The world looks a whole lot different from 36,000 feet than it does from my deer stand a couple of hundred feet up Saddle Ridge. This Boeing 757 is traveling at more than 400 mph, yet it seems like it takes forever to get from Saddle Ridge to Las Vegas to attend the 2012 SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade) Show.
If it goes “bang” or has anything to with something going “bang”, it’s at this show, which is owned by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). Every hunting/shooting accessory and every firearm you can think of will be represented at this show. From handguns to AR-platform rifles to $100,000-plus shotguns, they are all here and dealers from throughout the world are here to place orders so you can walk into their stores and purchase the products.
Most conservation organizations have a presence of some sort here – either a booth of their own, one shared with another group or folks walking the floor working the media. Might sound like a free-for-all, but actually it is one of, if not the best-organized trade show I’ve ever attended.
I’m not alone in that opinion.
I’m attending as a member of the press and will report to you daily about the show and those attending it. There will be a couple thousand members of the press here representing print, TV, radio, digital media, including bloggers like me.
This Delta fight is full of show attendees. I’m sitting next to Richard Barch, who with his family owns Michi-Gun in St. Clair Shores, MI, and there are several others sitting around us who are attending. For the next four days Richard and others like him will be meeting with manufacturers and making purchasing decisions for their stores for the next year.
I’ll let you know what I hear and see at the show. My sources tell me there will be some big announcements Wednesday and Thursday, so stay tuned.
No comments:
Post a Comment