Shooting, Hunting & Outdoor Trades (SHOT) Show 2020

by Boge Quinn

Photography by Bobby Tyler

January 27th, 2020

UPDATED January 29th, 2020

SHOT Show 2020 was held Jan. 21-24, 2020, at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, NV. Over the years, Las Vegas has proven to be the perfect city in which to hold such a large event as the SHOT Show, which is the largest convention relating to firearms, sporting goods, and related products; other cities have been tried, but Vegas is above all in its capacity to properly host such major events. Owned and operated by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the SHOT Show is the largest convention of its kind in the world: more than 55,000 industry professionals attended the 2020 SHOT Show, with the number of exhibiting companies exceeding 2,500. Product display booths covered more than 692,000 net square feet, or nearly 16 acres, of exhibit space. The SHOT Show has seen many changes over its 42-year run, with 2020 being a year of great optimism for continued growth in the firearms & sporting goods industry.

Gunblast was unable to attend the SHOT Show this year, but we did get the jump on new product introductions for 2020 at the 2019 NASGW (National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers) Show in November, where many new products are introduced to wholesalers & distributors for advance orders.

Our good friend Bobby Tyler, of Tyler Gun Works in Friona, TX, was kind enough to send us some pictures from the SHOT Show floor, and I present them here to our readers. Many thanks to Bobby, and keep your eyes on Gunblast in 2020!

God bless,

Boge Quinn

 

Lipsey's booth.

 

Lipsey's booth.

 

Ruger's NEW 57 pistol.

(Gunblast video)

 

Color case-hardened Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark XIX.

 

Walther booth.

 

Hand-engraved Walther Q5 Match SF 9mm semi-auto pistol.

 

Daniel Defense.

 

Fausti USA shotguns.

 

CZ-USA booth.

 

CZ -USA / Dan Wesson Firearms.

 

Dan Wesson "Heirloom 2020" engraved & color casehardened 1911 pistol.

 

Dan Wesson "Heirloom 2020" engraved & color casehardened 1911 pistol.

 

North American Arms.

 

North American Arms.

 

North American Arms color casehardened mini-revolver.

 

RCBS.

 

RCBS.

 

RCBS.

 

Vista Outdoor Group companies.

 

Davidson's Gallery of Guns.

 

Smith & Wesson Performance Center.

 

Smith & Wesson.

 

Smith & Wesson.

 

Republic Forge premium-quality 1911 pistols.