I've not really followed the Shot Show
WB
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Thursday, February 01, 2024, 10:30 (912 days ago)
but being on mailing lists I get emails. The only gun I've seen so far that actually blew air up my skirt was a Hammerli rimfire with a Biathlon type straight pull T-handle grip. Steyr marketed such a gun and this has be be related in patent but they also added quick interchangeable caliber/barrels from LR to WMR (actually using adapers and RUGER magazines!). That is different, magnum to LR swapping on a repeating rifle platform. The barrel "nut" headspacing is literally a quick connector like an air-hose chuck. I'm not kidding. And that fast with no tools.
Anything else interesting that I missed?
Lots of new 1911s. Lots of freak show AR-15s
Gary Reeder
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Thursday, February 01, 2024, 20:42 (911 days ago) @ WB
lots of accessories for the above guns. Red dots for every kind of firearm. AR-15s that look like an AK-47 and AK-47s that look like an AR-15 and cost more than the new S&W 44 Magnum rifle. Holsters for AR-15s. Special holsters for the various new version of the Browning Hi Power. New versions of the Browning Hi Power that don't look anything like the BHP. And of course no mention of the 65 full custom BHPs that that Reeder company came out with over the past 3 years and didn't quite cost what the new S&W 44 Magnum rifle cost. Many scopes that cost more than the new limited version of the S&W 44 Magnum rifle. New revolvers that look like something that was designed in Germany in the early '60s (from Henry). Korth revolvers that look like something a drunk designed in the early '60s but cost more that the S&W 44 Magnum rifle mentioned above. Thermal binocs that cost more than the S&W 44 Magnum rifle mentioned above. Air rifles that look just like an AR-15 that are going to get somebody shot by the cops. Very large caliber (as in 50 caliber) air rifles that cost more than the S&W 44 Magnum rifle mentioned above. A lot of small revolvers meant for concealed carry. Most don't cost as much as the S&W 44 Magnum rifle mentioned above. Some neat new revolvers from Ruger including the new Super Redhawk in 22 Hornet that hopefully won't come back and bite them in the arse (the 22 Hornet has the tendency to back out in a cylinder and lock it up). 22 K-Hornet works fine. Ruger has the new 45 ACP carbine that looks good and doesn't cost anywhere near what the S&W 44 Magnum rifle mentioned above costs. Ruger/Marlin's new model 336 in 30-30 due this year and it doesn't cost anywhere near what the new S&W 44 Magnum rifle costs. Several companies specializing in low power scopes (that doesn't make a bit of sense to me, like bringing back the Studebaker). Knives up the kazoo which would be a painful place to carry one. Lots of exotic (a new word for ugly) rifles which cost as much as the S&W 44 Magnum rifle. Several new cartridges that are touted to be the greatest, fastest, most powerful etc etc etc that go in the new exotic rifles mentioned above and most with price tags that are more than the S&W 44 Magnum rifle. Lots and lots of new suppressors (silencers to us old goats).
All this was just a very small portion of the new items that cost more than the new S&W 44 Magnum rifle.
Some other jewels that you might have the hots for
Gary Reeder
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Thursday, February 01, 2024, 21:27 (911 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
There is a new Tokarev 12 ga shotgun that comes in every color known to man and all on the same gun. Kind of a San Francisco camo. Good quality and less than $400. Lots of lever actions this year. Some real nice and some look like they were designed by an AR-15 nightmare. Most aren't priced as much as the new S&W 44 Mag rifle.
Beretta refuses to give up on the model 92. Their new model 80X Cheeta is pretty much the same gun with a new logo. But they also have another version of the 92 called (are you ready for this) the Squalo which is Italian for Shark. Why didn't they just call it the Shark? How many of us can remember Squalo. Sounds like an old west prostitute. Just another version of the model 92 9mm.
Remember the little Beretta flip barrel 22 LR and 25 ACP? Taurus brought it out after Beretta dropped it years ago. Well Gerson is bringing back a 380 version of the flip top Beretta. Here is something for the young shooters....a steel frame 9mm. Most probably have never shot a steel frame gun. Walther has a steel frame PDP in a target version. Real Avid has a Master Cleaners Kit for you clean freaks. Everything you could possibly ever need to clean your guns, like monogramed Q Tips. $200.
Swarovski has a "Smart Binoc" out. Not sure how this works but you look thru them and say "horse" and it searches around until it finds a horse and shows it to you. Or "Duck" and it finds a duck for you. I may have read the instruction booklet wrong but it is something like that and only cost right at $5000. What a deal. See. I told you there were some things that cost more than the S&W 44 Magnum rifle. There were quite a few things as exciting as a Squalo but it's time for my nap.
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"Sounds like an old west prostitute"... now that was funny
JFS
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Thursday, February 01, 2024, 22:01 (911 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
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Bring back old memories?
Gary Reeder
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Thursday, February 01, 2024, 22:14 (911 days ago) @ JFS
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One of the best things about the SHOT show was the
Gary Reeder
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Friday, February 02, 2024, 17:26 (910 days ago) @ WB
announcement from the new Remington, now called RemArms that they have departed officially from the northeast and have a new plant in LaGrange Georgia. Smart move.
Beretta and some others have a cool "Blazer" type straight
WB
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Saturday, February 03, 2024, 11:46 (910 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
pull rifle. I'm cooled to rifles but that is a really innovative new effort. Doug had a Blazer I tried in 9.3 Mauser that worked really well, very natural.
I bet it costs a small fortune, that Blazer was around $5k.
Spelled "Blaser" pronounced "BlaZer"
WB
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Saturday, February 03, 2024, 13:21 (910 days ago) @ WB
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I had a guy at one of the shows to correct me
Gary Reeder
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Saturday, February 03, 2024, 16:05 (909 days ago) @ WB
and tell me it was Blah-zer. He was quite snobby about it so I told him I heard that only gay guys owned that rifle. He huffed and walked off.