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Smaller Companies Shine at the Great American Outdoor Show

by

Kelly Young, Senior Executive Editor

posted on February 10, 2015

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More than 200 exhibitors set up shop inside the Shooting Sports Hall of the Great American Outdoor Show, and with only a handful of them representing major firearm manufacturers, the venue provides an opportunity for lesser-known companies to shine. The gallery above contains just a few of these standouts we encountered from GAOS 2015.

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