SHOT Show: Taurus Counters Smith & Wesson’s New Governor with 28-Gauge Raging Judge
According to Taurus, "The first Judge of its kind is ready to take on whatever comes your way. Whatever 'it' happens to be." I reckon "it" is the media coverage given the new Smith...
SHOT Show: Trigger Happy M40-A1 Handgun No Bum Styr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxSKS28pTCc
In yesterday's Steyr Arms overview, Gunnutmegger claimed that the Styr M40-A1 handgun is a "worthy alternative to their most direct competitor: Glock." Worthy yes, but why bother? There's not a lot in it. The...
SHOT Show: ArmaLite Prez Westrom: AR-10 IS the Best Bug-Out Gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9T8RHOX1XE
SHOT Show: Kel-Tec KSG Bullpup Shotgun Explained
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2pH5yygJ0I
Kel-Tec's KSG is a SHOT Show stopper, with crowds hovering over the bullpup like disaster victims over Red Cross food supplies. OK, maybe not that desperately. But there's no question that Kel-Tec will sell...
SHOT Show: Stoeger’s M3500 Officially Official
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_f6aSwmgEU
At some point in time within the dim recesses of my pre-SHOT show past (heretofore known as "earlier"), I reported that Stoeger has finally brought the M3500 shotgun to the bird-blasting party. For the...
SHOT Show: New Guns. Blue Guns. This Gun’s Not For You Guns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DwzM-cwFcc
Blue guns are not new guns but they are good for you guns. For self-defense defenders defending in a crusade that's never ending, a blue gun is one of the few guns that's totally...
Show Show: SIG SAUER SIG50 = New McMillan TAC-50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7kxYnCQUiA
"We needed an anti-material rifle for international customers." How Tony Stark does that sound? Of course, the real world of military sales is not all Iron Man suits and Gwyneth Paltrow. It's about negotiating...
SHOT Show: Rohrbaugh Firearms R9 is No Range Toy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiJX2D60Q2g
As Karl Rohbaugh readied himself for iPhone immortality, the gunmaker shuffled the five pocket pistols on the glass countertop like a Las Vegas poker dealer. Within seconds all the guns were sitting dead center on...
SHOT Show: StressVest Tests Police Perseverance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5m5t1oa9A
At the risk or suggesting that early encounters with corporal punishment left me scarred (and glad of it), there's something slightly kinky about this product. "The StressVest has an adjustable pain penalty," the brochure...
SHOT Show: Exclusive TTAG Test of Advanced Ballistics Triple Threat Self-Defense Round
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cqkT77LOgY
As the doorman helped me gather my belongings, he looked at the holes in the target flapping in the cold desert wind. "We were testing new ammo," I told him. "The bullet breaks into...
SHOT Show: New Smith & Wesson Performance Center 647 17 HMR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQQhxoHoPqo
HMR stands for Hornady Rimfire Magnum. According to chuckhawks.com, "the .17 HMR is intended for hunting animals such as squirrels, rabbits, prairie dogs, gophers, marmots, and other small creatures. This is the same...
SHOT Show: NSSF’s War of the Words
The SHOT Show is run by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). Like our South African friend over at thefirearmsblog.com, the NSSF tries to avoid politics. As did the NRA during its early days....