I was asked about my thoughts on all the new products from SHOT SHOW 2025. Honestly there was just a whole lot of MEH for me. Companies are still trying to make ARs look like other guns and other guns look like ARs. So much of it was just lost on me.

I am a big advocate for the use of Shotguns, and there are 2 shotguns that caught my eye and I will eventually acquire one of them for sure. PSA’s new 570 Shotgun is one of them. They’ve taken the best features of the 870 and the 590 and rolled them into one. If I was going to design a pump action shotgun, this PSA is what it would have come out like. And it’s modular so that you can build it up exactly how you want it, instead of buying a gun kind of like what you want, and then buying new parts to replace parts you don’t want. I LOVE that. And the shocker is they can also make it a Semi-Auto. That’s just icing on the already excellent cake.

The other Shotgun is the new Mossy with the AR furniture and Safety. This isn’t just window dressing but a good option for those new Shooters who have only been running ARs all their lives. Yeah, I know that kinda makes fun at my first paragraph here, but having familiar fire controls is a distinct advantage. I see this shotgun becoming very popular with smaller Law Enforcement Agencies. I may have to get one, just because.

PSA has also brought out some other interesting things… Under PSA’s H&R decision is a CAR-15 analog, which I ADORE as the CAR-15 was my first issued weapon out of Basic and AIT. I’m going to have to get one. I just have to. All the Retro H&R Arms rifles are cool. FN brought out a line some years ago of service rifle analogs, but FN priced them into oblivion… PSA and H&R Arms are doing it RIGHT.

Everything PSA is doing is being done right… The new flavors of JAKL and SABRE are just awesome. Is there anything that PSA is doing that’s NOT awesome? I’ve got my hands on a couple JAKLs now and I’ve got to tell you… I like them. A lot. I might get a couple JAKL uppers to finish up some builds.