Michael Bane has posted a video on his impressions of the first day of the 2012 SHOT Show. He calls it the “Year of the .22LR” with everything from a M-1 Carbine by Chiappa to the Ruger SR22 to a .22LR version of the Sturmgewehr 44.
You can see it here.
Jeff Quinn of Gunblast.com shows some of the items he looked at in the first day of the SHOT Show. One that caught my eye in this video is the Micro Kimber that shots .45ACP but looks to be the size of a Sig P238/Colt Mustang.
Go here for a series of still photos of various firearms taken by the Quinns.
SAR Arms USA is the US arm of Turkish firearms manufacturer SAR Arms International (SARSILMAZ). They are the owners of Bernadelli and are major suppliers to the Turkish Army.
Kenn has an interview with them at the SHOT Show.
The guys at AR15.com are at the SHOT Show are highlighting some interesting AR and tactical stuff. I am highlighting the ones that caught my eye.
From LaRue Tactical:
From Samson Manufacturing, new rails and new back up iron sights:
Mission First Tactical, shows their very lightweight buttstocks. Depending on the price, I’d be very interested in this one.
Sebastian at Shall Not Be Questioned just posted on a potential new technology being tested in New York City that would detect a weapon on a person at a distance. It is a scanner that can be mounted on a police car or in a stationary location which measures energy radiating from a person. They are looking for anything that would block it.
The NY Civil Liberties Union is not so sure it isn’t an invasion of your rights with which I agree. However, bear in mind that this is Mayor Bloomberg’s New York. As Sebastian notes, “Bloomberg has never been remarkably concerned about American liberties, however, so it doesn’t surprise me this is coming out of New York.”
The video below from CBS New York concludes with a comment from a guy who says, “Who cares?” Maybe he’ll start to care when he gets flung up against a wall by a cop just because he is carrying an aluminum wallet (as Seen on TV!)
UPDATE: The New York Daily News has a report on this as well. I can foresee gangs sending out decoys with a piece of metal in the shape of a gun to lure the cops away from the scene of a crime.
John Snow, Shooting Editor of Outdoor Life magazine, really likes the Ruger American rifle. He says the design and handling of the rifle show it was designed by hunters for hunters.
What is most interesting to me about this video is that it was the first time I really got to see the bedding system used by Ruger. It looks like it does a good job of mating the action to the stock.
From what I understand, Magpul Mag-Pod USA released the Magpod floor plate at the SHOT Show. It is a floorplate for their PMags that fills in the curved void between the bottom of the magazine and a flat surface. The Magpod serves, as the name would imply, as a pod to steady your AR.
It looks like a nice little invention that was just waiting to be discovered. The only thing I wonder about is whether resting the rifle on its magazine could cause some misfeeds. This may be a non-issue and one that Magpul examined and then discarded as irrelevant.
UPDATE: According to Rob Curtis at MilitaryTime’s GearScout blog, he was concerned about the same thing.
I was surprised that shooting from the mag had no effect on feeding/cycling on either AR used during the evaluation. The first rifle was a Smith & Wesson M&P15 VTAC and the second, a Mega Arms lower with a Daniel Defense 16” upper. Both cycled flawlessly with the MagPod. I was so determined to cause a malf, that I sat on the range dumping rounds ‘till my right thumb was sore from loading and my left hand was sweating from the smoking barrels.
I guess that answers my question – it doesn’t cause misfeeds. Read his full review of it at the link above.
I thought this floorplate was from Magpul itself as it was designed to work with their PMag. That is incorrect. It is from the same company that makes Multitasker Tools. They are out of Marietta, Georgia according to their Facebook page.
I really like Kenn Blanchard but sometimes it is tough when I see him out in beautiful sunny Nevada at the SHOT Show Media Day playing with all the “new toys” while I’m stuck here in gray, overcast North Carolina working. Grumble, grumble.
I’m actually looking forward to more reports from Kenn and the other gun bloggers from SHOT Show. If I can’t be there, it is good to know that friends are and are working hard on getting the word out.
Jeff Quinn of Gunblast.com is one of those people whose opinion you just trust.
Here is his review of the 2012 SHOT Show Media Day. Make sure to click on the link about as he has posted a number of still pictures of new guns on his website.
From Down Range Firearms Training as they try the Caracal.
From Firearms Guide on the new Gen 4 Glock 21 in .45 ACP.
From GunWebsites on the new Springfield XDs45 Compact which is a single stack .45 ACP.
And another on the same XDs45 from Two Brothers Adventures which gives some more info on the pistol.
And finally, Colt’s Bulldog Gatling Gun courtesy of NRA News.
UDPATE: One more to add. Caleb of Gun Nuts Media trys out the Springfield XDs45. I think this may be one of the hits of this year’s SHOT Show.
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