SHOT SHOW

[Buff]

Anyone going to SHOT SHOW next week?

[MarkCO]

Yes, about 65K from what I hear.

I will be there working most of the time. 28 slots in sponsor booths or meetings. Comfy shoes, hand sanitizer, Airborne packed. EmergenC loading this week.

[MAP]

I'll be there all week.

[Buff]

Yes, about 65K from what I hear.

I will be there working most of the time. 28 slots in sponsor booths or meetings. Comfy shoes, hand sanitizer, Airborne packed. EmergenC loading this week.


I'll be there all week.

Yeah I'm sure it'll be crowded as always.....
I'm walking it looking for new opportunity's also have a couple customer meetings and dinners set up.
Getting there Tues and flying home Friday.

[sniper7]

Anybody interested in snagging me a larue tactical dillo (beverage entry tool) if you get a chance to roll by their booth?

[J]

I'll be there for the whole show as well. Shoot me a PM if you want to meet up for a drink or a round of craps!

--J

[J]

Anybody interested in snagging me a larue tactical dillo (beverage entry tool) if you get a chance to roll by their booth?

They were gone by noon first day last year.

[sniper7]

They were gone by noon first day last year.

Doesnt surprise me, they are supposedly going to give some out each day instead of a free-for-all this time. I try to collect them and the holiday dillos they make for the Christmas tree

[th3w01f]

I'm in Vegas all week but unfortunately it's not for SHOT. Just your standard week of company sponsored drinking.

[CHA-LEE]

Be safe out there guys. Don't store anything in your vehicle that you want to lose if you drive or rent a car. The thugs are in full effect out there.

[Squeeze]

Never been. Always wanted to go (bucket list thing).

[asmo]

If my meetings on the East Coast finish early enough on Thursday I'll show up on Friday and partake of the last day.

[Great-Kazoo]

Drop by booth N512, ask for Sam. His company does vehicle armor for LE & .mil. Lives in my area.

[Buff]

I'm in Vegas all week but unfortunately it's not for SHOT. Just your standard week of company sponsored drinking.

Going to the "Adult" entertainment/film show......[LOL]

[th3w01f]

Going to the "Adult" entertainment/film show......[LOL]

Now that might be more fun than SHOT. At least for 20 minutes or so. ;/)

[Buff]

Now that might be more fun than SHOT. At least for 20 minutes or so. ;/)

Walking through the airport you see some interesting people that are in town for that show, at least I think they are.......

[Buff]

Drop by booth 508, ask for Sam. His company does vehicle armor for LE & .mil. Lives in my area.

Are you sure about the booth number, according to the floor plan/exhibitors guide 508 is Gerstner & Son out of Ohio.

[Great-Kazoo]

Are you sure about the booth number, according to the floor plan/exhibitors guide 508 is Gerstner & Son out of Ohio.

I'll check, tomorrow. Who knows who splits a booth.

[spyder]

I believe I have an old green one still in the bag if you want...

[coop68]

I will be there, flying out early wed and coming back sat.

Send me a pm or text if you have my cell if you want to meet up and grab a drink.

[Hoser]

The NRA magazines Americas First Freedom and American Warrior will have daily updates on their page.

We are presenting a custom rifle to a Wounded Warrior at the NRA booth Thursday at 11:00. Chris Cox, the NRA #2 dude and in charge if ILA, is making the presentation. If you can, swing by.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Wish I could ... had an invite to accompany a volunteer organization last fall but I quit and the offer wasn't repeated ...

[Great-Kazoo]

Are you sure about the booth number, according to the floor plan/exhibitors guide 508 is Gerstner & Son out of Ohio.

Update with correct info
N512
http://armor.angelintelligence.com/

[Skip]

Never been. Always wanted to go (bucket list thing).

Same here.

You guys who are going... If you have time take some pics and post here. Let us live through you a bit. :)

[Great-Kazoo]

Same here.

You guys who are going... If you have time take some pics and post here. Let us live through you a bit. :)

Visualize a really big, really crowded gun show. Now picture only guns and actual accessories being sold. WITH NO JERKY, DOLLS OR KNICK KNACK BOOTHS. Kind of like that. Only with new firearms, suppressors, optics, etc.

[roberth]

Visualize a really big, really crowded gun show. Now picture only guns and actual accessories being sold. WITH NO JERKY, DOLLS OR KNICK KNACK BOOTHS. Kind of like that. Only with new firearms, suppressors, optics, etc.

No cheap, crappy jewelry and kids toys.....WTF?!?!??!? :)

[Monky]

Visualize a really big, really crowded gun show. Now picture only guns and actual accessories being sold. WITH NO JERKY, DOLLS OR KNICK KNACK BOOTHS. Kind of like that. Only with new firearms, suppressors, optics, etc.

So I'm not going to SHOT for jerky... Fuck it I'm not going


Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.

[Buff]

Update with correct info
N512
http://armor.angelintelligence.com/

It's on the list, any special message I should pass along.........

[Skip]

Visualize a really big, really crowded gun show. Now picture only guns and actual accessories being sold. WITH NO JERKY, DOLLS OR KNICK KNACK BOOTHS. Kind of like that. Only with new firearms, suppressors, optics, etc.

Have most of the attendees showered? That week?

Hard to imagine...

[MarkCO]

The normal gun show junkie crowd is there, sans shower, crowding the aisles, grabbing handfuls of free stuff, trying to get selfies, increasing the biomass. The manufacturers, trying to sell to dealers and distributors endure. OTOH, there are always one or two new things that catch my interest, and I get to see a lot of friends for the first time in 4 or 5 months.

The Great American and NRA shows really are better for the firearms enthusiast.

[wyome]

Is shot open to the public? Or just industry reps

[Jer]

Is shot open to the public? Or just industry reps

Industry partners only. No general admission.

[MarkCO]

Manufacturers, dealers, distributors, media, ranges, and those who provide good and services to such.

[APEXgunparts]

Anyone going to SHOT SHOW next week?

I fly out WAY TOO EARLY on Monday morning!
I am traveling with the owner and our inventory control specialist.
We have appointments all thru the week starting 0930 on Tuesday.
FAIR Trade has a meeting with ATF HQ staff at 3Pm on Wednesday, THAT should be interesting!
If you are a FAIR Trade member I encourage you to attend.

Richard

[Great-Kazoo]

Manufacturers, dealers, distributors, media, ranges, and those who provide good and services to such.

OR.... Have the secret hand shake

[JohnnyEgo]

Way back when (2004-2008ish) when I was a gun shop flunkie, SHOT Show used to be part of our yearly circuit, along with the big shows by AmChar and Sports South. AmChar, by the way, has the shittiest t-shirts. And you accumulate a lot of t-shirts between the three, by which to judge. There are many folks who go to Shot Show for many reasons. We were a small retail gun shop that could only afford to send two employees, one of whom (me) already had another job that paid the bills and enough hotel points to keep us from staying in the Motel 3. So from our small retail perspective, day 1 was always about visiting our major distributors, of which RSR was most prominent for us, and trying to get in on as many good SHOT Show dealer packages as our stingy owner was willing to either front the money for or accept the terms. Day 2 was usually visiting the myriad of large and small accessory dealers, trying to figure out what was going to be cool or a big seller for next year (my friend's specialty) or what would be a very good deal or profitable for the shop. We'd also spend the day accruing trips to the media junkets, as well as invites to the industry parties, which is why I have so many Surefire flashlights. For us small timers, this was a business function first, and a chance to oogle cool stuff second.

Where I shined was the last day, when folks would be leaving and the booths would begin to be taken down. Everyone was tired, hung over, and infected with Shot Show crud, which made their defenses weak. My friend and I would cruise some of the key booths and just talk to people, a lot. In this way, we were able to form relationships and pull interesting products into our small shop, which meant a lot in our competitive market. One year, the Vltor VIS was the hot new thing, and they just announced the mid-length version at Shot. I was able to talk my way into acquiring two of their floor samples for our shop before they were released to the general public. We were able to drive a lot of interest to our shop with those, so it was a good investment in sending us.

In between all of this, you had all the things you get whenever you accrue a large number of people with similar interests into a confined area. These include con-funk, of both the olfactory and infectious varieties, the struggle to find edible non-fried food without having to wait forever during the lunch rush, and the giant clashes of ego and petty dramas of which you could find on any reality TV show. Oh, and one year I volunteered to be Tasered by a Playboy Bunny. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

It was a very cool chapter of my life, and I often looked forward to attending SHOT. However, five times were enough for me, and after the 2008 show in Orlando, I never went back, although I still receive an invitation to register every year. Definitely a cool thing to experience once or twice, though, particularly if you don't have to worry about running a small business.

[asmo]

You guys who are going... If you have time take some pics and post here. Let us live through you a bit. :)

63510

[asmo]

SHOT show bingo.. Some friends have been sending me these.

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[Great-Kazoo]

SHOT show bingo.. Some friends have been sending me these.

6351163512635136351463515

[ROFL3]

Probably more of them being picked up than actual swag .



OH SHIT I SAID SWAG . BRO

[asmo]

Things you see at SHOT:

63585

[Rooskibar03]

Things you see at SHOT:

63585

Hell if they let that in anyone should be able to secure a pass.

New business idea, The Tactical Rascal.

[Delfuego]

The Tactical Rascal.You got my money...

[Portsider86]

Things you see at SHOT:

63585r
Is that what passes for a booth babe these days?

[wyome]

Diabeetus

[Great-Kazoo]

Diabeetus

The dye in stuffed animals leeches in to ones blood stream. With the majority, if not all toys, being Henche en China, no surprises there.

That one's more of a rolling ER cart. Probably has electrodes wired from the ignition to organ specific areas.

[Bailey Guns]

Pat?

[Hoser]

http://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2016/1/22/americas-1st-freedom-honors-jr-salzman/

[Zach O]

http://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2016/1/22/americas-1st-freedom-honors-jr-salzman/

That's pretty dang cool.