Manufacturers and their distributor customers met at the NASGW Expo from October 13 to 15 at the Phoenix Convention Center to review 2026 performance and plan 2027. Beretta announced its Ruger share tender was oversubscribed and should raise its stake to 25 percent, while Ruger said it would suspend several lower-volume and legacy product families, a step distributors saw as a scheduling pause that immediately lifted demand.

Suppressor sales exploded after the $200 tax vanished and a U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas voided NFA registration for suppressors, SBRs and SBSs; the Department of Justice chose not to appeal and ATF issued guidance, wiping out stocks as the wider firearms market rebounded.

EAA reported continued demand for Girsan Witness 2311 XXX double-stack 1911s and Liberador pistols, Safariland cited healthy Incog X and Incog XS holster sales plus OWB models that accept lights or optics, Elite First Aid grew after acquiring My Medic in January, Shield Arms said 2026 beat 2025 especially on magazines, and TAPCO pushed its rebrand with new packaging.