Archive for NSSF

Houston Hosts NSSF First Shots' Introduction-to-Shooting Program

The NSSF First Shots Big City Tour stopped in Houston on August 2 for three days of seminars and supervised, safe introductions to target shooting.

August 09, 2013

NSSF Launches New Project ChildSafe Website

The expanded Project ChildSafe site offers new tools to promote firearm safety in the home.

June 17, 2013

Pharmaceutical coincidence? I think not.

In January, 61,000 people with pre-sharpened elbows, grumpy attitudes and viruses that have yet to be identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attended the huge petri dish known by most in the industry as the SHOT Show. Every new gun for 2013 was in attendance and available for a brief exam, if you were lucky enough to circumnavigate the 630,000-square-foot maze with all the other lab rats zigzagging between 1,600 exhibitors.

May 31, 2013

SHOT Show Sets Record Attendance, Upbeat Mood

From the exotic to the innovative, new guns came aplenty.

January 23, 2012

SHOT Show Coincides With NSSF's 50th Anniversary

The shooting industry’s annual trade show begins next Tuesday in Las Vegas. The Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show is always a spectacular event, but this year is special because it marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the SHOT Show’s owner and sponsor, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF).

January 12, 2012

The Uber Industry Trade Show

German=based IWA show features unique mood, international flavor.

March 16, 2011

Study Shows AR Market Share

Bushmaster Firearms, part of the Freedom Group of companies (along with Remington, DPMS and others) holds a 12 percent market share of modern sporting rifles (MSRs), the largest single chunk of a fragmented market. The study is based on a comprehensive 2010 market research report issued by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF).

March 08, 2011

Study Gives Fascinating Look At AR Buyers

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), a trade association for the firearms industry, has released a 2010 market research study about AR rifle buyers, revealing a treasure trove of information about the fastest growing segment of the gun business. The study was conducted by Sports Marketing Surveys, a company specializing in recreation and sports.

March 03, 2011

Viridian X5L-RS

With the new X5L-RS, Viridian has engineered its X5L green laser to fit a rifle or shotgun.

January 24, 2011

Wrapping Up the Show

A hat tip goes to Shooting Illustrated for this coverage.

January 22, 2011

The Yamaha Grizzly 450

American Rifleman Managing Editor Aaron Carter and a few other NRA editors got a chance to tear up the Nevada desert on theYamaha Grizzly 450 at Bass Pro Media Day at the SHOT Show. This automatic 4x4 has many of the same great features as big brothers Grizzly 700 and 550, including four-wheel independent suspension, and it’s powered by a fuel-efficient, liquid-cooled engine.

January 20, 2011

PowerBelt AeroLite Bullets

The new Powerbelt AeroLite is specifically designed for the standard 100-grain charge used by most hunters. According company representatives, it is a bullet built to take down whitetails with magnum performance without the magnum recoil. The AeroLite also has a much larger hollow-point cavity than other versions, which maximizes expansion capability while eliminating the weight from the bullet’s core.

January 20, 2011

Mossberg's Turkey Thug Shotgun Line

Mossberg is stepping up its efforts to serve turkey hunters everywhere this year with the new Turkey Thug line of shotguns. There will be four models offered which come complete with the Lightning Pump Action trigger system, adjustable fiber optic sights and an engraving on the reciever that reads "Turkey THUG Series."

January 20, 2011

Benelli's Joe Coogan and the Super Vinci

Benelli USA is maintaining the reputation it gained for marketing genius in 2009 with the introduction of the Vinci with its efforts at the 2011 SHOT Show. They’re calling the newest addition “the evolution of the revolution.” The Super Vinci comes complete with a catchy new commercial, user-friendly website and the aforementioned slogan.  

January 20, 2011

Photos from the Floor, Day 3

Day three is just getting started here in Las Vegas. The floor is filling up once more, as the entire hunting and shooting industry spills into the many exhibit halls at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. It’s hard to describe the chaos that is the SHOT Show, but we’re doing our best to bring you the highlights. Keep checking Twitter for instant updates, and come back to this blog for more action throughout the day.

January 20, 2011