SHOT 2016 was an amazing experience. Below are some pictures I took during SHOT show. This picture set will feature the most innovative products that I PERSONALLY saw. This will be my last SHOT related article. Going back to gear and gun reviews for the rest of the [Read More…]
Walking around SHOT show this year I came across a neat set of hearing protection. The Hunter A2, manufactured by Hunter Electronic is a low profile, active electronic solution for protecting an end users hearing. Up until SHOT show, I was not aware of this company, [Read More…]
At SHOT show this year, if I had to pick one company that had the best accessories for the FN SCAR platform, hands down, it would be Kinetic Development Group. Aside from accessories for the FN SCAR platform, Kinetic Development Group also makes some neat accessories [Read More…]
This being my first time at SHOT, I’m sure there were all sorts of shenanigans going on that might not make the light of day in the public sphere. However there were a number of pieces that did make the industry news. Thankfully James Yeager and Instructor Zero [Read More…]
Love the concept or hate the concept, Clipdraw is now offering their Belt Clip for the Smith and Wesson Shield, Glock 42, Glock 43, Ruger LCP and Springfield XDS. The Clipdraw Belt Clip works by securing a metal clip to the pistol. Since the metal clip indexes along the [Read More…]
We blogged about the two companies coming out with AR trigger systems that increase a rifles rate of fire on TFB, Military Arms Channel has an excellent review of the Franklin Armory system as well. But at SHOT we were able to get a real hands on look at the Franklin [Read More…]
Toby Mellville of Bad Company Tactical was out at SHOT with his rifle and handgun rapid retention systems on hand. These systems have been out for a while now, but this was the first time I had heard of them. Unlike some of these kydex “M4 holsters” out on [Read More…]
SHOT 2016 Day 3 has come to an end. Below are some pictures I took during Day 3 of SHOT show. I will not be covering Day 4. Heading back to New Mexico tomorrow. Great show.
Remington, America’s oldest gun company, and also several of its newest, since the Freedom Group consolidation, had a massive presence at the 2016 SHOT Show. Its booth was seemingly an avatar incarnated of the true nature of the company itself: A conglomerate of [Read More…]
There were a number of Turkish companies at SHOT, specifically three that I came across while on the lower level. There might have been more among the booths, but these were the ones that I was able to make contact with. You might notice that Uzkon and Deryra have very [Read More…]
Jerimiah Cohen was displaying his production ready .45 ACP Kalashnikov pistol at SHOT, in the KG Industries booth on the upper level. KG coatings is a company that makes a number of firearm coatings and has been around since the 1960s, when the SEALs were looking for a [Read More…]
Reproduction firearms have always occupied a portion of the shooting market, for a variety of reasons. Many competitions are based around old firearms, such as the Single Action Army Shooting Society in the sport of cowboy action shooting. Other shooters simply want to [Read More…]
Lucid Optics has released some new products for 2016. The Lucid SC9 spotting scope and the L7 1-6x rifle scope join their existing catalog. I got to handle both of these optics this year at SHOT. Lucid SC9 Compact Spotting Scope The SC9 is a compact spotting scope that [Read More…]
Brandon from The AK Guy was out at SHOT with his design for his AK50, a Kalashnikov inspired .50 BMG rifle. He only came out with it on the second day of SHOT, because he ran into some trouble with the regulations, but not the law. The hotel he was in has rules about [Read More…]
Billet Rifle Systems presented several very neat products at SHOT 2016. Billet Rifle Systems is known for producing billet style, Ar-15 80% lower receivers as well as complete rifles. 80% lower receivers are not considered firearms by the Bureau of Alcohol tobacco and [Read More…]
At the 2016 SHOT Show, Walther had a sprawling booth, furnished with backlit tables displaying their extensive lineup of German-made handguns. The star of the show for Walther was the new PPS M2, a restyling/ergonomic improvement of the original single stack Walther [Read More…]
SHOT 2016 Day 2 has come to an end. Below are some pictures I took during Day 2 of SHOT show.
A student of the development of the M4, M4A1 and MK18 rifles knows that the lineage of these guns goes back to the Vietnam era with the Colt 629. The United States Army bought the Colt 629 and designated it the XM177E2. The United States Air Force bought the Colt 629 [Read More…]
TFB stopped at the Beretta Defense booth, where they were exhibiting the new ARX-200 7.62x51mm select-fire rifle. We reported on the rumors, and subsequent release of this rifle last year, but details remained hazy, and there was no word of a US market release. The [Read More…]
Streamlight is now offering two rail mounted lights specific for rifles. The PROTAC Rail Mount 1 and the PROTAC Rail Mount 2 join an impressive catalog of products. The PROTAC Rail Mount series have a mount machined on to the main body of the light and include a [Read More…]
SHOT 2106 Day 1 has come to an end. Below are some pictures of Range Day and Day 1 of SHOT show. Some are humorous, some are neat. Great Day Overall! Looking forward to Day 2.
While everyone was focusing on the SIG MPX, MCX, and the Legion handguns at the SIG booth, the company had a whole section of new airguns that they are producing. Not airsoft like a number of companies add their name to, but actual .177 caliber CO2 powered airguns. [Read More…]
Up until now, if you were/are in any of the world’s militaries with lax enough regulations, or are perhaps just a conniving junior enlisted warrior, then you would know that you really only had two options to record those training live fire ranges that you can [Read More…]
Tactical Solutions is a company that focuses on innovating in the field of rimfire firearms. Their booth at the show was filled with plinkers of every shape, size, and color, and it would take several posts to cover all their different offerings in depth. The company [Read More…]
Hill & Mac Gunworks brought to the show their brand new rifle, the HMG Sturmgewehr, a reproduction of the famous German StG-44 assault rifle of World War II. The company bought prototypes of three different configurations of the new gun, the STG-N, a rifle, the [Read More…]
In a show that so far seems short on major announcements, Kalashnikov USA, the orphaned official importer of Kalashnikov Concern products to the USA, announced a brand new rifle design, based on the AK, but featuring radically updated external aesthetics and ergonomics. [Read More…]
Today at SHOT show, I was able to take a look at the Desert Tech MDR in both 7.62×51 and 5.56×45. Desert Tech was taking orders on them currently, so they should head out to dealers soon. Some salient information: There is a handguard that will go around [Read More…]
Lancer has come out with a handguard for the Sig MPX series of SBRs or pistols. They are in their classic M LOK configuration, and come in either 8 inch, 10 inch, or 14 inch lengths for the different barrel lengths that the MPX comes in. The handguards attach to the [Read More…]
A company by the name of Beck Defense, in collaboration with Devil Dog Arms, and Lancer, has brought out a new cartridge by the name of .510 Beck. The cartridge is a monster round that is fired from an AR rifle, along the lines of an AR10. Similar to other large [Read More…]
This product must rate up there with one of those crosspaths of “Gee, why didn’t I think of that”, and the advancement of technology. A company called MagnetoSpeed introduced one of the oddest velocity chronographs I’ve ever seen, but the idea [Read More…]
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