NAA Pug .22 Magnum
Model: NAA-PUG-T
NAA Pug .22 Magnum
Model: NAA-PUG-T
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The NAA Pug is a five-shot single-action .22 Magnum built for pocket carry. North American Arms still makes it. Its sight is an XS tritium dot, so a revolver with a 1-inch barrel can still be aimed in the dark.
The grip is a slip-on pebbled rubber sleeve, which gives the palm more to hold than a wood panel and pulls off if a slimmer gun is wanted. The cylinder is fixed in the frame, so loading it and clearing the empties are both done with the cylinder out of the gun. Nothing on it adjusts, and the hammer is thumbed back before the trigger will do anything.
If you're cross-shopping, the NAA Mini Revolver weighs 6.2 oz with a half-moon sight, so it saves 0.2 oz and gives up the tritium. The NAA Black Widow is a bigger gun at 8.9 oz and 5.88 inches long, with a 2-inch barrel and Marble Arms sights, and its 3.69-inch height keeps it out of a front pocket. All three hold five rounds, and they differ in sight, grip and size.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The sight is a maker-fitted XS unit and not a dab of paint, so it is a part that can be replaced when the tritium ages out.
- It is stainless steel with no finish on it, so pocket wear does not show up as a bare patch.
- At 1.32 inches shorter overall than the NAA Black Widow, it stays inside a front pocket where the bigger gun does not.
- The cylinder leaves the frame for a reload, so a second five rounds is a slow job needing both hands.
- Tritium fades. The dot is at its brightest the day the gun is bought and dimmer every year after that.
- A 1-inch barrel is the shortest way to run .22 Magnum, and the powder that does not burn inside it leaves as flash and noise.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a rear sight as well as the dot?
NAA names an XS tritium dot as the sight for this model and nothing else, so the dot alone gets lined up on the target.
Does the tritium dot need charging?
No. Tritium glows on its own, with no battery and nothing to hold under a lamp first, which is why it works on a gun that lives in a pocket in the dark.
Is the barrel longer than the NAA Mini Revolver's?
No, it is 0.13 inch shorter. The Pug is still the heavier of the two, with the difference going into the grip sleeve and the sight.
