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.
SHOT Show 2025 poll https://palmettostatearmory.com/shotshow2025
