SHOT 2026: The Experience
SHOT is a trade show for business purposes, but not everything you see and experience at SHOT Show is business. At least not business as usual.
The Year of the Can: The White Hot Silencer Business 20 Days In
Here at SHOT Show, the busiest booths are those of suppressor manufacturers, with retailers and buyers looking for what’s new, when it will ship, and what the pricing will be.
Pew Locker Gives You a Secure, Encrypted Tool to Keep Track of Your Guns and Gear
If you own a good number of guns, gear and NFA items, a secure, encrypted inventory management system makes a world of sense.
We Don’t Know About the Chinese Calendar, But 2026 is the Year of the Suppressor
On Friday, NSSF announced that it got word that ATF processed over 150,000 eForms on Jan. 1. The normal daily volume is closer to 2,500.
A First Gun for Christmas
This time of year is when firearms are more frequently purchased as gifts. For some recipients, it will be their
Pro Tip: Just Because it Says It’s Gen3 Compatible Doesn’t Mean It Will Work in Your Gun
Gen3 is an abbreviated way to convey that a product is in its third generation and has undergone two revisions
Wooly Bully: Point6 Merino Wool Socks
Thinking ‘socks is socks’ is an outdated way to look at today’s performance socks. Who knew socks had features beyond thick or thin, and high or low? I’m still wrestling with the fact that wool doesn’t mean having hot, sweaty feet.
NASGW Industry Chatter, Speculation, Scuttlebutt, Rumors and Insight
Last week’s gathering of distributors and manufacturers at the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers Expo in Grapevine, Texas, was…enlightening. And exciting.
Don’t Look Now, But Opportunity is Knocking
This event is limited to 100 shooters and to participate in the day of training, you must be registered for the Sunday match. Get world-class Gunsite AR training, then test your skills in a well-structured competition.
By Any Means Necessary: Gun Rights Orgs Countering Anti-Gunners’ Worst Instincts
It never ceases to amaze me at the epic level of hypocrisy that comes from the gun-grabbing left. The group