As every year, a stop at the Vortex Optics booth produced
two of the most awaited scopes for 2018 with the 1-6x24 Razor
HD Gen II – E and the Crossfire red dot. No matter what end of
the price spectrum you are on, Vortex optics has a top-quality
scope for you this year. The 1-6x24 optic offers awesome glass
clarity combined with short to medium range variable power
scope in a short, compact package.
A stop at Palmetto State Armory teased their upcoming
HK MP5 clone rumored to be under the $1000 mark with no
confirmation on official price or release date. Along with this
product, PSA also had their new AK pistols on display. These
pistols are chambered in 9mm and coming in two variants. The
first variant uses HK and HK clone magazines while the more
popular version uses the much cheaper Glock 17 magazines.
Clint Steele was particularly excited about this due to his
love of the AK platform after seeing them in their natural
environments around the world during his time in both the US
Marine Corps and US Army. During our visit we also had the
pleasure of meeting Amelia Sapolsky. This six foot of sunshine
is not only a smart business woman who not only runs her own
media group and models for PSA’s booth, but is also a successful
contractor recruiter for SOFJobs.com which we hope to add as
a valuable partner with PMCI Magazine in the near future. A
special thank you to this young lady for being our personal
guide through this year’s line up of new PSA products.
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range with samples of the G26 and G19X, so look for those
reviews coming soon!
Moving on to the SIG Sauer booth, I was very excited to
see new model 365 subcompact 9mm to compete with Glocks
G43 and Smith and Wesson’s Shield. This thin, 10 round, double
stack pistol looked to be very impressive. Fortunately, at the
time of this article being published, we just received a sample
for review, so stay tuned for on that!
IWI announced new versions of their top selling Tavor rifle
now chambered in 7.62 as well as a 12 gauge configuration.
These Israeli bullpup style rifles and now shotgun feature 16
inch barrels in an ultra-compact, lightweight package. The 7.62
version brings more firepower via the bigger round compared
to the traditional 5.56 version. The shotgun is where the game
changer comes in. The Tavor shotgun features 3 rotating tubular
magazines to keep the shooter up and running longer than
most conventional combat shotguns. While it’s a bit heavy, the
shotgun fan who eats their Wheaties and takes their vitamins
will be in love quickly with this new IWI offering.
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