The following are reports creating using specialized tools to analyze websites and analyze the sentiment of social media posts relating to the AR series platform including AR10, AR15 and other variants.
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- Angstadt Arms: Leading the PCC Market in 2025 January 5, 2026The civilian small arms market, particularly the segment dedicated to Pistol Caliber Carbines (PCCs), has undergone a distinct maturation phase entering the first quarter of 2025. Once characterized by a novelty-driven “race to the bottom” on price, the sector has bifurcated into two distinct demand curves: an entry-level tier focused on recreational affordability, and a ...
- Strategic Analysis: Palmetto State Armory Sabre-10A2 “Super SASS” December 24, 2025The contemporary small arms market for civilian enthusiasts has long been characterized by a stark bifurcation in the large-frame AR-10/SR-25 sector. On one end of the spectrum lies the premium tier, dominated by legacy defense contractors such as Knights Armament Company (KAC) and Lewis Machine & Tool (LMT), offering duty-grade systems with price tags frequently ...
- Strategic Engineering and Market Analysis: The Top CMMG Firearm Platforms December 22, 2025The United States small arms market has transitioned from a period of homogenized standardization—characterized by the ubiquity of the “Mil-Spec” AR-15—into an era of hyper-specialization. In this mature market landscape of 2025, manufacturers can no longer survive merely by cloning the Eugene Stoner design; they must innovate to solve specific ballistic and mechanical challenges that ...
- CMMG Inc.: A Strategic History, Technical Analysis, and Market Trajectory Report (2002–2025) December 20, 2025The evolution of the American small arms industry over the first quarter of the 21st century is best characterized by a shift from rigid military-specification (mil-spec) adherence to consumer-driven innovation. Within this landscape, CMMG Inc. (Central Missouri Machine Guns) serves as a preeminent case study of vertical integration, agile engineering, and market adaptability. Founded in ...
- Top Tier AR-15s for 2025: KAC, LMT, and More Explained December 10, 2025The 2025 United States civilian small arms market presents a paradox of choice, characterized by a saturation of AR-15 variants and adjacent platforms that range from commodity-grade assemblies to highly specialized systems commanding premiums exceeding 300% of the baseline. At the apex of this market—frequently designated as “Tier One” or “Duty Grade”—reside a select cohort ...
- Strategic Technical Analysis: The Palmetto State Armory Sabre AR-15 Product Line December 8, 2025The Palmetto State Armory (PSA) Sabre AR-15 product line represents a significant strategic inflection point in the American small arms market, marking a deliberate departure from the company’s historical dominance of the budget-oriented, commodity firearm sector. Launched to bridge the chasm between “hobby-grade” economy rifles and “professional-grade” duty weapons, the Sabre platform leverages vertical integration ...
- Top 10 AR-15 Questions in 2025 December 8, 2025This report analyzes the top ten consumer inquiries regarding the AR-15 platform for Q4 2025. The market is currently defined by two major factors: the commoditization of “duty-grade” features in budget rifles and the massive legislative shift following the enactment of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (Public Law 119-21) on July 4, 2025. The ...
- An Analysis of the Top 10 Firearms U.S. Buyers Choose To Customize (2024-2025) December 6, 2025The United States firearms market has evolved beyond a simple transactional economy of finished goods into a complex, multi-tiered ecosystem of modular platforms and aftermarket integration. In the fiscal landscape of 2024-2025, the American consumer—characterized by industry analysts not merely as a user but as a “prosumer”—rarely views a factory-produced firearm as a terminal purchase. ...
- Black Friday Sales Are Under Way: Brownells, Creedmor Sports, EuroOptic, Guns.com, Palmetto State Armory, and Primary Arms November 28, 2025I came down this morning to a ton of Black Friday sales emails and here is what caught my eye: Brownells Brownells is a historic and premier supplier of firearm accessories, gunsmithing tools, and ammunition, having served the industry since 1939 with a reputation for unwavering reliability. Their extensive catalog supports professional gunsmiths and enthusiasts alike, offering ...
- Big Bore AR-15 Market Analysis & Top 20 Ranking (2024-2025) November 26, 2025This report’s analysis of the big bore AR-15 market in the United States reveals it is not a monolithic entity. Instead, it is a fractured market driven by two distinct, and often opposing, consumer motivations. The first and largest segment is the “Straight-Wall Hunter” market.1 This segment is almost entirely driven by regulatory changes in key ...
- U.S. Market Analysis: Big-Bore AR-15 Cartridges (2024-2025) November 26, 2025This report analyzes the current U.S. market for AR-15 cartridges with a caliber greater than.300″. The market is defined by five key cartridges. The following table provides a top-level summary of their market position, ranking them by a proprietary Topic Magnitude Index (TMI) that synthesizes social media discussion volume and reach as a proxy for ...
- Technical and Market Assessment: Daniel Defense “Eleanor” Limited Series Rifle System (LIMSER-031) November 24, 2025The Daniel Defense “Eleanor” (SKU: LIMSER-031) represents a distinct and strategic insertion into the high-end consumer firearms market, positioned at the nexus of military procurement history, precision manufacturing, and collector exclusivity. This report provides an exhaustive technical and market analysis of the weapon system, which is marketed as the commercial realization of the specific configuration ...
- The Most Commonly Requested Top 10 Most Commonly Requested AR-10 Rifle Comparisons in the U.S. Market Based on Social Media- 2024-2025 November 24, 2025The large-frame semi-automatic rifle market, colloquially known as the “AR-10” market, is defined by a single, critical, and market-shaping characteristic: a complete lack of a “milspec” standard. This fact is repeatedly confirmed in technical discussions and is the primary driver of consumer behavior. Unlike the AR-15 platform, where components are largely interchangeable (“adult Legos,” as ...
- The Most Commonly Requested Top 10 Most Commonly Requested AR-15 Rifle Comparisons in the U.S. Market Based on Social Media- 2024-2025 November 23, 2025The AR-15 market in 2024-2025 is not a single, monolithic entity. It is a highly stratified and complex ecosystem defined by distinct consumer segments, competing value propositions, and fierce brand loyalties. The “X vs. Y” comparisons that dominate consumer-facing social media platforms, technical forums, and video comment sections are not idle chatter; they are the ...
- Why Ronin’s Grips’ Social Intelligence Delivers Superior Small Arms Analysis November 22, 2025In the high-stakes, high-profit environment of the U.S. small arms market, analysts must discern between genuine technical advancement and mere marketing noise. At Ronin’s Grips, we understand that a firearm’s true performance is defined not only by its laboratory specifications but by its real-world failure modes and user satisfaction across thousands of end-users. Our analytical edge ...
- AR-10 U.S. Market Analysis Based on Social Media – Q4 2025 November 20, 2025This report presents a data-driven ranking of the top 20 AR-10 platforms in the U.S. civilian market for the 2024-2025 period. The analysis moves beyond subjective “best of” lists to quantify market presence and consumer sentiment using a proprietary social media intelligence model. Key Finding: The U.S. AR-10 market is defined by extreme fragmentation and a ...
- AR-15 Component Service Life: An Analytical Report on Wear & Replacement Trends November 20, 2025This report provides a technical analysis of the 20 most common wear and replacement components on the AR-15 platform. The findings are derived from a qualitative content analysis of user-generated data from social media and specialized online forums. This methodology provides a practical, user-driven perspective on real-world component service life, failure modes, and replacement-market trends. The ...
- Radian Model 1: Myths vs. Reality in Special Forces and Law Enforcement November 20, 2025This isn’t one of our normal reports. All of our analytic reports use data pulled in from the websites and social media and then analysis is done. A recurring accuracy/quality issue with our reports has been that Radian Weapons Systems Model One keeps showing up as being in general, or large scale, ...
- The 2025 Top 20 AR-15 Pistol Market Analysis: Ranking Market Impression & Consumer Sentiment – Q4 2025 November 5, 2025The AR-15 pistol market has transitioned from a period of regulatory ambiguity into an era of explosive, stabilized growth in 2024-2025. This expansion is a direct consequence of the definitive nationwide vacating of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) pistol brace rule (Rule 2021R-08F). The removal of this significant legal hurdle has ...
- 2025 U.S. AR-15 Market: Influence & Sentiment Analysis of Top 20 Rifles – Q4 2025 November 3, 2025This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the top 20 AR-15 rifles in the United States market, circa 2025. The rankings are generated using a proprietary methodology combining Total Market Influence (TMI) and social media sentiment analysis to provide a holistic view of a product’s market position. The analysis moves beyond simple sales figures to ...