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SHOT SHOW 2018
Each year, as the winter winds blow through the Nevada desert, thousands of industry insiders
travel to the mecca of all firearms events, the SHOT SHOW. Company CEO’s, sales managers, media
relations specialists, machinists, survivalists, gun friendly Hollywood stars, competition shooters,
gun writers and even politicians fly into to the host city of Las Vegas from all around the world to
participate in the week’s events.
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In the city known as “Sin City”, attendees can often be
spotted sporting their favorite camo, morale patches,
company logos, 5.11 khakis and polo shirts as they
converge on the show floor during the day and off to
charity events and after parties each evening until the
wee hours of the morning bring millions of dollars to
one of the richest cities in the world.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with this
annual phenomenon, SHOT SHOW is a Trade Industry-
ONLY event, closed to the public, hosted by great
folks with the National Shooting Sports Foundation. This event
is held annually at the Sands Convention Center adjacent to
the beautiful Venetian Hotel & Casino. The attendance for this
Restricted event is open only to the hunting, shooting and
outdoor industry members as well as commercial buyers /
sellers coming from the Military, Law Enforcement and Tactical
arenas. The event is Restricted to anyone under 16 years of age
and offers very limited media coverage and attendance.
To be eligible to attend this event, one must apply and their
companies or backgrounds properly vetted and approved. Once
that process is complete you are allowed to purchase a ticket.
Luckily for PMCI Magazine, we had all access to the week’s
events with Swanson Media Group team members, Jared Peltz,
Clint Steele, John Phillips, Eric Adam, Shawn Swanson, myself
and special guest, custom knife maker, Wes Adkins.
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