[SHOT 2026] Palmetto State Armory Announcements

Palmetto State Armory hit the bottom operating this 12 months at SHOT Present, unveiling plenty of new firearms which have already justified the time, effort, and fare for my annual go to to Sin Metropolis. With the corporate creating merchandise at this tempo, PSA both runs three 8-hour shifts across the clock, or they’ve merely outsourced manufacturing to the North Pole. How they do it, nevertheless, will take a again seat to the precise outcomes, so with out additional ado…

First up is the Sabre Key, an underbarrel-mounted short-barreled shotgun (SBS) that not requires a $200 bribe for entry to the best. Don’t get me began. Based mostly on the PSA 570, with the receiver modified to accommodate an M203-like mounting system, the Sabre Key includes a 10” barrel, entrance handstop, and is suitable with M4A1 profile barrels. Capability on this 12-gauge blaster is 3+1, and the Palmetto State Armory Sabre Key will settle for each 2.75” and three” shells. If two is one and one is none, perhaps one of the best accent in your firearm is one other firearm.

Subsequent up, we’ve got the Mixtape Quantity 3, a PDW chambered in 8.6 Blackout and constructed on the brand new champaign Cerekoted Saber 25 enhanced solid receiver set, that includes an ambidextrous bolt catch/launch, ambidextrous journal launch, and ambidextrous security selector. Extra elements embody a Radian Raptor charging deal with, a B5 Methods Grip, a Maxim PDW brace, a 25-round PMAG, and a full-chrome bolt provider group (BCG). The FDE anodized 7.25” M-LOK Sabre Lockup Handguard sits over an 8” bead-blasted barrel with a quick 1:3 twist price and is capped off with a brand new 3-prong Plan B flash hider. 

Extra? How a couple of ported Sabre-11, a preferred demand following the unique Sabre-11 announcement. Much like the non-ported mannequin, this double-stack 9mm is all billet, and not using a single forged element, and includes a full-length mud cowl, 5” ported barrel, ported slide, and an AOS optic mounting system. Palmetto State Armory can also be teaming up with Icarus Precision to incorporate an aluminum grip, an improve usually reserved for firearms that can have you ever hiding the bank card invoice out of your partner. The ported model of the Sabre-11 will ship with a pair of the brand new 19-round Examine-Mate magazines and is predicted shortly after the non-ported mannequin hits the market. 

Right here’s a private favourite that I’m excited to see PSA tease at SHOT Present 2026. The Sabre-10, a rifle with a definite resemblance to one in every of my bucket checklist GWOT rifles, seems to be getting an improve for these of us on the market who could personal an authentic Knights Armament M110 suppressor, or extra doubtless Griffin Armament’s strikingly comparable but trendy tackle the identical. When you’ve ever needed such a clone, it’s now on the horizon, with the addition of an adjustable gasoline system and Gate-Lok attachment.

Palmetto State Armory additionally unveiled the AXR sequence, a wholly new household of merchandise based mostly on the Sabre line. The AXR lineup is designed to be a very modular system of handguns, rifles, shotguns, and PDWs, beginning with the SSP, a short-stroke piston system chambered in 300 Blackout with a chrome-lined, cold-hammer-forged barrel and an adjustable gasoline block. The SSP can also be outfitted with PSA’s E4 bolt system, which options twin ejectors and an elevated lug diameter for improved reliability and longevity. Barrel modifications are made attainable utilizing an analogous barrel nut system because the AR-15, and handguards are simply modified out to fit your preferences and barrel size.

One characteristic I actually like about this method is the top-mounted Picatinny rail, which bolts to each the receiver and the handguard, offering a inflexible platform for mounting and sustaining zero on optics and laser aiming modules. These prime rails will likely be accessible in a number of lengths and may be simply modified out to match the size of the put in handguard. The SSP’s proprietary decrease options full ambidextrous controls, together with the bolt catch/launch, journal launch, and security selector. The recoil system doesn’t require a buffer tube, permitting PSA to outfit the SSP with their new AXR folding brace.

A rifle model of the SSP will even be accessible, chambered in 5.56 NATO with a 14.5” chrome-lined cold-hammer-forged barrel. Other than the cartridge change, the one variations listed here are the handguard size, bolt-on Picatinny prime rail size, and the AXR folding inventory. You possibly can see how the modularity might be considerably limitless. 

The sequence continues with the AXR Shotgun, which can appear just like the PSA 570 however is constructed by itself receiver decked out with an ambidextrous launch, aluminum set off housing, a DLC-coated bolt, set off, and elevator.

PSA additionally selected to equip the AXR Shotgun with a monolithic Picatinny rail, a Radian Talon AR-15-compatible ambidextrous security, their new AXR AR-15-compatible grip, and the AXR folding inventory. The barrel sits at 18.5” and is threaded to suit AAC’s new 12-gauge silencer, a should now that the .gov Constitutional extortion has been placed on maintain, at the least monitarily. Lastly, with modularity being the theme, you may anticipate to see extra barrel lengths, handguards, and colours. 

Want extra? Certain. The AXR full-size handgun is constructed on a modular fireplace management unit, permitting the shooter to swap grip modules, and is RXM suitable, making it simple to have it your method with none further paperwork.

The AXR will work with Glock 17-compatible magazines and Gen 3 holsters and will likely be accessible in black and FDE. The AXR slide will characteristic an RMR optics lower, whereas the grip module receives Palmetto State Armory’s new AXR texture, meant to offer a constructive grip beneath any circumstances. 

Palmetto State Armory will even workforce up with Icarus Precision as soon as once more to supply an aluminum body model known as the AXR X Icarus, which can characteristic PSA’s Island barrel and slide with built-in compensator, RMR footprint, and Glock 17 journal and holster compatibility.

Right here’s the place issues get actually fascinating. PSA can also be releasing the AXR S, a grip module for the AXR that swaps out Glock magazines for Sig P320 magazines. Nothing else must be modified. If that isn’t modularity, I don’t know what’s.

That’s your entire level of the AXR sequence. However that isn’t all. PSA plans to launch further grip modules that can work with a wide range of your favourite handgun magazines, all with out the necessity for one more Kind 4473. This configuration will likely be provided as an entire firearm or as a grip module. 

Whereas they’re at it, would possibly as properly provide a compact slide-and-grip configuration utilizing the very same fireplace management unit. That’s precisely what PSA is as much as with the AXR Compact, a Glock 19-size handgun that accepts Glock 19-compatible magazines. The AXR Compact will likely be accessible as an entire firearm, with the grip module and slide additionally provided individually.

The sequence wouldn’t be full with out the AXR Micro, that includes its personal modular fireplace management unit made to suit micro-compatible grip frames and slide configurations. The serialized management unit will likely be accessible by itself or as a part of an entire handgun package deal, and can come optics-ready with a built-in compensator. The AXR Micro is suitable with PSA’s 15-round Micro Dagger magazines and will likely be accessible in black and FDE. 

Final, however not least, is the AXR PDW, a quick-deployed 9mm private protection weapon based mostly on the AXR Full-Dimension and Compact fireplace management unit. The AXR PDW makes use of its personal grip module that options an additional journal holder up entrance and a spring-loaded brace extension within the rear that deploys with the press of a button. The PDW grip module additionally includes a handbook security and affords a wide range of attachments to develop mounting choices for lights, lasers, optics, and ahead grips when you select to go the SBR route. 

I’m certain we’re not too stunned by the sheer quantity of releases from Palmetto State Armory this 12 months, as the corporate has been churning them out one after one other. I really like that PSA is prepared to step into that breach, manufacturing firearms which can be enjoyable, inexpensive, and more and more able to punching past their weight class. I’ll commend PSA for listening to buyer requests and responding with the kinds of merchandise we’re asking for with out attempting to inform us what we actually need. I extremely doubt I bought all of it on this one article, however these are the massive ones to be careful for from Palmetto State Armory in 2026.