SHOT Show Archives

New from Ruger this year is the exciting 6mm Creedmoor chambering in the American Predator Rifle as well as the popular Ruger Precision Rifle.

Liberty Safe offers shooters and collections great options for safe gun storage from standing large gun safes all the way down to quick-access handgun safes. Take a look at what is new for 2017.

AirForce is launching a suppressed .45-caliber airgun that can make 400 foot-pounds at the muzzle for target shooting and small and medium game.

It would be easy to dismiss this gun as novelty. With a standard capacity of 25 rounds — 40+1 with mini-shells — the KSG-25 is a beast.

The concept of the Handi-Racker is to assist the shooter in racking the slide, realizing the power of body weight, rather than hand and arm strength. You hold the Handi-Racker against the back of the slide and push down on the pistol, using a table or wall as a brace.

Most burglars aren’t that sophisticated, and many of them think that they can just drive a truck through the front door. That is why the first test on this case was to run at it with a 26,000 pound box truck. Then they continued with sledge hammers, cutting wheels, and when they brought it into the shop, dropped it from the top of a fork lift, all on video.

Rio Grande has stock grips, semi-custom and fully customizable grips at very affordable prices.

At first I was unsure as to how I was supposed to take seriously an optics company named Rudolph that had a reindeer on their SHOT Show booth. I mean really? But then I looked down the glass and was surprised to find that the scopes are nice. Poking and prodding, I discovered that Rudolph Optics are made in the same factory as a very popular Japanese scope manufacturer that I will not say here, and they sell for 20-30% less for about the same thing.

I love novelty guns as much as the next guy, but things seem to be changing for Heizer with this new PKO 45, and later this year, the PKO 9. Both guns have the standard Heizer look and feel, but instead of novelty, the stress seems to be on ergonomics and shootability.

A $600 butterfly knife? Doesn’t that contradict the storied history of these much-maligned self-defense knives?

To be honest, I suspect most people do not think of Remington when it comes to the topic of handguns. Rifles? The Model 700? Of course. Shotguns? How about the Model 870, right? But this is unfair as the company has a long history of producing popular handguns. From the 1858 New Army blackpowder revolver to the .41 rimfire double derringer to the Model 51 in .32 and .380 ACP to the 1911s it produced for the United States government, Remington is a company that knows its way around a handgun. So, with the introduction of the new RP9, the company is both building on tradition as well as blazing a new path.

One of my tasks for this year’s SHOT Show was to find interesting products that our GunsAmerica Stocking Dealers could carry in the store, or things to make their store more accessible and/or secure.
On the former, I found Lucky Shot USA. Several of the big box chains carry them already, and I think it is a slam dunk for anyone who has a retail establishment full of gun nuts.

Masterpiece Arms 65BA Chassis Rifle $3,150 (I can’t find other products on website) Serious shooters benefit most from small companies with design teams who are enthusiasts themselves. That is the case with Masterpiece Arms, and it is funny since they started making MAC-10s. But even going back to that gun, MPA took what is considered [...]

The Taser Pulse is an electroshock weapon that fires two probes that deliver an electric current that causes neuromuscular incapacitation.

This may come as a shock, but Beretta now makes shotguns. Once you wipe the surprise off your face, lets take a look at the offerings this year. A400 Light Camo Overview The A400 is now available in a lightweight 20-gauge configuration with a Realtree MAX-5 finish. Designed for new shooters and smaller-framed hunters the [...]

The new Micro S-1 from Aimpoint gives shotgunners a top-notch red dot that attaches directly to their vent rib.

The new Fieldcraft rifle from Barrett is a svelte and handy little sporting bolt action rifle that delivers a lot of performance for just under $1,800.

The new Atrax from Lithgow Arms gives bull pup fans an Aussie version of the popular AUG-pattern rifle.

Based on their advanced T3x action the TAC A1 model is a fully adjustable, modular bolt-action rifle with a sleek rail system, new for 2017.

For once, Hudson may have actually shifted the dynamic. I only got to shoot two magazines’ worth of ammunition, but this gun may actually live up to its hype.

Masters of the fire! Zippo has done it again with a new lineup of tools to help light your fire.

Red blooded American gun enthusiasts are a unique breed, and we like doing things our way. As you get more and more hooked on these wonderfully simple yet complicated contraptions, there is a good chance at some point you’ll want to build your own rifle, or have a rifle built for you buy a custom gunsmith.

This gun was created specifically for the newest “all the rage” on the USPSA competition circuit, and as pistol caliber carbines go, you don’t have a ton of options. Above that, you don’t have any real prior options that were specifically built to never fail in a competition setting.

These new 6.5mm rifles from Weatherby are amazing options for fans of this bullet size.

Last month at a writer’s event (yes I was invited, save the crayon jokes), we got a sneak peek at the new Battenfield Technologies Ultra Gun Vise.

Overview The czars that run Kalifornia make it real hard on those who wish to exercise our Constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms. I know, I lived there for almost a decade. Thankfully, though, there are more than a few product developers in the firearm and knife industries that find workable solutions to go [...]

The popular line of PPS M2 pistols from Walther has just expanded to include some exciting new options for 2017. Read on to find out more.

The IWI Dan precision rifle is a high-end, high-performance .338 Lapua Magnum from IWI.

Springfield’s Rob Leatham takes on GunsAmerica’s Clay Martin in the ultimate showdown. May the best shooter win!