North American Arms Plug

(Provo, UT).  Coming fast on the heels of the SHOT Show 2026 release of their Pug-LR, gun maker North American Arms is excited to announce another addition to their line of diminutive rimfire revolvers–the NAA Plug.

The NAA Plug is built around a detachable, AR-style pistol grip that’s been modified to accept the small, single-action rimfire when it’s folded into a recess in the front strap of the grip. In practice, a push-button release on the side of the grip will free it to be removed from the host rifle, at which point the spring-loaded micro revolver will unfold and pop up into a firing position.

NAA’s New Products Manager, “Tiny” Tim Burr, told RevolverGuy that the Plug represents an entirely new direction for the long-established maker of these favorite miniatures. “The Plug is part-gun, part-aftermarket accessory, and we’ve never done anything like it,” said Burr, who notes the Plug will fit any standard-pattern AR lower receiver. “It will fit 95% of the AR rifles out there on the market, regardless of maker, which opens up a whole lotta new territory for us.”

FRESH IDEA

In concept, the Plug is intended to serve as an emergency backup for the owner of AR-pattern rifles. “We all know it can be difficult to clear stoppages like a bolt override or double feed on the AR,” said Burr, “so we thought we’d design a backup that can be rapidly deployed.”

“Instead of standing there like a confused dope, muttering ‘SPORTS’ over and over to yourself while you hammer on some stupid forward assist that a buncha chairborne Army bureaucrats dreamed up, we’re giving you a way to get back into the fight with a fistful of compact power,” Burr told RevolverGuy.

While some shooters might challenge the characterization of a .22 LR micro revolver as powerful, Burr notes that, “nobody wants to get shot with a .22,” and went on to say, “besides, if you were really into power, you wouldn’t be carrying a poodle-shooter rifle anyhow, am I right? Everyone knows real rifles start at .30 caliber, Hua?”

SHOTS FIRED

Your RevolverGuy team put a prototype Plug through its paces and quickly discovered it could be a little tricky to deploy the backup. The front strap of the pistol grip needs to be clear of obstructions for the Plug to swing upward under its spring pressure, so the shooter needs to remove his hand, then pinch the rifle’s pistol grip between the thumb and index finger before it’s pulled downward off the rifle’s lower receiver. It’s a little awkward, but once the Plug swings upward, the shooting grasp can be readjusted so you don’t look like some British twit holding his teacup (or a liberal holding a gun–eek!).

The reach to the hammer spur was a little far on the Plug for the shooting thumb to do the work, but by using the support thumb we were able to empty the gun’s five-round cylinder most rikki-tik. Of course, this requires the shooter to let the rifle hang on a sling, to free up the other hand.

That last maneuver requires particular attention and technique, by the way, to avoid painful injury. Just dropping the rifle and letting it fall until it’s arrested by the sling will normally result in the gun striking you in the family jewels. It looks high-speed and everyone will think you’re tacticool . . .  right up to the point you try to bark an order and it comes out sounding like Tinkerbell on helium. Burr admitted that several NAA staff members were taken out in early tests of the prototype, and the team unofficially labeled it “The Nutcracker,” but NAA Marketing thought the “Plug” moniker was a better move.

The fun-killers. We should introduce them to the marketing team at Hi-Point.

NAA also reportedly flirted with the idea of including an NAA-branded athletic cup as part of the package, but decided against it. “Too costly,” said Burr, “so we just trained our Customer Service staff to advise injured callers to sit in a tub of ice for ten minutes.”

A WARNING

When the Plug is removed from the rifle, the little spring and detent that normally engage the selector lever will magically teleport to join the others in the dark corners of your garage, rendering the selector (and maybe the rifle) inoperative. Burr said the team played with designing a captive system, but it would have required expensive modifications to the host receiver. “Besides, your rifle’s all FUBAR anyhow, at that point, so it’s no big deal, Hua?  Improvise, Adapt, Overcome, and don’t hit yourself in the junk.”

more to follow!

The Plug will be available by the end of 2Q, and will be priced competitively with the standard Pug-DC. Interested RevolverGuys should probably reach out to their stocking dealers to get their names on the wait list.

We’ll have a full report on the Plug in these pages soon, after we stock up on ammo and ice. Standby for more on this unique product, and thanks for reading!

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Editor’s Note: Thanks to the unknown creator of this image!