I finally got around to taking a picture of this one. It was going to be my "next to the last" gun until that H&R came along.
A North American Arms "mini" 22 LR with the Rodeo winners belt buckle. I got it in case I'm ever attacked by a Grizzly Bear here in suburbs of Richmond. Hey, you never know. It COULD happen.
The belt buckle is too big for me, so it's more of a mounting plaque than anything else. I have fired the revolver and was able to hit the paper target at five yards. Actually it got better once I figured out where to hold the (what pass for) sights, and how to hold the gun at all. I finally settled on using my strong hand trigger finger to hold the gun, and my weak (left) hand to pull the trigger and thumb the hammer back.
The trigger is funny. On the scale it breaks between 4.5 and 5 pounds, which I guess isn't awful for this kind of gun. On the range however, it feels like about 25 pounds, and I thought it was never going to break. Probably because the little gun is hard to hold steady. I just gave up trying to squeeze the trigger, and just pulled it. Oh well, it's meant to be a "get off me" gun at best I suppose. Five yards is probably a long shot, although I watched Hickok45 hitting the 80 yard gong with a 22 magnum version in one of his video's. I ain't Hickok45 though. I was eventually able to keep my shots "in the vicinity" of the POA.
It has surprising recoil. Not painful or anything, it just twists in my hand and I had to reacquire a shooting grip after each shot if I wanted to have any chance of hitting the paper even.
I think if I was going to shoot it much, or carry it for anything, I'd get one of the folding stocks they have for them and have something to get a grip on. That little bird's head is cute, but that's about it.
What's it good for? Well, it's cute. It's a conversation piece I suppose and I can think of a couple of very selective situations where it might be useful as a SD gun. Miight. Well better than crying and begging "please don't hurt me."
I do plan to shoot it some more. It is a fun little thing.