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Highlights From NRAAM 2018, With Several Photos
With the NRA Annual Meetings solidly behind us, I feel as though I should start to talk about what I saw a bit. What follows are some of the better pictures I took while there, and some info about the guns and gear I saw. Henry never disappoints at the NRA Annual Meetings. This time […]
New guns of SHOT Show 2018
Every year, the National Shooting Sports Foundation hosts the annual Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trades (SHOT) Show. The show allows the gun industry to showcase the newest firearms and related gear. SHOT Show just ended last month in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it’s been held for several years. The following is just a few of […]
SHOT Show 2018: American Tactical shows off 9mm adapter for AR-15 lower
Down Range Daily stopped by the American Tactical booth at SHOT Show, 2018 to check out their new products. Here’s something really different–a 9mm Glock mag adapter for the AR-15 lower. Hopefully it goes without saying that mo re parts are needed to actually make a pistol caliber carbine, but this is an interesting start, […]
SHOT Show, 2018 Is Upon Us
SHOT Show, 2018 is almost here and it looks like it’s going to be a great convention for everyone. I don’t talk about it much because a big portion of my writing takes place at my day job over at concealedcarry.com where I actually get paid to talk about guns. I’ve been trying to keep […]
NRAAM: First Impressions Of Beretta APX
Beretta brought their first full-sized, striker-fired pistol to the NRA’s Annual Meetings, 2017, and I was able to get my hands on it for the first time. The first thing you notice on the Beretta APX are the serrations cut into a majority of the slide. I can say that, at first, I wasn’t the […]
NRAAM: HK Shows Off Their VP9SK
Heckler & Koch brought their new sub-compact VP9SK to the NRA’s Annual Meeting at the end of April, 2017. I had a chance to get a company representative on camera to talk about it a bit, and I’m glad I did because it looks like they’ve got a winner on their hands. Of course, it […]
NRAAM 2017: New Mossberg 500 Flex Conversion Kits [video]
Mossberg brought many of their guns to the NRA’s Annual Meetings in Georgia, and were thrilled to offer up a new product, just hitting the scene. You’ve likely heard of their Mossberg 500 Flex, which is essentially two guns in one. This new product is designed to help those of us with older Mossberg 500s, […]
NRA Annual Meetings: Rob Leatham Introduces Springfield Armory XDE [Video]
Springfield Armory was out in force at the 2017 NRA Annual Meetings in Atlanta, Georgia. They brought the winner of Night of the Saint Katelyn competition, the Springfield Armory Saint AR-15 itself, and their brand new to market pistol, the Springfield Armory XDE. They brought all of their older guns, too, but the big deal […]
NRA Annual Meetings: CMMG MKG45 Guard AR-15
CMMG was in attendance during the NRA’s 2017 Annual Meetings, showing off their new .45 ACP AR-15 carbine, officially called the MKG45. From what I’ve seen so far, I can say that something like this is long overdue. In a world dominated by 5.56 and 9mm parabellum rifles, another option chambered in .45 ACP is […]