Primary Arms' HTX-1: A Completely US-Made Red Dot Sight (Ad-free)
Added 2025-02-01 12:00:04 +0000 UTCPrimary Arms just recently announced their HTX-1 red dot, and it sounds pretty cool. From a technical perspective, it has a lot of good points - a clever adapter plate mounting system, two different reticles, and a fully enclosed emitter. However I think the more interesting (and less appreciated) story here is the work involved in actually producing a product like this completely in the US. So while at SHOT Show 2025, I stopped by the Primary Arms booth to talk to them about it.
Comments
looks cool, but I don't understand why the interest, aside from jingoism really? American made is not exactly a byword for quality
Mark Sumner
2025-02-02 19:35:06 +0000 UTCThanks for taking the time to highlight this.
Jason Dusek
2025-02-01 21:20:48 +0000 UTCI would say one have to give them huge credit to be WILLING to attack a task like that. starting anything from zero is a tough task with much cost involved, I'm sure. in particular if one wants to do things right instead of cheap.
Guido Schriewer
2025-02-01 19:09:46 +0000 UTCI wonder how disruptive the Glock/Aimpoint ski boot mounting system will be to the red dot market. Will all the manufacturers be re-engineering their products a year from now to standardize on that?
Plan9fromkansas
2025-02-01 19:04:15 +0000 UTCIt’s pricy but I might buy it just because it’s American made especially if the G starts using it
sean
2025-02-01 18:08:38 +0000 UTCMy be after a 25% tareff on China this red dot may take off.
Retired No Bad Days
2025-02-01 14:08:06 +0000 UTCKudos, I suspect they feel there is a need for a military contract at some point or large contracts that require domestic capability.
Kenneth Marshall
2025-02-01 13:05:41 +0000 UTCAll praise to PA for building this optic! American made with quality as the aim... They're great for having taken the steps to do this and hopefully lead the way for formerly American companies like Leupold, Vortex, Burris, Bushnell et. al. to do the same. America NEEDS to bring manufacturing home and thank you to PA for setting the standard!
Jim F
2025-02-01 12:21:26 +0000 UTC
