Jimenez JA-22

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| name = Jimenez JA-22

| image = Wikijenningsj22-1.jpg

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| origin = California, United States

| type = blowback semi-automatic

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| design_date = 1970s

| manufacturer = Jimenez Arms

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| production_date = 1970s–present

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| variants = JA-22
JA-25

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| weight = {{convert|12|oz|g}}{{cite book|title=Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values|author=Phillip Peterson|page=175|isbn=1440218315|year=2011}}

| length = {{convert|4.93|in|cm}}

| part_length = {{convert|2.5|in|abbr=on|1}}

| width = {{convert|0.5|in|cm}}

| height = {{convert|3|in|cm}}

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| cartridge = JA-22: .22 LR
JA-25: .25 ACP

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| feed = 6 round single stack magazine

| sights = fixed

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The Jimenez JA-22 is a .22 LR caliber pistol with a slide and frame made of Zamak, a zinc alloy.{{cite book|title=FTW Self Defense|author=C. R. Jahn|isbn=1469732556|publisher=iUniverse|pages=210–211|year=2012}} A version chambered in .25 ACP, called the JA-25, is also available. It was introduced by Jennings Firearms as the Jennings J-22 in the 1970s. Bryco Arms, Jennings' parent company, declared bankruptcy in 2003, and was subsequently purchased by the company's former foreman Paul Jimenez. After renaming the company Jimenez Arms, the J-22 and J-25 were renamed the JA-22 and JA-25 respectively.

The pistol is blowback operated and striker fired.{{cite book|page=228|title=The Gun Digest Book of Exploded Gun Drawings: 975 Isometric Views |author=Harold Murtz|year=2005|isbn=0896891410|publisher=Gun Digest Books}} It came with a six-round magazine.{{cite book|page=21|title=Concealable Pocket Pistols: How To Choose And Use Small-Caliber Handguns|author=Terence McLeod|isbn=1581602790|publisher=Paladin Press|year=2001}} A 2001 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives publication warned that the pistol is "extremely dangerous" when dropped, with the "potential for serious injury", due to an insufficient gap between the trigger bar and the sear.{{cite web|url=http://www.firearmsid.com/Recalls/FA_Recalls%203.htm|title=Firearm Recalls & Warnings Index|accessdate=2014-02-12}} The factory manual advised carrying the gun with the chamber empty.