Had missed this announcement but saw it on Page Nine:

The fourth annual Media Day at the Range, scheduled for the day before the SHOT Show, will be on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at the Orange County Sheriff’s Range in Orlando. This event gives outdoor journalists the opportunity to handle and shoot new products from leading manufacturers.

Cool. Murdoc will be there.

The only think I didn’t like was that several manufacturers had their own events at separate locations on the same day. Doesn’t make it easy to check everything out.

Well, it seems that there’s no end to SHOT Show stuff here on GunPundit. Most of my own photos that turned out have been posted, but now I learn of a gallery from FNH USA with hundreds of photos, including one of little ol’ Murdoc on the first page:

So, like, now I’m digging through all 61 pages looking for more of me. What a dweeb.

There’s none of me firing the heavy stuff. We couldn’t stay for that.

Hat tip to Steve Johnson.

BWJones, a reader over at Murdoc Online, was at the SHOT Show shooting pictures and he’s got a lot of good ones up. Here’s one from the Remington, DPMS and Bushmaster shoot the day before the show opened:

A number of manufacturers all scheduled their own events Friday afternoon, and I was at the FNH USA shoot and missed this one. Looks like it was also a good one.

Here’s a shot of the HK416 (5.56mm) and HK417 (7.62mm) rifles at the show:

He’s got a lot more good shots over at JonesBlog, so go check it out. And Murdoc’s thanks to BWJones for permission to post a couple of them here.

This is a bit of a departure from the standard run of photos of guns featured at the SHOT Show. While I was checking out some Stack-On gun safes, my wife stepped over to look at a book called Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes at Krause Publications.

It’s a collection of photographs of gun owners from across the nation, and each gun owner has a chance to explain why he or she owns a gun. It’s by Kyle Cassidy, and he was at the booth and I had a chance to talk with him for a while.

Here’s the official site, and I will have more to say about Armed America after I’ve had more time to look through it. In the meantime, here’s a video:

This is the latest from Knights, their Stoner Rifle SR-15 E3 Integrated Weapons System:

It features theirn new E3 enhanced reliability bolt group. Production is “ramping up now” and should have a dealer price of $1599.

This isn’t new, is it? Or is it?

Polymer frame, stainless steel slide. Also available with a blackened stainless steel slide.

I’ve had one of these babies for a while now, and I love it. Designed to work with military MOLLE gear, the heavy duty clip is also great for a belt, pocket, or backpack. The little guys are powered by a single AA battery and make a great back-up, map reading, and general utility light. The LED delivers 30 lumens, which is not enough for a main light but gets the job done in a pinch or when you don’t need major illumination.

This year PentagonLight is offering additional colors and more screw-on filters:

I’ve had great success using “dead” batteries from remote controls in my MOLLE light. The AAs are no longer strong enough to run my television bu they power my MOLLE Light just fine and last for many hours. Since the life left in those discards is obviously limited, I carry a number of them in my pack in case I need the light for extended duty.

This new offering from LM&T uses their standard machine gun-rated barrel and a new machined bolt carrier with fewer moving parts. It’s selling now, but there’s a 16-week lead time due to high demand.

“I wish I would have brought ten of these instead of two,” the rep told me.

Everyone is going piston these days.

This autoloader is in use with the US military as the M1014. I had to wait a while to get in some shots with it, but it was worth it. Two shells to get the feel and three more bambambam. Way too much fun.

Brownells carries a 2-round extension kit for the M4 which makes it a 6+1, same as the military version.

Lt Col P at Op-For mentioned this shotgun on Monday.

And I don’t have terribly big hands:

• Caliber: .380 Auto
• Capacity: 6+1 Rounds
• Finish: Blued
• Grip: Glass-Filled Nylon
• Barrel Length: 2.75″
• Groove: 6
• Twist: 1:16″ RH
• Overall Length: 5.16″
• Weight: 9.4 oz
• California Approved: No
• Massachusetts Approved: No
• Front Sight(s): Fixed
• Rear Sight(s): Fixed
• Other Features: N/A
• Suggested Retail Price: $ 330.00
• Miscellaneous: One 6-Round Magazine Included. Available for sale beginning mid-March, 2008.

Check in the extended entry below for an exploded view of this little guy.

I will be posting the rest of my SHOT Show pictures over the rest of this week. Be sure to check back.
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