Primary Arms just recently announced their HTX-1 red dot, and it sounds pretty cool. From a technical perspective, it has a lot of good points – a clever adapter plate mounting system, two different reticles, and a fully enclosed emitter. However I think the more interesting (and less appreciated) story here is the work involved in actually producing a product like this completely in the US. So while at SHOT Show 2025, I stopped by the Primary Arms booth to talk to them about it.
Revolver
The S&W No.3 Russian Model Made at Tula in Russia
This is lot #3124 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! The Russian government […]
Tour
A Brief Tour of the Rock Island Auction Company
I have been spending this past week at the Rock Island Auction Company, making a series of videos on guns that will be in their upcoming regional auction (they will start running on the site […]
Prototype
Replacing Beretta: the S&W XM10 Trials Pistol
When the US adopted the Beretta Model 92 as the new M9 standard issue handgun in 1985, it was not without controversy. In particular, there was a scandal of cracked and broken M9 slides shortly […]
Photo bomb attempted at 7:27, thwarted at 7:30.
Kudos to Primary Arms. Hopefully Made-in-America commenters put their money where their mouth is to keep growing this manufacturing base.