A little later today with our daily update on how the AA Crew are getting on over at SHOT Show 2026 in Las Vegas… we’ve been out on the road ourselves today seeing some of our industry partners and picking up new stuff to test so we’re sure you’ll forgive us!
As always though, Boycie checked in this morning with his first post from inside this year’s show, and he told us;
“Today (Tuesday) was the first day that we could walk the floors of SHOT Show 2026, and at various times of the day we were joined by our good friends and colleagues from the Armed Lifestyle Magazine Team as we travelled around looking mainly for the booths that we wanted to visit later in the week.
One thing that we had very early news of and hands on with though was the pre-production model of the KWA EBolt rifle! This seems to combined elements of the highly popular RM4 (AEG) and also the LM4 GBB into a totally new package known as the Ebolt. Some of the main features of the Ebolt are a fully reciprocating bolt system, the intelligent magazine system with integrated sensors giving last round stop function and data awareness during use.
It also has Bluetooth connectivity allowing integration into other external systems such as training platforms and will allow the use of future digital interfaces. The Ebolt also uses a highly efficient brushless motor for improved durability, consistent performance and reduced wear over time. It was also great to meet with Debbie Hu, the General Manager of KWA US and Tom Sun, the senior Director of Marketing at KWA who took us through the features of the rifle and let us give it a trial run. I really think this is going to be a game changer as we discussed similar platforms and their cost point, with the KWA Ebolt expected to come in at a really great price!
With Jase off and scouting some ‘special items’ he’d been given the nod on, John, TC, and I walked round and were looking for the stands that we were hoping to go back and visit properly later in the week. During our travels we met up again with Michelle Viscusi, one of Staccato’s competitive shooters and had time to ask a few questions which we’ll use in a future feature! Before we left Michelle to go off to a display of the Ace VR training system, I presented her with one of my limited edition SHOT Show 26 patches and some candy for her and the family.
One of the other people we were hoping to meet up again with was Katherine Glock and shortly after leaving the Staccato Booth, we found ourselves at the Glock Booth, where Katherine came straight over to talk with myself and John. She asked what we thought of the Gen 6 Glock 17 that we tested yesterday on the range and we both told her how much we liked it. We both asked if she had time for a photo with us and she graciously agreed. Prior to us leaving the booth I handed her one of the special edition patches that I had taken along.
TC then indulged his nostalgic side and visited the Henry booth where he saw a couple of modern takes on their traditional lever action designs, and the remainder of the day we were all walking around, before a meeting with Osight which included an adult beverage,. We then headed over to Aimpoint where we had been invited to their VIP ‘Happy Hour’; the Aimpoint invitation was courtesy of Rodrigo Roman, a friend of TC’s, who is ex-Law Enforcement and now heads up event marketing for Aimpoint. It was here that we were met up with Nora and her father, Kelly and we all commented on how nice it was to take the load off our feet for a while.
All in all a great first day and with the SWAG collection starting to grow! I got a total of the amount of steps we had completed between us, and today alone we reached nearly 95,000, which equated to nearly 30 miles, all on the first day! Time now for some rest and recovery time before we do it all again tomorrow…”
Sounds like things are ready to heat up as the AA Crew head towards Day 2 proper of the show, and with that big, kind shout out from KWA things are already super-positive! Join us again tomorrow for the next instalment of “SHOT Adventures”!
