SHOT 2014 picture thread

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Lets start things off with some shots from the media day at the range.

Seen here is the Sphinx in compact (left) and full size (right). The two compacts wear a full size and compact suppressors that will be available as well.


While the regular Sphinx was a very good shooter, what I am really excited about is this all steel version. The trigger is amazing.



More to come later today, once I am able to catch up on photo editing.

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Korth's new PRS pistol, it's amazingly complex...  The pistol is a very smooth and light shooter. It doesn't feel like any .45 I've ever shot.  Like everything German, it's complicated, expensive, and completely worth it because it's so well made.





Reinventing the wheel-gun, Korth's revolver in .357 Mag. This is one of the most impressive revolvers I have ever shot. The trigger is second to none.  The Korth revolver also has quick change cylinders and non-typical controls.



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I asked the guys from Korth why they built this pistol, to paraphrase... "Ve vahnted to create ah revolutionary and modern pistol, so ve used ah 100 year old design as ah base, vith the 50 year old operating system from ah HK G3." Regardless of the irony, their repatriation of old designs is inexplicably interesting.



The Korth PRS is/will be highly configurable. There will be a variety of barrel lengths from 4"-8" in various caliber's, and with the option to bolt on awkward rail blocks...



Marvel at the complexity!



I want one, but not with white grips...



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The Glock 41 & 42, the biggest and smallest Glocks ever.


To be honest, I could not care less about the 42.  If it was a 9mm, I'd be excited for it, but it's not... 


The 41 however is pretty awesome.  I think I'll be selling my 21 soon to get one.


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The Glock 41 is something to get really excited about. This thing was a blast to shot on Monday. Fun fact, While it's the same frame as the 21, it uses the upper from the 34/35, but without the cutout. Because it's longer than the 21, they didn't need a bulky top half to achieve the optimal mass. I personally think this is the most interesting Glock to date, only rivaled by the 24C.



Glock 42, It's small, wooooo!

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The Glock 41 & 42, the biggest and smallest Glocks ever.

To be honest, I could not care less about the 42.  If it was a 9mm, I'd be excited for it, but it's not... 


The 41 however is pretty awesome.  I think I'll be selling my 21 soon to get one.

This pretty much echoes my impression of the new Glocks.  The 41 was great to shoot but, with as small and light as they're making everything (eg sub-compact 9mm pistols) I don't undstand the .380 revival.

I'll should be shooting the Sphinx today, so I will have a better idea about it.  From handling it at the range on Monday it seems like a nice enough pistol.

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We also have more coming about the entire new group of small pistols, including all of the .380s, the Remington R51, and more.

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Sorry for the delay in post to this thread.  On my flight back from SHOT I lost my hard drive with everything on it!  So I'm only able to post what I was able to put up on Facebook during the show, and some stuff I had on my CF card from the last day.

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The Tac-Con trigger.



The Tac-Con trigger does let you shoot fast, but I'm still undecided if that's because of the sear, or if it's just a really good single stage trigger. Two magazines doesn't really give you a good feel for what it's all about.


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New from Daniel Defense this year will be FDE factory rifles. The model pictured is their lightweight. The rail system is still anodized, while the receivers are Cerakoted.


DD will also be making a Mk12, they claim shoots 5/8 MOA groups with 77gn match ammo. It was impossible to evaluate on a 30 yard range while standing, but I'm inclined to believe them.


Nothing new here. Daniel Defense brought out a Mk18 because who doesn't like mag dumps out of a 10.3" barrel with a Surefire brake?


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HK has a new Key-mod rail for the MR556/416 line of rifles, along with a new suppressor being manufactured by Operators Suppressor Systems.


The new suppressor from HK is very effective.


The interface of the new muzzle device for their suppressor system.  On the right they show how it interfaces with the suppressor internals.


3D printed cross sections of their new suppressor design.



It does sort of look good, and it works really well, that's what maters anyway.


The end of their new suppressor looks like the mouth of a lamprey. Just saying...


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Smith & Wesson never fails to come up with some of the finest and most interesting wheel guns made. I am admittedly a fan-boy... I also have a soft spot for absolutely absurd large caliber revolvers. So this snubby 460 immediately caught my attention, particularly because I prefer the look of un-fluted cylinders. This one is on my list of must owns, plus I'd love to run it head to head against my 454 Casull Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan that produces 1100+ fps from it's 2.5" barrel. So I would love to know what kind of velocity a short S&W 460 would generate.




The Smith & Wesson Performance Center also had this very nice 9mm at the range. It's typical PC fair, tight fit, smooth action, and a fantastic trigger but in a cheap to shoot caliber. It also has very attractive blacked out controls.



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The Sako TRG M10 is not yet available to the plebeian masses, so any opportunity to shoot one is not to be missed.


This particular TRG M10 was chambered in .308, and dead on at 300 yards with factory ammo. The trigger and ergonomics were to my liking, and the controls and adjustments are fairly intuitive. Any platform that lets you shoot MOA or better with no prior experience and no rest is impressive.


One of the best features is the micro adjustable monopod. With just the twirl of your thumb you can bring the rifle on target.



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The Remington Arms Company 2020 developed by TrackingPoint is exactly the same as their original XS series, but without the guided trigger. So as long as you don't have a jerky trigger finger, it'll work pretty damn well.



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Burris has a whole bunch of very promising new scopes in their Xtream Tactical series, including this 1.5-8X. The glass is clear and sharp ad they have all the features people expect now days.   However I was a little disappointed by the soft clicks of the turrets, and with a list price of $1500-$1727 (depending on options), I don't know if these are really going to be able to compete with the old guard.



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SWORD International was showing off their semi-auto .338 Lapua at the range. Unfortunately you couldn't shoot it. It's basically a giant gas piston SR, but that over simplified explanation as there was obviously a lot of R&D involved. Because they realize the value in computability with standard AR parts, it takes regular AR fire control components, and the controls carry over for the most part. The big design feature is their nonreciprocating charging handle. They did mention plans to create .308 and 5.56 rifles with the same piston and side-charging features.




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The Kriss Super-V is always a crowd pleaser and fun to shoot.



New for this year is an AR stock adapter for the Super-V.


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Desert Tech is stepping into the semi-auto game with this very promising bullpup design. Right now they are a combination of functional parts and 3D printed parts (are you starting to notice the trend yet). The design is multi-caliber, giving the user the option to switch from .308 down to .556 based cartridges. As you may have already noticed the one on top has got a .308 magazine in it. We should hopefully see these before the end of the year.



The Desert Tech bullpup is fully ambidextrous, with a forward ejection pattern, so you're hot brass will be flying out of that hole above the magazine. The non-reciprocating charging handle can be swapped to either side too.



Desert Tech was also displaying their chassis system for the Remington 700 platform. It's very competitively priced for a side folder, coming around $800, but jumping up to $1100 if you want the rear monopod.



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The Nightforce B.E.A.S.T. Aptly named...



I have no clue what's going on here. But what I do know is that in the race to build the worlds tallest turret on a tactical scope, Nightforce is winning.


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The ALG Glock optic mount is awesome. This is a must have for my long slide.



Like the rest of ALG's products, this is very well made and seems to be a rock solid mount.



While it's sort of old-school, I really do prefer this to a red dot mounted to the slide.



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Samson Manufacturing has a new QD optics mount. I got to play with the prototype back in October, and it's exciting now see the real thing. This mount is like nothing else on the market, the mount is secured onto a rail with a twisting motion then locked in place. It provides a great deal of mechanical advantage over the traditional cam designs. There is much less struggling to get an optic off your weapon with one of these.



In addition to the new mounts, Samson Manufacturing's new design is finding it's way onto all their current products too. Here you can also see the very precise and secure tension adjustment on the opposite side of the Micro mount.



Another look at the new optics mount from Samson Manufacturing. They really have taken an entirely new approach to the design of QD mounts.



At last! A Key Mod rail that uses a standard barrel nut! Owners of 14.5" barrels with pinned muzzle devices rejoice! And because it's Samson Manufacturing and they're clever, you can use their Evo accessories or Key Mod accessories with this rail. 2 for 1, I'll take it!




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You might have said to your self that these look a lot like the old Premier Reticles optics. We'll you'd be half right. Tangent Theta absorbed the failing company took all the technology that was working for Premier, improved it, and then fixed everything that wasn't working. While there are a few dimensional and visual similarities, it's a completely new scope. The Glass is what you'd expect, amazing, and they have vastly improved the turrets to eliminate the breakage that plagued the Premier line.



Tangent Theta has a very impressive lineup of new glass for the show. If you can't figure it out by the name, their sort of nerdy, but that's good because these might be some of the best scopes I've looked through so far. Have probably never heard of Tangent Theta before, but don't worry, they have roots that run deep when it comes to making premium optics.



When I first saw these scopes I know they would be high end, but it wasn't until I turned the knobs and felt the precise and clear indexing for each click that I knew these were indeed S&B fighters.



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