Posted January 18, 2022 in AK-47 / AK-74 / Everything AK, Companies, Guns & Gear, News, Pistols, Rifles, Semi-Auto, Semi-Auto, SHOT Show, SHOT Show 2022, Shows by Benjamin F with No Comments Tags: 5.56 AK, 5.7, ak-47, Palmetto State Armory, PSA, PSAK, Spiker

Palmetto State Armory showed off a variety of new products today, including the widely rumored and eagerly anticipated 5.7 Rock handgun. They also had their PSAK-105 pistol that I shot yesterday, a PSAK in 5.56, and a clone of the Chinese “Spiker” AK in 7.62×39.

[SHOT 2022] PSA 5.7 Rock with Holosun Red Dot

Rumors have run wild about PSA producing a 5.7 handgun in the last few days. At SHOT 2022 today, PSA had twp of the 5.7s available for handling. They will be offering the 5.7 Rock both with and without an optics cut. Both models will come from the factory with a 23-round magazine, and are expected to release within the next 60 days.

[SHOT 2022] PSA 5.7 RockThe 5.7 Rock is surprisingly comfortable to hold, but perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. The PSA Dagger not-a-Glocks are very comfortable as well. Despite having a magazine capable of holding 5.7 rounds, it did not feel like the grip was long, so to speak, as some other 5.7 handguns do.

In PSAK news, yesterday I got to shoot the PSAK-105, a 5.45 AK pistol. Today I got to see two other variants of the PSAK, the Spiker and the 5.56. Both the PSAK 5.56 and Spiker have been getting shown around for a while now. However, at the booth today a representative said that both the Spiker and the 5.56 AK were in full production, and should be releasing around Q2 of this year.

[SHOT 2022] PSAK “Spiker”The PSAK “Spiker” is designed to mimic the features of the Polytech AKS-762. Namely, the blonde wood and underfolding spike bayonet. However, this is not a clone, just a PSAK with a cool feature.

[SHOT 2022] PSAK 5.56Much like the PSAK Spiker has one major design feature that makes it stand out, the PSAK 5.56 has a redesigned magwell intended to accept STANAG 5.56 magazines. As pictured above, the PSAK 5.56 will come with a 30-round Magpul PMAG, where legal.

Benjamin is a recent graduate living in Virginia with a master’s degree in Criminology. He was introduced to firearms at summer camp when he was thirteen. Ever since his first shot with a .22LR bolt-action he has been in love with shooting sports. He is a moderator on the TFB Discord, which can be found at https://discord.gg/bcVD9zw, and can occasionally be found on twitter @BFriedmanUSA.