u/rooftopdefense

Howdy, gang!

The Virginia and Colorado gun bans have had us stretched thin -- so it's been a while since I've been able to do one of these. Let's jump in.

Hit me with your questions below. As always thank you so much for your patronage and support -- have a great weekend!

Cheers,

Sol

Modlite PLHv2 Closeouts!
The PLHv3 is here, which means we're closing out PLHv2. Code 'va30' works to take 30% off everything that is a PLHv2. It also takes 30% off this entire category. The promo was designed for Virginia residents, but feel free to use the code if you're not from Virginia.

Knight's Armament
A few new items and a few restocks of stuff, notably including, CRS-3 suppressors, SR-15 notched uppers, URX6 handguards, SR-25 bolt carrier groups, SR-15 lowers.

Everything else is backordered without an ETA. AK suppressors are soon.

Heckler & Koch
FDE HK45C pistols part of the 2026 SMU catalog are arriving today.

LMT Defense
We just got more MARS-H stripped lowers with more MARS-L stripped lowers on the way. We did get some factory OD Green cerakoted parts too. MRGG-A, 13.5" MARS-H Shovelnose and the new MARS-H DMRs have arrived. Code 'va15' works on the DMRs.

Geissele
We're starting to see rifles and uppers come back. We have a bunch ordered without an ETA. We do have some new Super Precision Scope Caps that have just arrived too :)

Daniel Defense GL/SSC
Both uppers and pistols have arrived, no ETA for SBRs.

Howdy, y'all!

We just got some SR-15 lowers in at the eleventh hour. If you want one, I'm still shipping to Virginia. However, please ensure that your local shop is still receiving transfers.

Please also put your shop's name and physical address in the order notes.

Back to packing I go!

Cheers,

Sol

Hey, guys!

We're coming down to the wire for Virginia, and soon to be, Colorado. I know some vendors have already stopped shipping to Virginia, but we're trying to squeeze as many guns in before July 1. I'll be packing all weekend.

Having gone to high school and lived in Virginia for quite a while myself, it's frustrating to see them push through a gun ban.

I know and understand that a lot of y'all are trying to make last minute choices on affected firearms. I threw together a few categories of both ban-affected and unaffected items that I I personally like and would like to discount for y'all.

• Code 'va15' takes 15% off this category
• Code 'va20' takes 20% off this category
• Code 'va30' takes 30% off this category

I haven't taken a deep look at the upcoming Colorado ban, but looking at the Virginia ban, post July 1, I think we should still be able to ship rifles to Virginia with one of the California-compliant CompMag fixed magazines installed. Magazines over 15 rounds will unfortunately but cut off though.

I'm going to get back to packing boxes, but I truly appreciate the six years of love, patronage and support -- thank you!

Cheers,

Sol

Howdy, y'all!

Jon Dufresne, the instructor and teacher at Kinetic Consulting is a very humble and down-to-Earth guy with an exceptional ability to communicate and connect with shooters of all of the different learning types.

His background comes from a mix of both being a competitive shooter and having been an army ranger. If you haven't taken one before, his classes are a great way to be introduced to performance shooting as well as learn how to best manage range time to maximize self-growth.

He has a few different classes that he teaches, mostly around rifle, handgun, night vision usage as well as some intro to CQB and force-on-force.

I'll be hosting for a handgun class in April of 2027 here in Hot Springs, Arkansas. I would love to see y'all out here, but I'd definitely encourage y'all to sign up for a class near y'all and for a skillset that you'd like to improve.

I am very confident that you will not regret it :)

Cheers,

Sol

PS, Happy Father's Day!

Hey, guys!

I know it's a mad dash and scramble right now. We've been getting a ton of emails from people asking what our position is and I want to make more of a public post.

First, many of y'all know me -- and many of y'all have met me. My name is Sol and I run a gun shop called Rooftop Defense.

As a military brat, I used to live in Virginia on-and-off and went to Lake Braddock for a bit. I frequented VAGT regularly and still have my 703 Arlington number. I was working as a contractor for Washington Gas and attended Lobby Day in 2020. I greatly enjoyed showing what responsible gun ownership looks like.

As a retailer, I've had to prepare for a lot of bans in the past, but this ban hits different and strikes a different chord. It really stings in a weird way. Virginia was a lot of my childhood and young adulthood.

The Ban
From what I've read from the ban, the only impacted items are standard capacity magazines and unmodified rifles. We'll still continue shipping parts and what not post July 1.

Following July 1, we'll likely still continue shipping complete rifles. Unless I have completely missed something, we should be able to continue shipping them as long as a fixed magazine (like a CompMag) is installed. We unfortunately already sell these for California customers, but moving forward, we can install them in rifles and ship them post July 1.

Pre-Ban Sale
It has already been a madhouse shipping to Virginia -- but I'd like to ship even more guns to Virginia at the last minute. I'm organizing a sale.

I want to support y'all and send as many guns/lowers as we can before the rifles start needing fixed magazines in them.

Feel free to share these codes and categories with all of your friends.

Code 'va15' takes 15% off everything in the VA15 category
Code 'va20' takes 20% off everything in the VA20 category
Code 'va30' takes 30% off everything in the VA30 category

Not everything in these categories are a ban-affected item, but most of them are. Most of the rifles are in the 15 category, but some are in the 20 category. The LMT 14.5 pistols won't take a code, but I did their price even more for y'all.

As an honorable mention not in those categories, we still have some SP5s and SP5 bundles. Code 'pewpew' will work on most SP5s and bundles. The bundle with a MP5 RAS doesn't have a code eligible.

We've got a little less than 20 days left -- I'm going to keep shipping for as long as we can.

Always feel free to ask questions. If I do not reply to this main thread, please feel free to email me directly at info@rooftopdefense.com.

I'm going to support y'all as much as I can!

- Sol

Howdy, y'all!

This is more of an in-stock notification than it is really a deal, especially with tungsten prices having gone through the roof. However, I do have these priced under the old price structure at 153.95 each.

There was recently another price increase on tungsten and these are currently priced at 196.35 on BCM's site. Once these are gone at this current price, I don't know if we'll be able to get them at this current price again.

Thank you so much for y'alls continued love and patronage over the years :)

Cheers,

Sol

Howdy, gang!

I'd like to post this with u/TitoJones' blessing.

Very similar to the release and launch of OD Green USP 9s we had in June of 2024, we have OD Green coming back in USP .45 variety. In this case, it's a little different and the quantities have been moved around some.

These are estimated to arrive this September. You can sign up for the waitlist and notification list using the product listings below:

- 500 units of USP .45 V1, OD Green
- 250 units of USP .45 Tactical V1, OD Green
- 250 units of USP .45 Expert, OD Green

Unlike the 2024 9mm run, not every pistol is a unique configuration and we have some re-releases. The standard full-size and Tactical pistols are re-releases of the original 2004 OD Green run. With this run, the Expert is the only pistol that has not been done in OD Green previously.

We did 500 of the full-size this time around because more people want them. We figured out that the higher price point in addition to states banning threaded barrels made Tactical models less desirable. We did increase the number of Experts this go around to 250 because the Experts evaporated the first time. I'm hoping I have the quantities divvied up better this time 😄

These will ship with 12-round magazines, but as always, I'll always ship the magazines for your local shop to pin them to 10-rounds, if applicable to you and your state.

These pistols will not have the stag horn proof marks engraved on the slide -- but the date codes should be engraved on the slides.

For those that participated in the 9mm run in 2024, is there any feedback that y'all have for me? I'm always looking for ways to improve how I do thing for y'all. I'm considering a minor pre-order like 3-5 days in advance like we did for the 9mm guns. That would help streamline shipping for us.

As always, thank you so much for your continued love, patronage and support!

Cheers,

Sol

Howdy, gang!

This week's update will also be kinda slow. I was debating skipping, but we have a few things I can include :)

As always, thank you so much for y'alls love and support! Fire away with any new questions!

Cheers,

Sol

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Noveske Rifleworks
We have stocked some stuff in the past, but they're coming back for good. Our first wave of stuff has arrived, including 6mm ARC barrels, bolt carrier groups and gas tubes. The gas tubes are the stainless vibe, versus the QPQ nitride we've had in the past. All of the new Noveske stuff can be found, here.

Icon Defense
Some of their stuff has been restocked in addition to adding billet upper and lower receivers. Icon Defense is the commercial front for Killer Innovations, the same OEM for SOLGW and many other quality manufacturers.

Arisaka Defense
We have added a bunch of their optic mounts, including their newly released EOTech EXPS mounts. These replace the original OEM mount and lever, allowing a more streamlined and robust solution to raise the height of the optic.

LMT MRGG-A 14.5" 6.5CM SBR
These have finally arrived and are available, here.

Howdy, y'all!

These aren't a normal LMT offering, but rather something we asked for LMT to make because they don't have a factory 14.5" option. These are a factory-built 14.5" MARS-L pistol intended to give people a discount and flexibility for how they want to set up their gun.

It can remain an AR pistol with a brace, have a long enough muzzle device pinned on the barrel and a stock thrown on to become a normal rifle or it can be Form 1'd to become a short-barreled rifle.

These also have a full-auto M16 Enhanced bolt carrier from the factory, instead of the neutered semi-auto bolt carrier most LMTs come with. The Enhanced bolt carrier will increase bolt lock time and help mitigate some of the extra gas that comes with sound suppression.

As always, post up your questions below. Thank you so much for y'alls continued support over the years!

Cheers,

Sol

Howdy, gang!

This week's update will be kinda slow. It's partially the reason why we didn't have one last week.

As always, thank you so much for y'alls love and support! Fire away with any new questions!

Cheers,

Sol

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Criterion
From Criterion we have two new barrel offerings coming. They are both 12.5" barrels with Midlength Gas systems on them:

• Core 12.5″ .223 Wylde Midlength Gas Barrel, 1:8 Twist, 1/2x28 Thread
• HBAR 12.5″ .223 Wylde Midlength Gas Barrel, 1:8 Twist, 5/8×24 Thread

These are something that we worked with Criterion on for a fairly lengthy amount of time. I'm super excited for these. The waitlists are now active and can be joined. I'm expecting these in hopefully July/August timeframe.

Allen Engineering
We're starting to stock most of their catalog. To start, we currently have some AEM5K and AEM5-30 suppressors on hand and ready to ship.

Radian
Some of the G43X and G48 Anchor Magwells have arrived. We have Gen6 Afterburners and Ramjets backordered without an ETA.

HUXWRX
They've been on backorder for a long time, but they're finally here. We have 5.56/6ARC flash hiders threaded in 5/8x24. These are great for the upcoming 12.5 Criterion HBARs we have, but also currently pre-existing 5.56 barrels with 5/8x24 muzzle threads.

Howdy, gang!

A long time ago, I used to make these threads on a weekly basis. I'd like to bring those back to help create a centralized spot for y'all to receive information and ask questions :)

As always, thank you so much for y'alls love and patronage. Fire away with your questions!

Cheers,

Sol

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OD Green USP .45s & 2026 Special Offerings
Two years ago, we did a run of OD Green USPs in 9mm. This year, we're doing a run of OD Green USPs in .45ACP. These pistols are slated to arrive in September. Those product listings and waitlists are available now: Full Size, Tactical and Expert

HK is also releasing some special offerings this year, including FDE HK45s and HK45Cs in standard and Tactical models. The P30 and P30L Tactical is a first time debut as well.

Glock
We have some Gen6 pistols with standard and COA optic configurations on the way.

Primatia
The extended slide stops have now made their way back onto the site and are shipping.

Forward Controls Design
Another new product launch is FCD's Trijicon RMR and SRO mounting plate for Gen6 Glocks. They're on the way and should arrive soon. The waitlist can be found, here.

Shotgun Stuff
We're slowing building out the shotgun section of the site. Are there any product recommendations that y'all would have for this category?

Tungsten Prices & Buffers
The prices of buffers have gone wild. This is due to the prices of tungsten fluctuating. This is more just a general service announcement explaining why the massive price increase across the board for buffers.