As another day commences at AAHQ and the rest of the AA Crew prepare themselves for Range Days and Games this coming weekend, Boycie, TC, and Jase have been as busy as ever at SHOT Show 2026!
For those that have never had the opportunity to visit SHOT Show, or indeed any other major show, then it’s the back end of the adventure that really makes all the difference in seeing everything, or only getting a part of the story! You literally walk miles as Boycie has indicated via his step counter, and by Day 3 it all comes down to endurance, to sheer “guts n’ drive”… and having good boots!
So after the third day of pounding the unforgiving hall floors, Boycie had this to share today;
“Here we go again!
Today has been quite busy for the team and for most of the morning we were moving around the whole SHOT Show floor, returning to stands that we had located and not had an opportunity to visit properly.
My main target was to spend time at Evike and look at all the great things available there. Stand out products were the officially licensed Staccato pistols and also the range of Specna Arms AEGs that were on display. Before leaving we collected their ‘patch of the day’ with the last in the series for this year coming in the morning.
We also revisited Dead Eye Designs to collect the last of the three gun cases that they had made for myself and Li’l Stu, with the fourth being shipped directly to our good friend and colleague John P. Kelly and I went to see the guys at the StopBox booth and were challenged to a game of C.O.D. on the gaming set up; if I won against vastly more experienced players then I could win a zero cost discount code when ordering a StopBox. As I would be flying home in a couple of days and wouldn’t have enough time to order it and have it delivered, the guy who gave me the challenge originally decided to hand myself and Kelly one each from their stand. When we told the main group later in the day we were congratulated on our good fortune!
I had made arrangements to take Erik and Skye from Bushmaster Firearms out for lunch and a good chat away from the hustle and bustle of their booth; we had a really good chat with them and after an hour and a quarter we parted company as they had to return to their booth. The afternoon was spent around and being present when draws that we had entered were being called out. Unfortunately we didn’t win anything this time but on a couple of booths we were given some nice patches…
Tomorrow is expected to be a bit quieter as a lot of people are already starting to head home due to incoming storms around some parts of the USA, so we will get around much easier with less people crowding the aisles. With Nora, Kelly, and TC out this evening at the 5.11 store for a special event, it left John P and I deciding to return to the Golden Circle Sports Bar for dinner and soft drinks to rehydrate!
Day 4 beckons, the last day of Shot Show 2026…”
So, one more “last hurrah” for the AA guys at SHOT Show, and one more “daily” to come… of course the work doesn’t stop there as “Da Bois” will return to home base next week and get their show report finished up ready for the new issue on the 15th of February!
