SHOT Show Archives

Stoeger just announced a micro-compact extension of their STR-9 pistol lineup, appropriately named the STR-9MC. This pistol has all the same great features for an affordable price, including a loaded chamber indicator, three-dot sight, and an (optional) optic mounting system that uses interchangeable plates.

For SHOT Show 2023, Primary Arms debuted its first American-made optics, both these new scopes are designed and built in Texas.

MDT incorporated multiple upgrades, features and revisions into the new ACC Elite, and it truly leaves little to be desired for precision shooting.

This new lower receiver takes 53-round magazines and allows you to carry seven magazines worth of ammo in just four magazines.

To ensure the fit and finish are beyond expectations, Taurus pulls these DA/SA wheelies off the assembly line and refers them to a room of expert gunsmiths, who are charged with hand-tuning each one.

Seekins Precision Havak HIT Pro fully kitted out featuring their scope mount. New this year from Seekins Precision is the PRO model of their Havak Hit rifle, as well as a very nifty modular one-piece scope mount. The Havak Hit Pro features quite a few add-ons from the base model to include an ATC muzzle [...]

Flux Defense decided you need a brace for your P320, giving you a concealable short-barreled rifle. Their Raider is a new grip module that gives you a quick-deploying brace and a larger frame for better accuracy.

The CS still retains all the performance features of the larger Staccato’s but packs them all into a much smaller package.

Daniel Defense has answered popular demand with two new products: a folding adapter for the Delta 5 Pro and Soundguard suppressors.

Safariland and Haley Strategic Partners (Travis Haley’s company) have redefined hard-use holsters with the 10th-anniversary INCOG X.

A suppressed rifle with a conventional stock can suddenly feel like a lance in your hands. But this suppressed bullpup balances nicely and is a manageable length.

Black Collar Arms has released three new products this year at SHOT; the Priapus Grip, Black Box Magazine, and the Desperado. If you aren’t familiar with them, Black Collar Arms is a firearm manufacturing company based in Central Texas that knows how to have fun marketing their products while still releasing useful and innovative firearms and parts.

Accu-Tac has made a “concept car” in a bipod. This as-yet-unnamed bipod includes all the features Accu-Tac builds into their quality bipods, and adds something a little over the top.

Cabot Guns has done it again: They’ve gathered an exotic material and worked with an American craftsman to create 4 unique full-size 1911s chambered in .45 ACP.

Kahr Firearms Group has a few updates to some existing product lines, including their new Art Gun Series, new Cerakote finish options for the Desert Eagle pistols, a fancy limited edition Desert Eagle from the custom shop, and some new Thompson rifles.

Similar to the RM66, the RP63 has a crisp single-action trigger, a hammer-mounted firing pin for increased reliability, and a rubber wrap-around grip that helps reduce perceived recoil.

Oracle Arms is a brand-new company with a unique product that they released this year. This gun is called the Oracle Arms 2311 and it’s a pistol that is still in the prototyping stage.

Designed as an upgrade for Gen 5 Glock pistols, the Glock Performance Trigger made its debut at SHOT Show 2023.

The rifle features a threaded barrel, two-position tang safety, and an adjustable trigger – perfect for reliable and safe shooting. 

Sightmark introduced two new pistol-mounted red dot sights at SHOT Show 2023. They are calling them the M-Spec M2 and M3 Solar red dot sights.

This rifle also features a threaded barrel so it is suppressor or muzzle device ready.

One of the more unique products I saw at SHOT Show 2023 was the F.A.B. Defense GL-Core IMPACT buttstock.

After stopping at the WOOX booth at SHOT Show, I was first introduced to the GLADIATORE lineup of shotgun furniture.

The Tombstone hearkens back to when cowboys in the Old West had pistols and rifles in the same caliber. Today, this same sentiment brought about the creation of this handy rifle with a lever action.

For example, it can take measurements such as the sideways pressure that you are putting on the trigger shoe and the amount of weight that you used to pull the trigger.

The Headrest Safe’s four-button padlock can hold 300 passcodes, and its biometric finger scanner can hold 48 fingerprints.

The PTR 63 is a new prototype roller-delayed weapon chambered in 5.56 that will hopefully be available around June of this year. PTR is a clone manufacturer based in our very own Aynor, South Carolina that has been producing great products for over 15 years.

Introducing the newest addition to the Mossberg family: the Patriot LR (Long Range) Tactical bolt-action rifle.

Known for their semi-auto ARs, Stag Arms came into SHOT Show 2023 swinging by unveiling their first-ever bolt action rifle.