2012 New Products

SHOT Show 2012—New Products

See the latest and greatest new guns and gear in live updates from the floor of the 2012 SHOT Show in Las Vegas.

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Does Your AR Have a Built-In Miss?

Shooting an AR-15 at room-clearing distances may require you to rethink how you see your target.

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Top Shot AR

For the best AR, build one yourself. Better yet, have Top Shot winner Iain Harrison build one for you.

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Kimber Solo

Kimber takes center stage and delivers a stunning Solo, literally, with its latest pistol designed from the ground up for concealed carry.

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Sheriff Jim shoots from behind a barricade

Using Cover

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Chad Adams shoots a pocket auto at the range

Using Pocket Pistols

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M24 Sniper Weapon System

M24 Sniper Weapon System

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The Always Gun and Its Essential Role for the Disabled

In his sixth installment in his series catering to self-defense and the disabled, the author explores a different role for the common backup gun and the vital role it plays for the disabled. Photos by Lloyd Hill and Alex Sutherland

Eyecups are not comfortable and can add to fogging problems in humid weather, but they reduce the glow reflected on the face, as seen here. Even the cheapest I² night vision devices will see this glow brightly at long range. U.S. Army photo.

Shooting With Night Vision

Night-vision devices are more affordable than ever, but do you know how to properly use them when the chips are down?

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Galco Summer Comfort for Lightguard-Equipped Guns

Finding a good holster for a handgun equipped with Crimson Trace's new weaponlight can be a challenge, but now there's a great solution.

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5.11 Tactical COVRT M4 Case

Concealed carry is not just for handguns anymore.

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Talking Double

Some defensive handgunning terms require further explanation. Such is the case with the double tap, hammer and controlled pair.

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Matchmaking

In a perfect world, we would shoot only our preferred loads once we had identified them.


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WEEKLY SLUG

Suppressors Arrive on Main Street

Various forms of firearm suppressors have been used by shooters for more than a century, but in recent months, it appears the often-misunderstood and mischaracterized devices are finally reaching their widest-ever acceptance with a momentum like never before.

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.380 ACP Federal 90-grain Hydra-Shok JHP

Finding the right balance between penetration and expansion is the key to any defensive load.

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