In this episode of the Relentless Pursuit series, the founders of Palmetto State Armory and JJE Capital talk about the beginning of starting PSA in Jamin McCallum's garage after his military service and time as a CPA.
My little American Heart can only fill so full of Love for PSA and what Freedoms we have left here in 2024 America. This interview kicked SO much ass. Thanks for sharing and enlightening the people. My only concern with PSA, please for the love of God and Country keep it Civilian/USA Citizen focused and keep pumping them numbers UP UP UP!
I've been saying that too! Call it the 'PALMNELLI' or 'PALMNELLI 12' or something😆(Palmetto + Benelli) Can you imagine a US-made M4 clone? The patent expired so why not? One of the biggest downsides to the M4 in general is that it's an import shotgun (Italian & Turkish clones) which means it always comes neutered due to a bunch of 922r import crap. Wouldn't be an issue if it were US made. Imagine getting an M4 clone with a full mag tube and/or a collapsable stock right from PSA's factory? No one wants those neutered 5-round mag tubes, everyone replaces them anyways. PSA would be breaking major ground in my opinion. I would sell my two Turkish M4 clones and buy a PSA M4 immediately. I agree with the other comments that they should do it AFTER they finish this 570 style shotgun they're currently working on. One thing at a time. But I 100% support the PSA M4 clone. Mossberg apparently doesn't seem to be interested. They've had plenty of opportunities. Maybe think if they did, then they wouldn't sell as many 930 & 940s or something. Who knows, but I digress. PSA's pump action concept looks like it will be quality and fairly affordable. As for a future M4 clone, a lot of Turkish ones run anywhere from 450 to around 900 dollars minus some exceptions. If PSA can come up with one priced competitively anywhere in that range without neutered parts (and hopefully with some innovations like an RMR mount, and easy access to replacement/upgrade parts), then it will not only be a guaranteed hit, but it will be everyone's new go-to source for M4 shotguns. And in my opinion, it would also complete PSA's general lineup. They have a variety of pistols and rifles they're expanding, but once they have a pump action and a semi-auto like an M4, there will be absolutely no reason for PSA not to be people's one-stop shop for almost everything 2A related.
@@FightingSportsMediait would be cool, semi auto shotguns are tricky though. If they can make a m4 clone with guaranteed better quality of the Turks at a good sub $1000 price point I’m in. I do have a panzer m4 and I love it I just don’t trust my life on it. It is a fun range toy though.
PSA and AAC are the most important thing that has happened to the 2nd Amendment in years. Between the great value and the impact on every other maker, it''s huge. Thank you!
Every time Jamin is on the video, it makes me buy into the company even more!!!! You guys are doing some amazing stuff lately. Keep crushing it and keep the videos coming.
I was [that] kid like Jamin, reading all the magazines in grade school. 1994 hit me pretty hard as a freshman in HS. Nobody else my age seemed to understand or care about what happened. I jumped for joy in 2004. PSA's mission statement resonates with me and I'm a proud customer. I'm glad things have worked out so well for you all. Keep up the great work.
When he mentioned shot gun news…….man I miss that, I use to thumb through those pages and circle things I wanted “surplus guns” and my dad would be like yeah that’s cool but M1A’s are better. 😂
Thanks for what you do PSA, I'm a proud owner of your rifles and patron of your company. Here is what I as a customer am hoping to see from you guys going forward. I'm hoping to see more development around modernizing the ar15 and ar10 platforms and making improved tactical versions affordable. I said it in another post but I will continue to reiterate some basic ideas for not only the sabre line but just your general line as well. Other commenters, please like and comment on this post if you agree with some or all of what I'm throwing down here. I'm just looking for a company that specializes in budget rifles to make something a refined ar shooter wants to buy that tries to steel some market share from the likes of KAC and Geissele by undercutting them on price for a similar feature set. Barrels- This is the easiest and cheapest improvement imo, I don't know why I even have to say this, but modern tapered profile barrels, please try to move away from government profiles generally, there is no reason for a non gov contractor to be producing them imo. I think you could switch over virtually all of your non clone style builds to modern tapered profile barrels and nearly everyone in the gun community would be thankful. Second thing would be to reduce gas port sizing. First step here is advertise your gas port sizing like Geissele does, make it a stat for both stand alone barrels but also complete uppers and rifles when you describe the gas system, list the gas block journal, gas system length, and gas port size, and at least make a line of rifles and barrels that have a smaller port for people who run only brass 5.56 and use suppressors. This is sorely needed from a more affordable company. A slight tangent is that more stats on your product descriptions is never a bad thing, please start routinely listing basic stats like weight, overall dimensions, etc. More info is never bad, most gun companies profile far too little imo. But from you guys I want an affordable modern tapered barrel in 11.5, 14.5, 16 and 18 inches, nitrided, with gas port sizes that mimic geissele's, so I don't have to drop insane amounts of money in order to get a product with a smaller hole drilled in it. Primary arms almost managed this with their expo arms uppers, but missed the marked using extremely heavy barrel profiles. Just looking for a nice medium middle of the road profile, not pencil, not heavy, with a common sense material distribution that gradually gets smaller towards the muzzle. BCGs- Mimic what KAC, LMT and even more budget companies like KAK have done, make a modernized, improved BCG, preferably hard chrome finished with sand cutter rails, improved bolt lugs, duel ejectors, duel extractor springs, and a smaller cam pin hole. Just do anything to make a more modern, improved bcg at an affordable price. You showed your enhanced M4 at shot show with a bcg that had much of this, keep going down that path. There are so many things that we know about now after years of testing that can improve the ar15, but because hardly anyone is doing it so many people are trying out other, frankly inferior platforms like piston guns that are heavier, less accurate, and usually less reliable if anything. The civilian market needs the innovations made by companies like KAC to be more available to the poors. Handguards- 7 sided mlok and an improved lock up system. The hex rail is the right direction, improve upon the lockup to make it more bombproof, then offer it in different colors. Basically I'm describing your sabre rails, but you need to offer them as stand alone products in a great variety of lengths and colors. Finally, offer them in multicam, at least to start, as it is one of the most versiitile camos that also benefits from the cool factor of being standard issue current military. If you have to do a knock off, fine, just something very similar that matches my multicam combat uniform. That leads me into receivers. Receivers- Basically all the big influencers, including the military, are telling people to pain their guns for tactical or self defense usage. Please just come out with a multicam receiver set and handguard and keep it in stock all the time. Multicam is probably the most ubiquitous camo used in the US now, and imo the most practical cammo for most people. If you can just make multicam guns normal, a full fde gun isn't really camo'd, I still have to paint it. Ideally release a line of pro guns that have all the things listed above. If standard multicam sells well, which it should, then you could do arid, arctic and jungle multicam as well. I know people like their kriptic, hex, m81 and all this other stuff, but these camos simply can't compete with multicam on practicality, that is both why you should do it and how you should market it. So yeah, my ideal gun from you guys is just an improved ar15 in multicam. Maybe partner with b5 and magpul for furniture, b5 already makes multicam stocks. But a decently affordable modernized multicam fighting rifle should be the industry standard for tactical use imo. Suppressor mount flash hider or break, modern tapered nitrided barrel, suppressor ready gas port size, seven sided mlok rail worthy of mounting a laser, improved chrome bcg, flared magwel, maybe ambi controls, and maybe an a5 style buffer tube. I don't need a folding stock, nor do I want one adding weight and complexity. I don't want a chrome lined bore, I don't shoot full auto and I don't need it adding cost. I don't need a gun that can cycle steel cased ammo with an h3 buffer on a 18 inch rifle length gas system lol. Those are my 2 cents.
This is great stuff. The next step in growing your reach and further your target demographic. Plus i really enjoy this stuff! Keep it up guys! Thank you for all you do for we the people!
Congratulations 🎊 to all the owners and the workers there. I know im a HUGE fan of your ammo. After 4,000 rpunds of 9m, 300 rounds of 308. Not one problem.
I'd love to see PSA make a right side charging ar-15 upper, most of the current right side charging ar15 uppers on the market are either outside of my budget or have horrible quality control problems(looking at you Bear Creek) so having one that's budget friendly and reliable would be a nice change of pace.
You could check out the JAKL. Its a long stroke piston gun that works on a mil-spec AR15 lower. The charging handle comes on the left side, but can be switched to the right side if that is your preference. It is incredibly soft shooting and runs like a sewing machine. I do recommend either getting one with the knurled charging handle or upgrading to that in the future. I love both of mine. 300 blackout and 5.56. 😉
@@brentprosser7293 I've checked it out and I def plan on getting one in the future but the uppers still run $650+ as opposed to PSA m4 uppers that start as low as $150, and another alternative would be an AK but they're also expensive now because of the Russian import ban
