Beyond the many guns — like the Glock 48 and 43X and new Mossberg MC1sc pistol — and the shooting stars seen at SHOT Show Industry Day at the Range, there were any number of other people and things I saw that merit a brief mention. Ashley Hlebinsky is not a shooting star, per se, … Continue reading
If any more evidence was needed that personal defense and concealed carry are the core of the civilian gun market today, the well-known shotgun company O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. provided it at the 2019 National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show. Although the mood of the SHOT Show Industry … Continue reading
I don’t talk about, much less “review,” much hardware on this blog. But because I carry a Glock 43, I made a point of stopping by the Glock bay at the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show Industry Day at the Range to check out the new G48 and G43X slimline 9mm pistols. It is … Continue reading
As I noted in concluding my last post, many companies had “brand ambassadors” at their booths and bays during the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show Industry Day at the Range. Some of them I even recognized. I am a well-known Top Shot nerd, so of course I stopped by the Colt bay when I … Continue reading
Much of my attention for the past two years has been on the “software” side of gun culture – mindset and training. Attending the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show draws my attention back to “hardware,” the material dimension of gun culture. Thanks to my friend and SHOT Show … Continue reading
Those of you who follow me on social media (@gunculture2pt0 on Twitter and Instagram, as well as my GC2.0 Facebook page) know I just spent a week in Las Vegas covering the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s annual SHOT Show. Some background for those unfamiliar. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is the trade association for … Continue reading
I found some extra material that got left out of my first three posts (here and here and here) reflecting on Matthew Ford’s study of military small arms innovation. So this is a bonus post reflecting on the idea of “Gucci kit” applied to those who carry concealed. Recalling Ford’s definition of Gucci kit (taken … Continue reading
