PSA Rock 5.7 5.7x28mm
PSA Rock 5.7 5.7x28mm
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About This Firearm
The PSA Rock 5.7 is a striker-fired 5.7x28mm pistol built for range shooting and plinking. Palmetto State Armory still builds it, and its steel magazine holds 23 rounds, three more than the Ruger-57's 20.
Two of those magazines come in the box, the magazine catch reverses for a left-handed shooter, and the frame carries a Picatinny rail for a light. The slide is 416 stainless under QPQ and the barrel is fluted carbon steel with the same treatment, 4.7 inches with a 1:9 twist, and the gun weighs 25 oz. This configuration has no optic cut, so a dot means slide milling or one of the optics-ready Rock models Palmetto State Armory sells separately. Safety is passive throughout, a trigger lever and a striker block with no manual lever to set.
If you're cross-shopping, the Tisas PX-5.7 FO has an MSRP of $501.99 and is the other budget delayed blowback gun in the caliber, at 25.75 oz and 8.6 inches with a fiber optic front sight, and it has no optic cut either. The Ruger-57 has an MSRP of $549, holds 20 rounds at 24.5 oz, and its slide is at least drilled and tapped, so a dot there costs a plate instead of machine work.
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Strengths & Limitations
- Two 23-round steel magazines in the box.
- A 416 stainless slide finished in QPQ is a harder surface than a plain blued or nitrided one.
- The magazine catch swaps sides with no extra parts, and the full-size polymer grip is a familiar shape to anyone off a service pistol.
- No optic cut on this configuration, where the Ruger-57's slide is at least drilled and tapped.
- The barrel is carbon steel under its QPQ, so it wants more attention in humid storage than a stainless-barrelled rival.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can a red dot be added?
Not without machine work on this slide. The other route is one of the optics-ready Rock 5.7 models Palmetto State Armory lists separately.
What safeties does it have?
A trigger safety and a striker block, both passive. Carry and storage decisions rest on the holster instead of a lever.
Are the magazines steel or polymer?
Steel, which survives being dropped on concrete better than a polymer magazine.
