Riley Baxter

This year at SHOT Show 2023, Zero Compromise Optic released a 10-MIL non-locking turret and an updated MPCT 2X reticle.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Shadow Systems makes top-tier products and they’ve added two new offerings this year that debuted at SHOT Show.