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.
Antiques
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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.