After failing to keep myself calm about the inbound parcel from Kodaik Outpost and watching for the postman with the dog every day, I have finally hit paydirt!
My NAA Earl is here! Now I wish I could post some pics of it in hand, but I cant find the damn camera anywhere! So you'll just have to visit the kodiak website for pics. His are better than what I could take anyway.
http://www.kodiakoutpost.com/earlpics.htm
So while I can not take pictures, I can yammer on about the little gun a bit. MAN is this thing ever small!
Overall its only a couple inches shorter than my 106mm GP100. But its skinny like a pencil in comparison. Gripping the GP 100 after handling the Earl for a while, the custom grips I have installed feel enormous and hand filling.
The first impressions of the Earl are good. It is finely made. In fact, its outward appearance bears a standard of quality that makes comaprisons to Freedom Arms not blasphemous.
The sides of the gun and cylinder are highly polished. The top, bottom and backstrap are matte and feel lightly bead or sand blasted. I think there was some of this sand still in the "loading lever" that secures the cylinder pin because it was a bit sticky the first few times I used it, but it cleared right up.
Before I bought the gun I read about it on Gunblast like I am sure millions of gun owners do. The one that Jeff got had a 3.5lb trigger pull. Mine does not. It feels somewhat heavier than that, near 5-6lbs, but I cant get my trigger pull gauge to stay right on the tip of the tiny trigger where an accurate measurement can be taken. But my finger is pretty accurate.
The heavier trigger pull and the very solid feeling little hammer are subject to a fairly strong, flat mainspring. The rest of the working parts really contribute little to the triggerpul weight in comparison to this strong spring because it is so well made. There is virtualy no drag on the cylinder. There is no perceptible lateral or linear movemtn in the cylinder either. If I could hold it steady, I bet this little thing will shoot some decent groups.
To remove the 5 round cylinder and load it, you have to remove the cylinder from the gun by dropping the faux loading lever and removing the cylinder pin.
Spent rounds are ejected from the cyinder using the pin. Its not rocket science. Its too slow for that.
The gun comes with 2 cylinders; one for .22lr and one for .22wmr. Looking at the balistics data, there doesnt seem to be much of a difference between the two calibers when fired from this pipsqueek. But I am willing to bet that there is a fairly noticeable difference on the firing line.
I cant wait! All in all its a very cool little gun that I am quite happy to have bought.
My NAA Earl is here! Now I wish I could post some pics of it in hand, but I cant find the damn camera anywhere! So you'll just have to visit the kodiak website for pics. His are better than what I could take anyway.
http://www.kodiakoutpost.com/earlpics.htm
So while I can not take pictures, I can yammer on about the little gun a bit. MAN is this thing ever small!
Overall its only a couple inches shorter than my 106mm GP100. But its skinny like a pencil in comparison. Gripping the GP 100 after handling the Earl for a while, the custom grips I have installed feel enormous and hand filling.
The first impressions of the Earl are good. It is finely made. In fact, its outward appearance bears a standard of quality that makes comaprisons to Freedom Arms not blasphemous.
The sides of the gun and cylinder are highly polished. The top, bottom and backstrap are matte and feel lightly bead or sand blasted. I think there was some of this sand still in the "loading lever" that secures the cylinder pin because it was a bit sticky the first few times I used it, but it cleared right up.
Before I bought the gun I read about it on Gunblast like I am sure millions of gun owners do. The one that Jeff got had a 3.5lb trigger pull. Mine does not. It feels somewhat heavier than that, near 5-6lbs, but I cant get my trigger pull gauge to stay right on the tip of the tiny trigger where an accurate measurement can be taken. But my finger is pretty accurate.
The heavier trigger pull and the very solid feeling little hammer are subject to a fairly strong, flat mainspring. The rest of the working parts really contribute little to the triggerpul weight in comparison to this strong spring because it is so well made. There is virtualy no drag on the cylinder. There is no perceptible lateral or linear movemtn in the cylinder either. If I could hold it steady, I bet this little thing will shoot some decent groups.
To remove the 5 round cylinder and load it, you have to remove the cylinder from the gun by dropping the faux loading lever and removing the cylinder pin.
Spent rounds are ejected from the cyinder using the pin. Its not rocket science. Its too slow for that.
The gun comes with 2 cylinders; one for .22lr and one for .22wmr. Looking at the balistics data, there doesnt seem to be much of a difference between the two calibers when fired from this pipsqueek. But I am willing to bet that there is a fairly noticeable difference on the firing line.
I cant wait! All in all its a very cool little gun that I am quite happy to have bought.
How does a gun leave the store (warehouse, whatever) without grips on it? How does it leave the factory partially rifled? Oh well, Kodiak has a good rep. Will send him a note today and hope for the best...
Magic!!! It's shallow, but it's definitely there all the way.
