By: Friedrich Seiltgen
Copyright © 2023
PALMETTO STATE ARMORY
South Carolina-based Palmetto State Armory is one of the largest manufacturers of AR pattern weapons and parts. Based in Columbia, S.C., PSA has a mission to “sell as many guns to as many law-abiding Americans as possible.” PSA also manufactures AK-47 rifles, pistols, and parts kits. How do they do all this and keep prices reasonable? They have a family of five other companies producing parts, so they have ownership in every step of the process. They also carry other manufacturers’ products and are a one-stop gun shop!
The leadership team at PSA consists of its founder Jamin McCallum and CEO & competitive shooter Chad Wylie. McCallum is an Iraq war vet, and his thoughts on freedom and the 2nd Amendment get right to the point:
“I’ve seen what a society looks like when it falls apart. It’s really, really bad. That’s why our mission is to maximize freedom, not our profits. We want to sell as many AR-15 and AK-47 rifles as we can, not to make a massive amount of money, but to put them into common use today.
“I don’t want my legacy to be that I made a lot of money; I want it to be that this company produced the maximum amount of freedom. And so, we work every day to do just that. Make high-quality firearms at a price that makes them affordable to the most people possible. Then we back them with a full 100% lifetime warranty.
“If we can do that, I can sleep at night.”
THE RECEIVER
The receivers are forged 7075 -T6 aluminum and hard-coat anodized. The lower features a B5 SOPMOD stock and grip, a 15” knurled slant rail with a PSA buffer spring, a Radian Raptor LT charging handle, and a Sabre 2-stage DLC trigger. All finished in black cerakote.
THE BARREL & BOLT
The barrel is manufactured with 416R steel using a mid-length gas system. It features a 1:10 twist and has a Sabre compensator attached to the muzzle.
The bolt carrier group is a Sabre AR-10 BCG manufactured from 9310 steel, equipped with Sprinco gas rings, ejector spring, extractor spring, OCK’s gas key fasteners, and finished in hard chrome.
SPECIFICATIONS
Type: Gas-operated, semi-automatic rifle
Caliber: .308
Magazine Capacity: 20 Rounds
Sights: Picatinny Rail
Barrel Length: 16 Inches
MSRP: $1,149.99
URL: www.palmettostatearmory.com
THE VERDICT
Palmetto State Armory offers a well-made rifle at a great price point, as with all their products. PSA products are made in America and offer a lifetime warranty.
Check out the PSA Sabre-10.
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Friedrich Seiltgen is a retired Master Police Officer with 20 years of service with the Orlando Police Department. He conducts training in Lone Wolf Terrorism Counterstrategies, Firearms, and Active Shooter Response. His writing has appeared in RECOIL, Soldier of Fortune, The Counter Terrorist Magazine, Off Grid, American Thinker, Homeland Security Today, and The Journal of Counterterrorism & Homeland Security International.
Contact him at [email protected].