the 455 because it would cost $75k+ in retooling! and that would mean the company would have to charge $650-750 per gun to recover costs.  Their reasoning was, no one would spend that much for a Casull .455 Magnum.   Soooooo. Dick took his biz to Wyoming.   When the gun op moved to Provo, Tally paid for our our relocation from So-Cal to Provo, including a month in a hotel with room service including cases of beer delivered to our rooms. These guys went away above and beyond the call of duty as employers.  When I moved to Provo, another fine gentleman named Red Severns was  the GM.  Just before I left, the C.O.P was being considered as a patent/purchase/production move. Anyone remember that 4 barreled .357 gem with the rotating firing pin?   Hmmm..
Shoulda jumped on that Casull.... Just sayin....

[MotoMike]

Inconsequential footnote disclaimer;
Talley's gun production shop was on the very northern outer edge of an industrial park there in Newbury Park. It wasn't in the Talley complex on the side of the Ventura Freeway.  North across the street were empty fields and canyon ravines with  old oak tree groves. Good times.

[OV-1D]

 Very cool Mike it's great to relive those memories isn't it . Good times are hard to repeat , thanks for sharing . 

[grayelky]

GW-
Welcome. There are many, many on here with a very similar story. I too, like the .32 ACP

MotoMike-
Interesting read. Thanks. Yes, I do remember the COP. I also remember the recoil...

[G50AE]

Welcome to the forum, it is seldom boring around here, IMHO.

[MagnumMike]

Greetings, all.    I am a new NAA carrier, but very happy with the choice! I now own a .22 magnum revolver. the one with the shortest barrel. I served for 10 years in the U.S. Air Force, and was in the first Gulf War. I was proud to serve, and would do it all again, even though I ended up 100% disabled for it. That is what got me interested in NAA to begin with. I have arthritis in about 80% of my body - including both my hands - and I have to walk with a cane. I decided that 5 rounds of .22 magnum was a lot better than something heavier sitting at the house. I put the larger black rubber grips on mine, and my hands just love it! Well, I have rambled on enough for now. Take care all, and I'll be talking to you later.

[Bluelitenin]

Please excuse my tardiness. Welcome to gwbasley and to Magnummike.
and Mike thanks for your service!!!

[MagnumMike]

Thank you, Bluelitenin, and proud to have served!