Often completely overshadowed by the larger SHOT Show, the Antique Gun Show is strategically held during the weekend after SHOT Show (although this year it was held the weekend before). Although possibly not the best antique show in the United States, it certainly [Read More…]
Like many CZ-75 fans I have been eagerly awaiting the release of the Sphinx SDP Standard, that was announced at SHOT 2016. Sadly it appears that Sphinx is not going to be releasing the Standard. All is not lost though! They announced at SHOT that they will be [Read More…]
Novel Arms is a Japanese optics manufacturer that is partnering up with LKCI, a Turkish based company that will be importing the companies optics from Japan into the United States. A number of optics companies have used Japanese manufacturing because of the high quality [Read More…]
Melbourne, FL based Fight Lite Industries is the current company that was formally known as Ares Defense until it was renamed. Our own Pete M. published the press release showing the MXR’s introduction before SHOT, and we got a further in-depth look at the MXR [Read More…]
Bad Company Tactical has had one of the more unique products that I’ve seen over these past two shows. When it comes to having something that would actually be extremely useful and not some tactical gimmick like the Tac Sac or the Picatinny rail compensator. The [Read More…]
Ah, the Desert Tech MDR: The rifle many (based on my comments and emails) believe will be the savior of bullpups, and the best rifle ever made, sweeping aside all others. Well, that’s a pretty high bar for it to clear, but Desert Tech was at the 2017 SHOT Show, [Read More…]
Illinois based Manticore Arms has ruffled up some feathers again by introducing CZ Scorpion EVO magazines, both translucent but in clear and “Smoke Tint” polymer colors. Both are $29.95 and will be available by late February or March of this year through [Read More…]
Kalashnicohn is bringing to market Vityaz, completely manufactured in the United States. Apart from the few parts that are subcontracted out, the machining and receiver stamping is manufactured at the companies store in Phoenix, Arizona. Compared to the clone being [Read More…]
Tacoma based Rite in the Rain has made a name for themselves with their extremely durable outdoor waterproof line of notebooks and paper. This year the company is delving into shooting targets with the same durability that the company has been known for. In fact, the [Read More…]
DragonTail is a firearms cleaning company out of Minnesota that has been bringing cleaning products to market since 2014. They are an alternative to the extremely popular Boresnake currently put out by Hoppe’s. The Boresnake is probably one of those products that [Read More…]
Hazard 4 is a California based company that specializes mainly in high quality packs and bags but has also branched out into ponchos and clothing to name a few of their products. The company had a large number of products on display but what specifically interested me [Read More…]
DRD Tactical previously came out with their break down 7.62x51mm Paratus rifle, and now they have a 5.56x45mm version. We featured the Aptus on TFB TV with Edward O if you want to give that a look. It should be coming to the U.S. civilian market in Spring of this year, [Read More…]
D.I Optical is a South Korean company that has dealt mainly in optics mounts to heavy machine guns such as the .50 BMG M2, and automatic grenade launchers such as the 40x46mm High Velocity Mk.19. Recently at SHOT the company unveiled their new DILAD02, a laser aiming [Read More…]
My friend James the XD Man sent me this photo of the Springfield Armory lane at Industry Day at the Range taken with his Theta 360 camera. I thought the photo was far too cool to not share with all of you in a post, I hope we see more of these 360 cameras in […] [Read More…]
The premise of the Skeli X11 is to bring an economically priced modular “Next Generation” rifle to the consumer market. Not everyone might be able to afford or sustain a SCAR-H or SCAR-L, but with the X11, a modular, folding stock, ambidextrous (controls and [Read More…]
Apart from the newly introduced Sovereign line of shotguns, and Fieldcraft line of lightweight hunting rifles (featured on TFB TV), Barrett had some new entries on display at the booth. The Barrett 240LWS is the lightweight squad machine gun that the company has [Read More…]
Badger Ordnance has been a very innovative precision rifle accessory company for some decades now (this year the 35th anniversary). The companies products have been used in competition and in Military/LE circles for almost just as long. New for 2017 included this 60mm [Read More…]
Blackhawk! is coming out with a suppressor line. Crazy world right? The company has tooled up, worked with sub-contractors and gotten together with Silencerco for some of the adaptors provided to bring a value suppressor line to the market. The MSRP prices listed are [Read More…]
Maryland based Leitner Wise Rifle Company (LWRC) brought out a number of rifles and product enhancements this year at SHOT 2017. Possibly the biggest innovations are the California-legal modifications that can be added to any rifle in the line up, .300 BLK, M-Lok as a [Read More…]
We’ve written a number of posts on TFB about the Pakistani company Daudsons. Far from the rough copies hammered together (although remarkably accurate) in the gunmaking village of Dharra Adam Khel in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakthunkhwa. Daudsons is really [Read More…]
M+M Industries is a budding small arms design firm out of Colorado that has been bringing the 7.62x39mm M10X rifle to market for over a year. The overall goal of the design was to bring a modular rifle to the civilian market (LE/Military also a possibility) that has a [Read More…]
Axel is a long time friend of the Blog, and at SHOT 2017 he brought out one of the shotgun prototypes. He took a Remington 11, turned it upside down, then welded an MG42 grip to the bottom portion. He attached to an Ace stock, while folding a piece of metal on top of the […] Read More [Read More…]
The staff at Battle Arms Development with their white lab coats were at it again this year, showing off AR15s you swear are works of art instead of rifles, save for the 5.56x45mm stampings on the receiver. Specifically new for 2017 was the companies .300 BLK rifle [Read More…]
C-More has traditionally been more known for the companies competition sights than shotguns. But starting with the Master Key program in the 1990s at Picatinny Arsenal to get slide action shotgun mounted to an M4/M16, C-More submitted a bid and won the contract. [Read More…]
Operation Solutions International is a company in the United States that is bringing in an interesting take on magazine carriers with a single point of entry and insert. The working concept has been around for a year or more, but with OSI’s involvement in [Read More…]
Please excuse the audio. We experienced some technical issues the last day of the show. The B&T USW is a fresh take on the duty weapon concept. There have been other handguns that have some of the same features, but none of them have been anywhere as well thought out. The B&T USW also [Read More…]
Edward takes a look at the distributor exclusives that Davidson’s had on display at SHOT 2017. As one of the largest shooting sports distributors in America, they have one of the most expansive catalogs and boast an extensive selection of exclusive finishes. Thanks to our sponsors: Proxibid [Read More…]
It is so easy to get distracted by the free beer, booth babes, and multi-level displays on the main floor of SHOT. Too many attendees get caught up in the glamor of the big guys and entirely overlook the NEXT Pavilion. This is where the true innovation is hiding at the show, where innovators and [Read More…]
Safe Shoot is an Israeli company that was showing their device off at the Next booths. The device is a picatinny or scope mounted block, that electronically links up with blocks or transmitters on other rifles or just about anything you want to mount it on (if you can). [Read More…]
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