Palmetto State Armory is among the most creative and bold firearms companies. They have created look-alike firearms that are half the cost of their original inspiration. At this year’s SHOT Show, PSA unveiled the Sabre11, which is essentially a clone of the Staccotto 2011 (though they can’t refer to it due to trademarks). Like the 2011, the Sabre11 is a double-stack 1911-style pistol chambered in Luger 9mm. It has a full-length lower accessory rail and an RMR cut slide.
This is a design prototype and PSA is gauging interest in this pistol by allowing fans to vote for their top 3 SHOT Show concept guns on their website. The top-voted guns will be developed into production guns, just like the original Jackl and the upcoming M5.7 pistol.
March Scopes makes some of Japan’s highest-performance competition rifle scopes and true World Beaters. At SHOT Show 2025 they showed off a refinement of their flagship PRS scope and a new concept prototype, the March Tracking Scope.
An example of Marche’s innovation is their prototype “Tracking Scope”. This straight-path scope has a reticle and is based on their 6-60x and 8-80x Majesta rifle scopes. What makes this scope a “Tracking” instead of a “Spotting” scope is its ball-jointed tripod mount, allowing the scope to pivot, pan, and tilt. This allows for easily tracking a moving target or shifting to various stationary targets much more quickly and preciously than a scope on a ball or panning head. This is a concept scope that March plans to produce next year if there is positive customer feedback.
This company was founded in Minnesota and was originally named Goodfellow Dry Goods in June 1902 before being renamed the Dayton’s Dry Goods Company in 1903 and later the Dayton Company in 1910 before its current name.
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Discovery Optics is known for making high-quality shooting optics for ridiculously affordable prices. I’ve reviewed a number of their scopes over the last two years. Discovery Optics attended SHOT show for the very first time this year. At their booth, they showed off a brand new version of their flagship ED-PRS scope.
The ED-PRS is a Chinese-made scope that uses Japanese ED glass and is designed for PRS shooters. Almost all of Discovery Optics’ tactical and competition scopes are built with MIL reticles and turrets. But many American hunters and long-range shooters, prefer MOA measurements for their finer level of adjustment. Discovery listened to user feedback have released the 5-25×56 ED-PRS in MOA.
At their booth, I got my first-hand look at the new ED-PRS MOA and met fellow YouTube reviewer GunTotinMN who was working for Discovery as their presenter for SHOT 2025.
Palmetto State Armory is among the most creative and shameless firearms companies. They have come out with look-alike firearms of popular or historic firearms at half the cost. For example, the PSA Sabre Lancet is a clone of the legendary Barrett XM109 50BMG anti-material rifle.
PSA wants to gauge public interest in producing this rifle for real. PSA is asking fans to vote for their top 3 SHOT Show concept guns on their website. The top-voted guns will be developed into production guns, just like the original Jackl and the upcoming M5.7 pistol.
The Multixel 240w charger is a portable plug power adapter with an impressive 8 USB charging ports: eight USB-C and one USB-A port. I plugged in the charger to my Macbook Pro’s USB 3.0 hub connected to a portable HD drive and an Amazon tablet to draw the maximum power from the charger.
In my testing, it could output over 100w of power from 100w port. I recorded a similar result from its 35w, 45w, and 20w USB-C ports. Having eight charging ports may seem a bit excessive to some. But if you travel with kids or family and their devices, eight may not be enough but it will be appreciated.
The Multixel comes in a standard variant and a version with a padded carrying case for $9 more. It’s a useful padded case with pockets for cables and other accessories but I don’t know if it’s worth the premium? I can confirm that the Maltixel lived up to its claims. Multixel is giving away a free charger in my March contest that you can enter for free. https://moondogindustries.com/multixel-travel-charger-contest/
Palmetto State Armory is among the most creative and shameless firearms companies. They have come out with look-alike firearms of popular or historic firearms at half the cost. For example, the PSA JAKL is essentially a clone of the failed Magpul MASADA assault rifle which became the failed Bushmaster ACR.
The JACKL is a cosmetic modification of an AR upper on MilSpec lower. Since the JAKL’s release, a number of YouTubers have criticized the JACKL’s reliability. PSA is not unaware of these videos and user feedback.
To address some of the reliability issues, PSA created a custom lower which better optimizes the design of the JACKL upper. At this year’s SHOT Show, they released the Jackl 2
This is a design prototype and PSA wants to gauge public interest. PSA is asking fans to vote for their top 3 SHOT Show concept guns on their website. The top-voted guns will be developed into production guns, just like the original Jackl and the upcoming M5.7 pistol.
Palmetto State Armory is among the most creative and shameless firearms companies. They have come out with look-alike firearms of popular or historic firearms at half the cost. Last year, PSA created a custom housing for their Rock 5.7 pistol to create the X5.7, a look-alike H&K MP7. This was a boon for MP7 fans because the MP7 isn’t available for civilian purchase in the US.
This year PSA is in the final production models of the X5.7. In response to popular requests, they created another MP7 look-alike utilizing their Dagger Glock-alike action. PSA is gauging interest in a production X9 by asking fans to vote for their favorite prototype.
OLight surprised many when they quietly debuted their OSight micro-reflex sight. Nobody expected a flashlight company known for high-performance-budget-priced EDCs to make a pistol optic. I was not expecting them to follow up the following year with a big launch of two new variants, the compact OSight S (which I have reviewed) and the upgraded OSight X.
I presume the X stands for extra because on the surface the X looks nearly identical to the standard OSight. It has some minor superficial differences with the placement of logos and a different-sized tap and counter-sink on the mounting holes to utilize more industry-standard mounting screws. The X retains the OSights features such as motion activation, wireless recharging cover, and auto-brightness sensing.
The X now features user-changeable reticles. Pressing the “-” button allows the user to cycle between a 3 MOA dot, 32 MOA sunburst circle, and 32 MOA circle-dot. The X also has a slightly larger battery capacity and substantially longer runtime. The X is rated to run for 57,000 hours, whilst the standard OSight was rated 70,000 hours with the dot set at its lowest brightness. Both will run for about 2 weeks constant at max brightness.
The X can be recharged using OLights USB magnetic contact chargers used on their EDC flashlights but its primary charging method is the plastic cover box which displays the current battery charge level of the OSight when attached. Moreover, the charging cover has an onboard battery that can fully recharge the OSight up to 4 times. The cover can be plugged into a USB-C cable to recharge the OSight and the cover.
The battery capacity indicator alone should change the minds of anyone (myself included) concerned with a red dot with a dead battery. Replacing a coin battery quickly and cheaply has its advantages, but no red dot I own can display the current charge level of the coin battery powering it. With the cover recharges and onboard battery, the X can theoretically run for over 28 years when both are fully charged.
With all of these upgrades, I’m left with only three questions. First, when is OLight coming out with a green illuminated OSight X? Second, why even make the standard OSight without the X’s features? Third, shut up and take my money.
