Strike Industries

Strike Industries was the third most added brand on GunPartPicker in September 2026, behind Geissele, with about 6% of every part builders added. Down from #1 in August. Builders reached for Strike Industries mostly for magazine release parts. The most added single part was the Strike Industries Ambidextrous Magazine Release, Black - ARAMBIMRBK, taking the top spot from the Strike Industries Extended Bolt Catch.

Handguards were the busiest Strike Industries category in September: 44 products came back in stock, several more than once, and demand for them fell about 15% on August. Demand for buffer springs and trigger guards slipped about 19% on August. About 68% of the 835 Strike Industries products we track are in stock today.

Also popular this month: Strike Industries Extended Bolt Catch, Strike Industries Flat Wire Spring for AR Carbine - AR-FWS-C, Strike Industries AR-15 Ultra Light Pivot / Takedown Pins - FDE and Strike Industries End Plate and Anti-Rotate Castle Nut for Receivers, Red - SI-AR-UL-MFEP&ACN-RED.

In GunPartPicker builds

• #1Most added magazine release brandTop part: Ambidextrous Magazine Release
• #1Most added bolt catch brandTop part: Extended Bolt Catch
• #1Most added buffer spring brandTop part: Flat Wire Spring, Carbine

Why Strike Industries

Strike Industries started in 2010 and works out of Las Vegas. It makes affordable AR add-ons with a look all their own, from charging handles and stocks to brakes, handguards and small controls.

The small parts are the draw. The Enhanced Bolt Catch is solid steel with a much wider paddle and listed at $13.95. The carbine flat wire buffer spring is cryo treated 17-7 PH steel, 13 7/8 inches with 35 coils, made to cut the twang and add bolt load.

Past that there's the ARCH charging handle in forged 7075-T6, the 6.6 oz MOD1 stock, the Oppressor blast shield and a long list of compensators. At SHOT 2026 it showed a P90 chassis, polymer folding stocks for about $100 and a prototype 9mm carbine.

Strike makes the most added buffer spring, in 54% of builds that have one, and the most added bolt catch at about $15, the slot's usual price. Its mag release leads its slot too, though at about $38 it costs more than the typical $29 one.

The knock is style. The looks are love it or hate it, and the oversized parts don't always play nice with other add-ons. The wide bolt catch, for one, may clash with a BAD lever.

We'd start with the bolt catch and the flat wire spring. They're cheap, quick to install and hard to get wrong.