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- The Year 2025 In Review: Pistols December 11, 2025The fiscal and operational year of 2025 in the small arms industry has been defined not by the explosive creation of entirely new firearm categories, but by a sophisticated, albeit reactionary, refinement of existing platforms. As an industry analyst and engineering observer, the prevailing trend is a shift away from the “race to the bottom” ...
- Technical and Market Assessment: Palmetto State Armory AK-V Platform Q4 2025 December 10, 2025The Palmetto State Armory (PSA) AK-V represents a significant inflection point in the American civilian semi-automatic firearm market, effectively bridging the historical and mechanical lineage of the Kalashnikov platform with the contemporary demand for 9x19mm Pistol Caliber Carbines (PCCs). This report provides an exhaustive industry analysis and engineering evaluation of the AK-V family of firearms, ...
- Strategic Engineering Assessment and Market Analysis: The Staccato 2011 Ecosystem (P & HD P4 Variants) December 9, 2025The contemporary small arms sector, specifically the niche occupied by high-performance duty and defensive sidearms, is currently navigating a significant inflection point. For decades, the bifurcation between “duty” weapons—typified by loose-tolerance, striker-fired polymer pistols like the Glock—and “competition” weapons—typified by tight-tolerance, hammer-fired platforms like the 1911/2011—was absolute. However, the last five years have seen a ...
- Top 10 Firearms for Holiday Gifts 2025 December 8, 2025The United States civilian small arms market approaching the Christmas 2025 retail season is defined by a distinct maturity in consumer behavior, characterized by a rejection of generic platforms in favor of highly specialized, modular “systems.” Following the volatility of the early 2020s, the late 2025 consumer is driven less by panic purchasing and more ...
- Glock’s 2026 Strategy: V Series vs Gen 6 Analysis December 8, 2025The global small arms market is currently observing the most significant strategic bifurcation in the history of Glock Ges.m.b.H. For nearly four decades, the Austrian manufacturer has dominated the striker-fired pistol market through a philosophy of iterative, conservative evolution—a strategy famously encapsulated by their marketing axiom, “Perfection.” However, the 2025-2026 product cycle marks a radical ...
- 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. ...
- 2025 Strategic Assessment: Large Format 9mm Semi-Automatic Pistols in the U.S. Civilian Market December 5, 2025The civilian market for submachine gun-derived semi-automatic pistols—often categorized as “Large Format Pistols” (LFPs) or Pistol Caliber Carbines (PCCs) without stocks—has reached a critical maturation point in the 2024-2025 fiscal period. This report provides an exhaustive technical and market analysis of the top ten 9mm platforms currently available in the United States. These firearms represent ...
- The 20 Most Problematic Pistols in the US Market 2024 – 2025 December 4, 20251.1 Opening Statement This report provides a data-driven, quantitative analysis of market sentiment and documented performance failures to identify the 20 most problematic pistols in the recent US market. The designation “worst” is not based on isolated anecdotes but is defined by aggregated data, which is categorized into three distinct failure modes: (1) Catastrophic Safety Failures, ...
- Analysis of the Springfield Armory Echelon: A Next-Gen Modular Pistol December 3, 2025The global small arms market has undergone a significant paradigm shift over the last decade, transitioning from static, polymer-framed service pistols to modular, optics-integrated systems. This transition has been driven by evolving law enforcement doctrines, which increasingly mandate Red Dot Sight (RDS) integration for duty weapons, and by civilian market demand for high-modularity platforms. The ...
- Sig Sauer P320 Review: Safety Controversies and Engineering Insights December 3, 2025The modern small arms market is characterized by a rigorous demand for modularity, reliability, and cost-effectiveness, a triad of requirements that the Sig Sauer P320 was expressly designed to satisfy. Since its introduction in 2014 and subsequent selection as the basis for the U.S. Military’s M17 and M18 Modular Handgun System (MHS) in 2017, the ...
- The Evolution of the Sig Sauer P365 Platform (FUSE vs. XMACRO) December 1, 2025The contemporary firearms market, specifically the micro-compact sector, has reached a critical inflection point in its evolutionary trajectory. Since its introduction in 2018, the Sig Sauer P365 platform has not merely participated in the concealed carry market; it has fundamentally architected the modern expectations of capacity-to-size ratios. This report provides an exhaustive, expert-level analysis of ...
- 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 ...
- Strategic Market Assessment: Black Friday 2025 Top 25 Firearm Deals November 27, 2025The fiscal landscape of the civilian small arms market in the fourth quarter of 2025 represents a definitive structural correction following the volatility of the post-pandemic era. Industry analysts have observed a convergence of three critical factors driving the aggressive pricing strategies seen in this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales events: inventory saturation, ...
- The Transition from Glock 19 Gen 5 to the V Series Platform November 25, 2025In October 2025, the global firearms industry received confirmation of a paradigmatic shift in the operational strategy of Glock, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of polymer-framed service pistols. The announcement of the “V Series,” coupled with the simultaneous discontinuance of the majority of the company’s legacy commercial portfolio—specifically the Generation 3, 4, and 5 variants ...
- Top 10 Most Commonly Requested Every Day Carry (EDC) Pistol Comparisons in the U.S. Market Based on Social Media- 2024-2025 November 22, 2025This report provides a quantitative analysis of consumer sentiment across 214 unique social media and web data points, identifying and evaluating the 10 most-debated competitive matchups in the 2024-2025 Everyday Carry (EDC) pistol market. The analysis reveals a market that is no longer defined by a single incumbent but is fractured into two primary battlegrounds, ...
- 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 ...
- Glock 19 Component Wear Analysis: A Technical Report on Service Life and Predictive Failure Modeling Based on Social Media Data Synthesis November 18, 2025This report synthesizes unstructured social media and technical forum data to identify, rank, and analyze the 20 most common wear components of the Glock 19 pistol platform. The primary objective is to provide armorers, technical trainers, and high-volume shooters with a predictive maintenance model by estimating the Mean Rounds Between Failure (MRBF) for each component. Key ...
- Market Analysis: Tisas (Turkey) vs. Armscor/Rock Island Armory (Philippines) in the 1911 & 2011-Style Pistol Segments November 12, 2025This analysis concludes that pistols manufactured by Tisas (Turkey) are, by a significant and measurable margin, “better made” from a metallurgical and materials standpoint. Tisas is executing a deliberate market disruption strategy by leveraging a 100% forged-steel frame and slide construction, combined with a “no Metal Injection Molding (MIM)” parts philosophy.1 It offers this superior-quality ...
- Strategic Analysis of the GLOCK “V Series” Portfolio Transition and Generation 6 Outlook November 11, 2025This report provides an in-depth analysis of GLOCK, Inc.’s Q4 2025 product portfolio overhaul, specifically the discontinuation of legacy models and the introduction of the new “V Series.” The analysis concludes this is not a standard, market-driven generational launch but a large-scale, reactive liability mitigation strategy. The primary driver is the mounting legal and legislative ...
- The U.S. .22 LR Market: An Analysis of the 25 Most Popular Firearms November 8, 2025The .22 Long Rifle ( .22 LR) cartridge holds a unique and unassailable position in the American firearms market. For over a century, its combination of low cost, negligible recoil, and minimal report has made it the world’s most produced and consumed ammunition cartridge.1 It serves as the foundational caliber for the American shooting experience, ...