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SPECIAL REPORT SHOT SHOW 2017
Held in Las Vegas, Nevada each January the NSSF SHOT Show is an absolute must-visit for anyone involved
in any kind of shooting discipline; this year Bill made the pilgrimage to “Sin City” to report back on what’s
coming our way in relation to the tactical and firearms world for 2017!
T
30
he 39th Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade
(SHOT) Show, owned and operated by the
National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF),
signalled a positive year ahead for the firearms
industry, both in the USA and internationally.
Strong attendance, upbeat buyers and sellers,
and a series of packed special events that
collectively made up “SHOT Week” resulted in
one of the top-rated SHOT Shows ever!
The show spanned January 17th-20th 2017 at the Sands Expo
in Las Vegas. Industry professionals packed the aisles from
the get go, and by the time the doors closed on the Friday
afternoon attendance totalled nearly 65,000, surpassing last
year’s turnout to make it the second most attended SHOT Show
in the history of the event.
I’ve been to SHOT Show on a number of occasions now, and
if you’ve never visited the sheer scale of what is on offer will
blow your mind; you’ll end up walking miles to see so much
innovation that it quite literally takes your breath away, and
it’s the perfect opportunity to make new connections and re-
establish old ones.
Now we have the IWA Outdoor and Classics Show here in
Europe, and I’m pleased to report that it continues to grow
steadily, but SHOT is like IWA on steroids.