Maksim

And the epic wtf is this world coming to.... Hogue Zombie Grips. When is enough? You have otherwise respectable companies like Leupold, Ruger, and Hogue feeding this tacti-tard mentality. It was pretty stupid funny when they came out with Zombie ammo, but to have manufacturers pile on this board? In full disclosure, I do have a zombie lower, which is to me pretty much the same as a gag gift, but by all means I would not be putting on glow in the dark "zombie" grips, and shooting "zombie" ammo. Zombie-tard, the new tacti-tard.

Ok, here are the pics of the Sig 938, in comparison to the 238. 938 and 238.

So went over again to Walther booth to try to figure out if there is an answer to the USPSA Production question. Quite frankly, don't count on it yet, they did not file anything with USPSA, nor is it a priority for them. Now to the gun itself. The sales guys are following the script to the t. Every other sentence was... "reset" in regards to the Walther PPQ. I really feel they are making a fool of themselves, the reset is not worth the gun, the gun is worth the gun. If you want to talk reset, I have probably seen at least 4 or 5 other production guns with as nice, if not nicer reset than the PPQ. CZ (any), FNH FNS, Springfield XD (especially the new Slim), Almost any 1911, and even some new Taurus 24/7.

Shug, Yes, the gun is 29 oz, however I don't really believe it will be a burden to carry. Well worth it.

Dont recall exact weight, but it felt solid. I feel the gun is perfectly balanced, and do not know if I would change anything on that gun. Recoil wise, I would rather put through 1000 rounds through the xd slim over 200 rounds of 9mm in the ruger LCP/LC9.

I believe the demo stuff was on the shotguns. Don't hold me to it, I do not do shotguns. Although there were some nice ass ar based shotguns being produced.

Street price of about mid 500 avail now to very soon. Magpul did have some now type stocks, was typical magpul quality, meaning good , however Jon was not crazy about it for some reason.

the NJ2AS is that grassroots campaign. More than that, it takes money to show the politicians that care. Btw, the last time there was a "rally" to oppose the one gun a month.... only 3 members showed up from here, and a few from njcsd. Great in theory.

We went to aimpoint, trijicon, but not eotech. quite frankly, having so much zombie crap out there is a big moment. Freakin Leupold puts out a zombie edition scope. To have them do, is just a total wtf moment. Burris had some great products out there.

Ok, so extra follow up requests.... Sig 938, really really nice gun. Will throw up some pics in a bit. Essentially, it is indentical to the P238, in all manners, except the barrel is about half inch longer, thus increasing its profile. Sig 938 > Sig 224. FNH - New barrel options (not legal for nj) for FN Scar. new handguns, FNS, really really sweet guns. Imagine a 1911 ergonomic grip angle, with a frame mounted safety that works, totally ambidextrous gun, striker fired with a really nice factory trigger with no mush, and a nice short reset. Speaking of reset... just about every gun at shot show, has as short of a reset as the Walther PPQ. Marketing +1 to Walther for stating the obvious. In reality, I don't know if I would pick the PPQ over the FNS, sigs or any other guns nowadays. They are all great guns. There was a bunch more stuff that quite frankly I don't remember all, and will be putting stuff together from notes when I get back. USPSA stuff.... Safariland 014 holster. Looks pretty damn nice. Solidly built, infinitely adjustable. What else.... people were going nuts to get a picture with the Gunny, as long of a line to take a pic of some of the cast of Sons of Guns, and Paige Wyatt was there from Gunsmoke. Saw the USPSA usuals, and had a nice long chat shooting airsoft with Eric Grauffel. One of the tasks I was trying to tackle, and might as well mention it, I was asked by Harry Foltz, our Area 8 director, to be the Area 8 match corporate sponsor laison. So part of my gig for myself at shot show was to speak with vendors about possibly having them sponsor the Area 8 Championship this year at Fredericksburg, VA in August. Gotten really great responses from people all seeming hell bent on making sure to support our sport and hobby.

Will be there, hating the weather after a nice and balmy 55 to 60 in Vegas. Although crap, I might need some ammo. lol. My match ammo stash is down to 100 round or so iirc.

Bryan, when we are back, will chat.

Will post later. Have to dig it out.

Bryan, cost would be less. =) Those are retail prices.

Also... Bullets.... I think Jon and I found a great source for bullets... Xtreme Plated bullets, got some samples will be loading up and shooting. Case pricing... alot cheaper over Precision Delta and Montana Gold, as they are plated, but are fairly thick plated, perfectly fine for major power factor. Surprising trend... this year, in the large bore calibers, seeing alot more 50 bmg chambered guns over 338 lapua, etc.

Sorry for lack of updates. Today was full day at range and the appropriate going out in vegas. Will have updates soon when I have some time. 1 am vegas time, and getting back up at 7 am to go back to show. will try to get some updates tomorrow from the media room. In Short... New Products. XD Slim - 45 acp, 5 + 1. Totally awesome handgun, and my choice for pocket carry, next to a Raughbar R9/R45. Street price around 550? Sig P224 - it is a sig. Meaning, great build quality, fit and finish, but I just have an issue with a street price of say $900 for a pocket gun? Is it worth twice the price of an XD Slim? Hell no. Btw, the XD Slim, out of the box, nice fit and finish, and very very nice factory stock trigger out of the box. not much mush. Sig 1911-9mm that you guys were asking about? Don't count on it. they are having supplier issues, so it will take as long as it takes. Speaking of let downs... Mag Pul... you know, the 15 round mags. In short, spoken by a Magpul rep, so take it for what it's worth, this is not the decision maker, but "Magpul has more important stuff going on than 15 round magazines, and will get around to releasing them when we can." I feel a bit let down by lack of a pocket pistol from Smith & Wesson. The major new smiths were a new Classic 586 revo, and 300 AAC Blackout upper and gun. They also had a "tactical" almost 3 gun gun, Vtac gun complete with nice rail and all. speaking of 300 AAC, seems like every big mfr and small had a 300 aac rifle in the works. Seems like that caliber is here to stay, and having the chance to shoot it suppressed, TOTALLY Awesome! Glock... more new Gen 4 Models, and official word from Glock.... Glock Gen 4 does not have "issues."

feels like crap in person too. =) was not impressed.

wowser, I am away from the internet for a few days and this comes up. =) The vendors on this forum get the price request. Those that are listed as vendors get it. Some will reply, some will not. I can't force anyone to respond, but most will and quite professional with it. Some C&R stuff, don't be surprised if you do not get a response. With the new price request feature, we went as far as we can to make it as easy as possible for vendors to respond, via email, phone or private message. Privacy... I don't see how your name and best way to contact you is "private information". If it is private, you should not post on the internet. No one sells your information, this is merely a free service to the community to make it easy to shop for firearms from vendors who support the community. =)

So sitting here with Jon and Eric.... And Lo and behold, next to us were will, stephanie and her bf from sons of guns.

No pics, just some videos. and oh yes... someone walked off with my new ear muffs. bastards.

Howdy! Just got back from Media Day 2012 for Shot Show. Holy crap, what an epic day. Shot out to 960 meters with a 416 Barret, shot clays with 3 gun open guns, and $$$$ Browning shot guns, blasted steel with high end Sphinx IPSC guns, shot both semi auto suppressed Kriss Vectors, and Select Fire SBR Kriss Vectors, Suppressed 300 AAC Blackout S&W M&P 15 rifle? check. Wasted hundreds of dollars of Winchester zombie ammo? Check. Shot over priced HK, cause we're better than you rifles? Check. Shot the brand new Sig P224 and chatted with the lead designer of the gun? Check. How about a new pocket 45 XD Slim? Check. Chatted with Jerry Mucilek, Rob Leathen, JJ, Taran, Rob Pincus, and all the other who's who in the shooting community. Wayyyyyyyyy tooo much fun. Ask away, and will be sure to put it into the blog entry with some videos. This is by far, the most fun Jon and I have had at the range. EVER!

Will be there, fresh from shot show.

can you use a makarov in the IDPA BUG division?

I would buy a commercial press and have ammo made for me. =P You get spoiled by shooting tailored loads, steel loads, loads that barely cycle the slide, or super hot loads for shits and giggles.

Was funny, noticed this thread again, and since this topic started and tim mentioned colts... I found a gorgeous, like new in box blued Trooper Mark 3. Waiting for exemption.