January, 2004

Happy New Year!

There are two things we'd like to bring to your attention.

First, I've attached, in its unedited entirety, Ed Sanow's report of the ballistic performance of the 25NAA (click to read Ed Sanow's report). As most of you will recall, this is a new cartridge which we have designed in partnership with CorBon and which is designed to be fired from a Guardian identical in size to our 32ACP model. Ed Sanow is now editor of Law Enforcement magazine and, in partnership with Evan Marshall, has written several of the most highly regarded books on firearms ballistics. You can expect to see photos as well as a press release which we will prepare shortly.

The second is to introduce a product upgrade for our Mini Master and Black Widow models. This upgrade relates to the cylinder release pin, which has undergone a substantial design change. The purpose of this change is to make the pin easier to operate. These photos (click for a larger view) will help illustrate the new principal, which has the pin body filling a recess milled into the frame. This new pin will be incorporated into new production going forward. It is available as an upgrade for those with older models who wish to change configurations; the price of this upgrade is $20 + $15.00 S&H. While we consider it an improvement, we remain committed to supporting the older system with pins with 'plungers'. We further advise that, if your pin assembly works properly, don't change.

I wish us all health, happiness and great success in the coming year.

Sandy

For your amusement, we are happy to offer a screen saver with multiple animations of a NAA handgun being fired. This file is fairly large (approx. 16M) but if you have a high-speed connection, it's worth a grin! Click here for the screen saver.

Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) checks out the latest edition of the North American Arms catalog. He mentioned that he regularly carries two of the firm's firearm products after receiving death threats several years ago. ASSC's 1996 Congressional Leader of the Year Award was presented to Sen. Hatch "in appreciation of his leadership and commitment in defense of our heritage, our industry and our life"


Photo & caption by Robert M. Hausman - used with permission.