Nimble Fingers SASS# 25439 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Please, please let all of us unfortunates know what new toys are being offered? We all who aren't going live vicariously thru your daily reports! Thanks ahead of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I've had to cancel this year. Maybe things will be better next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimble Fingers SASS# 25439 Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 I had a chance one year to go but was between jobs and could afford the travel expenses! Sorry, hopefully next year you will have another chance! Ok hear that guys? You got two cowpokes awaiting your reports! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 The REALLY bad thing is this year I received an invite to the day at the range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 What does a fella have to do to attend the SHOT show? Is it open to the public? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 50 minutes ago, Ramblin Gambler said: What does a fella have to do to attend the SHOT show? Is it open to the public? Not open to public. Need an FFL or be the guest of one. Some other types get in like media folks. Possibly some other ways to get in but those are the main ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman, SASS #35541 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 This year you can't even get a guest in you have to provide proof that you work for a Gun store or such. Or have a COE Certificate of Eligibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Why did they tighten it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 18 minutes ago, Ramblin Gambler said: Why did they tighten it up? Abuse of the attendance policy that went on for many years. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Dagnabbit. So what I'm hearing is that I didn't abuse it quick enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman, SASS #35541 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 lol you are Quite right you were to slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman, SASS #35541 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Attendance has been growing and it's very crowded since they moved it to the Sands Convention Center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S. Sooner, SASS #73526 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 If you are in the North East or want to travel there, many of the gun makers will be at The Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg in 2 weeks. Starting on Feb 3 till the 11th. SASS will have a booth there (booth #350) in the shooting sports hall. The show has 650,000 sq ft of show space, 1,100 plus exhibitors. Open to the public. https://www.greatamericanoutdoorshow.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 im not going this year again , my friends with SIG and US Peacekeepers will be there as usual and ill report what they tell me , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Skip the SHOT show and go o the NRA annual meeting. Same vendors and everyone is welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimble Fingers SASS# 25439 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 Just a reminder for anyone so far who has visited the shot show, any goodies we would like to know about? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 On 1/20/2018 at 3:26 PM, Henry T Harrison said: Skip the SHOT show and go o the NRA annual meeting. Same vendors and everyone is welcome Just for reference sake - The NRA annual show has about 800 vendors. The SHOT show has well over 1600 vendors and is the industries traditional roll out for new products and concepts. For anyone curious - the Media Day Range events are well chronicled on You Tube with coverage of some new and interesting firearms being shown and fired. Media Day Range events take place on the Boulder City Rifle and Pistol Club Range in Boulder City Nevada. Home of the Eldorado Cowboys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Jeff finally showed some guns in his day two video that are not "tacticool". Marlin 1894 carbine in 357. You catch a glimps of some other nice guns that the camera pans over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimble Fingers SASS# 25439 Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 I like looking at his "stills for each day as I can quietly do that during working hours at the office. He has Day1, but not Day2 posted. I'll keep checking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Saywut Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Did anyone hear about Franklin Armory bringing out an AR called the Reformation? It has a barrel shorter than 16” and has a full-fledged stock - but is not classified as an SBR. The reason? The lands and groves in the barrel are straight cut, not spirally. Thus, the ATF doesn’t classify this as either a pistol or a rifle. http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/01/23/shot-2018-secret-franklin-armorys-reformation/ Pretty slick way to stick it to the NFA, even if this thing turns out to be as accurate as a blunderbuss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy D Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 7:14 PM, Ramblin Gambler said: Why did they tighten it up? SHOT is a Trade Show. NOT a “gun show”. The number one clientele are Investors, followed by distributors and then gun store owners. Shooters & customers aren’t the main focus. It’s a business development opportunity for the firearms industry. The Business of Industry & innovation. Any company seeking investors and capital HAVE to show they "innovate" their product line to show GROWTH potential. This is also a fact for the firearms industry as investors from other arenas are interested in emerging markets. Merely showing 'projected' increased growth in sales isn't going to court investors to ones company at the most desireable rates of return or terms. Not with the downturn in firearms sales over the past year. Pres. Obama was a HELL of a firearms salesman! From his tears came tension in the firearms community which responded by an upsurge in purchases which meant a huge flow of dollars to the firearms industry! A company HAS to innovate to attract external investment at attractive rates. Hence why in MANY industries there is 'vaporware' - where a company shows glitz & glam and nothing comes of it. False innovation. Again, to court investors. Not to sell product to the individual, but to SELL THE COMPANY to INVESTORS. The practice is sort of like dressing awesome to go to a meeting to get a loan from money folks (investors). Two people can have a credit score of 800, show a stable income, project a stable future income, have a low debt to income ratio but one looks awesome and business kept and the other looks & smell like a hobo. The hobo isn't getting the low rate to borrow at! This is why trade shows are NOT meant for the CONSUMER. They are meant for the Industry & Trade entities. This is also why the SHOT Show is NOT meant for the SHOOTER, it SHOULD be an industry ONLY trade show with NDA's and NO PRESS. Then we won't end up with a bunch of Good Folks that get upset when the vaporware comes & goes like a mustard burp. The Franklin Armory product called the "REFORMATION" or what I would term "ABOMINATION" PRO: Its innovative & outside the box thinking. CON: Accuracy & ballistics MATTER more. I whole heartedly agree with Henry T. Harrison & Creeker - The NRA Expo is more end user or shooter friendly, the proceeds go to support a more shooter focused entity also! all the best my friends! Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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