The Leatherman Micra
My Favorite Sixgun Gizmo
The Leatherman Micra is small but handy in size.
There are plenty of gadgets to help you with any troubles that may pop up.
“The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys” is as true a statement as any. All card-carrying men love gizmos and gadgets. The gizmo I’m going to tell you about is one I bought over 15 years ago while visiting my buddy Dick “Sixshot” Thompson.
I met Dick on the internet in one of the gun forums during one of my toughest times. My mom was dying, and I would unwind after work reading about his sixgun hunting antics. He used his own handloaded cast bullets during his adventures. This internet thing was a great diversion.
Dick killed a mixed variety with his many sixguns and handloads. Be it ground squirrels or badgers, elk, deer or bear, he did it all with a sixgun. Back in the ’70s, he sold all of his rifles to show how dedicated he was to handgun hunting.
Shortly after mom died, Dick invited me out for an elk hunt. While sighting in our guns, I noticed him using a little gizmo at the range in his town of Soda Springs, Idaho. Seeing it, I had to have one. I bought the first one I saw at a nearby gas station, along with some fried chicken and beef jerky. One-stop shopping, eh?
The small screwdriver is perfect for the Ruger
windage screw on the rear sight.
The small flathead screwdriver works for the elevation screw.
Leatherman Micra
Mountain men and sourdoughs always said the best way to spot a greenhorn is by looking at the size of the knife he carries. The bigger the blade, the greener the sprout. If this is true, then any mountain man would surely love the Leatherman Micra. At just over 2”, this mini multi-tool is the nuts! Its small size makes it unnoticeable in your pocket, range bag or even on your key ring.
Ruger sixgun shooters will especially love this little gem! The Leatherman Micra has a small flathead screwdriver which perfectly fits the Ruger rear-sight windage screw. This alone makes it worthwhile. The small flathead blade also has a handy-dandy bottle-cap opener on it, providing double-duty service. You never know when you need to pop a root beer cap. This single multi-tool blade may be the best feature of the Micra. Surely, it will be the most used one for some. There’s a lot of Ruger windage screws needing to be adjusted out there.
The larger flathead blade works great for the elevation screw on Ruger sixgun sights. Rather than lugging an oversized screwdriver set with multiple bits, your sighting-in needs can be handled with the Micra. There’s also a nail file and fingernail scraper to attack dirty, unsightly nails. I’ve used this feature for plucking spent brass from between the boards of the shooting benches.
For Phillips head screws, have no fear, as there’s a blade for that screw, too! This tool also provides you with tweezers! I’ll admit to being bailed out with these fine “pluckers” of wood/steel splinters or slivers. They work!
The scissors are good quality. Tank uses them to cut targets at the range.
Two-Way Cut
The Micra has a great pair of folding scissors, which are great for cutting targets into manageable pieces after shooting groups for photos. The clippers are also great for opening those impossibly hard foil bags of food for the trail. Hell, I’ve even trimmed my mustache in camp with them.
The other cutting implement is a very sharp single-blade knife, one that has bailed me out many times. I’ve gutted more than one trout with it and even removed the innards of a whitetail with it when I forgot my knife on a quicky hunt. But it’s mostly used for opening mail or Amazon boxes.
The Micra has both a standard and metric ruler.
Micra Measures Up
The Leatherman Micra is even marked for taking measurements using U.S. standards or metric scales. If you need a quick measurement of something before running to the hardware store, you’re covered. Maybe you’re shooting with a buddy at the range, and a disagreement breaks out over who shot the smallest group. It happens. You can whip out your Leatherman Micra and measure the groups for finality. But beware of guys carrying dial calipers in their front pocket; they’re always looking for trouble.
Finest Endorsement
The best whole-hearted endorsement for the Leatherman Micra is one I got from my daughter Samanta, a soon-to-be doctor of veterinary medication. She loves it! Clipped on her lanyard keyring; it’s always with her and has bailed her out on field/farm visits several times. Amazon sells them for $49.95 shipped, though I remember paying $19.99 back in 2009 for mine. Either way, they are worth every penny.
