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The coolest product I saw this year at Shot Show was one that I almost did not see.  Its easy to miss things at Shot Show simply because of how many products are being shown, but this product, The Hog Saddle by Shadow Tech LLC caught my eye.  As I walked down the line at an invite only shooting event held the day before Shot Show formally opened, it was easy to miss this product, especially given the prototype Barrett M240 (we wrote about it here as the MG240LW) going through belt after belt of 7.62mm a few feet away, but there, off to my right stood a tripod with a GAPrecision rifle atop it.  I actually did walk past, but did a double take and stepped back to examine just how this GAP rifle was positioned.  What I saw was a product that was elegant in its simplicity, rugged and  effective.  It was a most beautifully machined vise designed to hold a rifle and called the Hog Saddle.  The Hog Saddle is the kind of product that you see and instantly realize the usefulness and application.  Its the kind of product that makes you slap your forehead and say “I should have thought of this”.  Its the kind of product that you realize meets a need you never knew you had or if you did realize you did have the need, this product instantly makes your life simpler and better.

Advanced Armament Corp. has built a reputation for hosting some pretty impressive parties at Shot Show.  This year they were good enough to send us a couple passes to the first annual Big Bang Shoot where we managed to complete a firearms lifetime quest and get some trigger time on a Glock 18C.