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Analytics and Reports, US Small Arms Market Analytics

2025 Black Friday Firearm Retail Trends – Who Has The Best Deals Online

The 2025 holiday shopping season, specifically the window encompassing Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BF/CM), marks a definitive inflection point for the United States small arms industry. Following a fiscal year characterized by inventory recalibration and a shifting political-economic landscape, the market has transitioned from the scarcity-driven dynamics of the early 2020s to a surplus-driven … Continue reading 2025 Black Friday Firearm Retail Trends – Who Has The Best Deals Online →

Analytics and Reports, Country Analytics, Disaster Scenario Analytics, History and Socio-Political Analytics

Systemic Fragility Analysis of the People’s Republic of China: A 36-Month Predictive Outlook – Q4 2025

Assessed Fragility Score (Q3 2025): 7.2 / 10 (High Fragility) Assessed State Life Cycle Phase: Late Maturity / Early Decline (Onset of Ossification) This report provides a multi-domain, systems-dynamic analysis of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), assessing its structural stability and forecasting its potential trajectory over a ten-year horizon (2025-2035). The analysis concludes that … Continue reading Systemic Fragility Analysis of the People’s Republic of China: A 36-Month Predictive Outlook – Q4 2025 →

Ammunition Analytics, Analytics and Reports

Top 10 Online Retailers for .22 LR Ammunition Q3 2025

This report provides a definitive and exhaustive guide to the premier online retailers for purchasing .22 Long Rifle (.22 LR) ammunition. In a crowded and often opaque digital marketplace, the modern shooter requires more than a simple list of vendors; they need actionable intelligence to navigate the complexities of pricing, service, and logistics. Through a … Continue reading Top 10 Online Retailers for .22 LR Ammunition Q3 2025 →

AK Analytics, Analytics and Reports, US Small Arms Market Analytics, USA

Custom AK Builders in the US: A Five-Year Social Media Sentiment Analysis 

Revised July 29, 2025 8:00pm US Eastern The purpose of this report is to provide objective information on a curated list of AK builders created with input from members of theakforum.net. A reader should treat this as background information to help form an opinion about whether to use a vendor but it should not be … Continue reading Custom AK Builders in the US: A Five-Year Social Media Sentiment Analysis  →

AK Analytics, Analytics and Reports, Small Arms Producer and Vendor Analytics, US Small Arms Market Analytics, USA

Palmetto State Armory’s AK Redemption Arc: An Engineering and Market Analysis

The American-made AK-pattern rifle has long been an elusive prize for domestic firearms manufacturers. For decades, the U.S. civilian market has been dominated by imported rifles from former combloc nations, whose state-owned arsenals perfected the art of mass-producing the Kalashnikov. These factories, steeped in a specific manufacturing tradition, produced rifles known for their legendary reliability, … Continue reading Palmetto State Armory’s AK Redemption Arc: An Engineering and Market Analysis →

AK Analytics, Analytics and Reports, US Small Arms Market Analytics

The Kalashnikov Premium: An Analysis of the AR-15 & AK-47 Civilian Market Price Inversion

The United States civilian firearms market has witnessed a fundamental and counterintuitive inversion in the pricing structure of its two most popular modern sporting rifles: the AR-15 and the AK-47. For decades, the AR-15 was positioned as the premium, higher-cost platform, while the AK-47 was its affordable, utilitarian counterpart. Today, the opposite is true; a … Continue reading The Kalashnikov Premium: An Analysis of the AR-15 & AK-47 Civilian Market Price Inversion →

AK Analytics, Analytics and Reports, Small Arms Producer and Vendor Analytics, US Small Arms Market Analytics

Performance Ranking the Top 50 Vendors in the AK-47 US Market

To aid buyers in understanding the greater AK/AK-47 firearm and accessory market, in the US this post is a companion to another post that looks at AK firearm brands in the US and social media standing. This post focuses on report performance of firearms and accessories and selection is based on the volume of mentions … Continue reading Performance Ranking the Top 50 Vendors in the AK-47 US Market →

AK Analytics, Analytics and Reports, Bulgaria, Egypt, Finland, Germany plus Historical East and West, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia and also USSR, Serbia, Yugoslavia

AKs Around The World – The Proliferation of the Kalashnikov Design

Growing up in the 70s and 80s, I was patriotic and was mainly interested in American firearms. In 2006, I read an article about building your own AK by the late great Steven Matthews and I changed course dramatically. I’ve always liked history, machines and firearms and started reading books about Mikhail Kalashnikov and his … Continue reading AKs Around The World – The Proliferation of the Kalashnikov Design →