We're starting the packing process for the annual pilgrimage to SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoors Trade Show) in Las Vegas to join 70,000 of our closest friends. Sometime during the long walk through 13.9 miles of aisles staffed by 2,400 companies, we'll be bringing you daily updates via the Gun Cranks TV and Podcast shows. The live shows will broadcast daily on the FMG Publications YouTube Channel at 8pm EST and will be available in both video and audio podcast format shortly after the live broadcasts.
Fun SHOT Show Fact: Total exhibit space for the 2023 show in these two venues is estimated to be more than 800,000 net square feet—equivalent to more than 18 acres or enough space to park 547 F-16 fighter jets. The more you know...
Stay safe out there!
Tom
Insider: 5-Point 1911 Safety Check: Is Your Gun Safe?
If I had to wager, I'd wager at least 10 percent of the 1911s I've worked on over the decades have had safety issues. Some were even new guns. If I just think about well-used 1911s, I'm betting the percentage is more like 15 or even 20 percent...
A useful and factually accurate take by Tom Givens on the realities of self-defense encounters. The results from 70 street encounters by his former students may surprise you...
While you can use the Woox Thunderbird Throwing Axe for general "axe activity" like chopping and carving, as the name implies, it's optimized for flight.
A Fisher Space Pen has been on every space flight since Apollo 7 - for good reason. These innovative tools use special pressurized cartridges, so they write in most any conditions, like underwater or on greasy surfaces.
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