[GunNut]

At the end of August I accepted an order for a custom NAA Pug holster with a pouch for extra ammo. I really like the challenge of the custom stuff but am always worried if I will be able to come up with something that both I and the customer will like.

After a couple weeks of waking up at night and thinking this through I finally came up with a design that I like. I like it so much i'm in the process of building one for my gun.

Ammo pouch is accessed via a snap on the side of the holster under the grip. It holds 5 rounds of .22mag and once the snap is released takes a squeeze of the holster at most to release the rounds.

Attached are some pictures, let me know what you think.

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[madcratebuilder]

Wow! Nice work, the mold work looks nice and I like the ammo pouch. Very clean looking.

[heyjoe]

Its a nice looking holster. IN my opinion though the hammer should be covered since its a single action and depends on the notches between the cylinder chambers to be a safety feature. If the hammer is pulled back the cylinder can rotate thereby putting the hammer over a round.

[GunNut]

IN my opinion though the hammer should be covered since its a single action and depends on the notches between the cylinder chambers to be a safety feature. If the hammer is pulled back the cylinder can rotate thereby putting the hammer over a round.

I understand your concern and could easily add an extra 1/4" to the top to cover the hammer.

[coach22]

It looks nice. I might make 2 suggestions.
Since most people are right handed,
I'd put the snap and ammo pouch on the other side,
so the metal button faces away from the body to avoid rust.
Second, is the bottom open? If yes, I'd suggest stitching it closed.
I have the Rybka purchased from NAA for my 1 &1/8 inch mag
and took it to a shoemaker years ago to have the bottom stitched closed.

[GunNut]

I put the snap towards the body to make the front smoother and not have a flap protruding out thus "printing" more.

Closing the bottom on these would be very easy and not require any more material, good idea.

Most of my holsters are not closed bottom, because I do not want them to be so tall that the guns start to peak out of the pocket.

[bigfatdave]

Shiny!
Beyond adjusting the coverage of the hammer and perhaps closing the bottom, I don't see a lot to improve, unless someone has an idea regarding how to keep rimfire ammo reliable after an extended ride in a pocket.

One thought, and it looks like this holster won't anyway ... but do you test these to see is it is possible to press the trigger while holstering? I always take a moment to think about re-holstering under stress, and I discovered that a holster I have for a mini-revolver could actually fire the gun if you really tried to with it cocked (it required jamming the little revolver in crooked and really hard, but it was possible ... so I'll have to reshape the Kydex a bit there)

[Deltaboy]

Very Nice

[Floppy_D]

Wow, well done. I've never really wanted an NAA Pug until I saw this holster.

[GunNut]

One thought, and it looks like this holster won't anyway ... but do you test these to see is it is possible to press the trigger while holstering? I always take a moment to think about re-holstering under stress, and I discovered that a holster I have for a mini-revolver could actually fire the gun if you really tried to with it cocked (it required jamming the little revolver in crooked and really hard, but it was possible ... so I'll have to reshape the Kydex a bit there)

I do, but also remember this would require shoving a COCKED gun into your pocket. I'm sure there are many other things the trigger would hit before touching the holster.

[bigfatdave]

Floppy_D, I take it you've never had one in your hand?
They're so silly that a grin can't be avoided ... shooting the NAA minis is much the same, in fact.

[bigfatdave]

GunNut, I'm quite aware of that, but also remember that people sometimes act sort of funny after defending themselves with deadly force, so any help at that point is a good thing. I also had the thought that if it were cocked, it would probably have 5 expended rounds in it anyway ... but why ask for trouble?

Can you actually re-holster in-pocket with this one? I always have to pull out the holster to get things lined up, otherwise I'm just jamming a mini-revolver in my pocket with the holster, not into it.

[GunNut]

bigfatdave,

I understand what you are saying, but without a trigger guard there is no way to make sure that the trigger does not hit something. If it is shoved in the pocket and missing the "hole" for the gun, then the trigger could hit any part of the holster causing a ND.

Yes, re-holstering is fairly straight forward in the pocket with this gun/holster combo.

[Floppy_D]

Floppy_D, I take it you've never had one in your hand?

Nope. Sure looks neat though, and I bet it'll dispatch an hornery catfish, too.

[bigfatdave]

Nope. Sure looks neat though, and I bet it'll dispatch an hornery catfish, too.Mine is fun on a bun to shoot, I have the .22mag with a 1 5/8" barrel and a .22lr conversion cylinder.