SHOT Show 2025!

Honest Outlaw, with over a decade of firearm reviewing experience and 1200+ videos, details five popular pistols he would never carry. The review covers the KelTec P50, Derya DY9, Walther PPK, Taurus G3C, and Diamondback DB9, highlighting specific design flaws, reliability issues, and ergonomic problems. He offers alternative recommendations for each category, emphasizing value and performance.

This video provides a recap of the 2025 Shot Show, highlighting several firearms and accessories that caught the presenter's attention. Key takeaways include impressions of the CZ P-10 F, the innovative but unconventional KelTec P50 in 5.7x28mm, the niche 7mm Backcountry cartridge, and the Fusion Firearms striker-fired pistol. The presenter also discusses a unique headrest safe concept and expresses mixed feelings about the HK P30SK and the new Smith & Wesson Classic No-Lock revolvers.

This video provides a highlight reel of new firearms and accessories from SHOT Show 2025, focusing on innovative designs and anticipated releases. Key features include the Glock ACRO optic, Bull Armory's highly-ported Tech Comp and compact EDC, Smith & Wesson's revived Mountain Gun, and the unique Kall Defense grip modifications. The presenter, Brett from Nightwood Guns, offers personal opinions and highlights potential game-changers for the firearms market.

This expert analysis from a firearms industry insider details 15 specific firearm models dealers are struggling to sell in 2026 due to market shifts, product deficiencies, and safety concerns. The video highlights a move from panic buying to value-conscious consumers, impacting brands across various segments from budget pistols to hunting rifles.

This retrospective analyzes SHOT Show 2025 firearm announcements, distinguishing successful releases from vaporware. Notable successes include the Primary Arms HTX-1 red dot and the AKB-23 bullpup conversion. Projects like the Insight Armory SVD and BSD Fabrication VSS face significant hurdles, while others like the Gearhead Guns Type 100 and Roswell SR-3M are progressing through production.

This video provides an analytical, data-driven overview of firearms struggling in the January 2026 market, based on dealer inventory reports and ATF data. The speaker, presenting with high authority as a market analyst, highlights specific models with excessive 'months of supply,' indicating significant overstock and slow sales. Factors contributing to these issues include high costs, limited practical application, reliability concerns, and market saturation.

This guide details the complex process of converting a lathe into a 12-barrel blank-firing gun, as demonstrated by Mark Serbu. It highlights the critical engineering challenges, including precise alignment, CNC control, and the application of PID theory to overcome firing inconsistencies. The project emphasizes safety and legal considerations, focusing on blank ammunition to avoid machine gun manufacturing regulations.

This video demonstrates how to rifle a barrel in a home shop using basic tools, bypassing expensive CNC equipment. It covers material preparation, precise drilling and reaming, and the critical process of pushing a rifling button. While a DIY approach is shown to be possible, the video highlights the significant difference in quality and precision achievable with professional CNC machining.

This video provides an expert-level analysis of a catastrophic failure of the Serbu RN-50 rifle, presented by the firearm's designer, Mark Serbu. The examination focuses on the severe damage to the receiver, breech cap, and barrel assembly, offering insights into potential failure points and the effects of extreme forces. The analysis also touches upon the ammunition used, specifically SLAP rounds, and their potential role in the incident.

Mark Serbu, a gun designer, addresses the RN-50 blow-up incident involving Scott from Kentucky Ballistics. Serbu reassures customers that the RN-50 is a safe design, attributing the incident to a counterfeit and faulty ammunition round. He emphasizes the importance of sourcing ammunition carefully and highlights the rifle's extensive safe operational history.