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SHOT show day 1 , 2014

1/15/2014

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My SHOT Show experience is very different this year.  Instead of walking every aisle looking at everything I possibly can, I'm bouncing from meeting to meeting, squeezing in interviews about A Girl & A Gun, and even have two time slots as a "celebrity appearance" at the Flashbang Holster booth!  

BUT... while I am rushing from place to place my eyes have spied some things! 
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I have always like Elvex eye wear and this year they captured a glam girl vibe.  I might just be able to pull this off!  The other new product I am excited to see is their version of "transition lenses".  Really cool because I tend to have two sets of shooting glasses, one for indoor and one one for outdoor.  I'm taking home some product samples and will be sure to give you an update soon.
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If you are into prepping or just like to organize your stuff, the guys at Absorbent Industries have a ton of cool products.  We picked up a ammo can liner to test out, and can't wait to try out their full line of products
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GPS Bags are famous for all their labeled pockets and modular bags.  New this year they have added to a line called deceit and discreet.  I think these are cool for those of us who like to keep gear in our vehicles, and keep it in a proper gun pouch.  The zippers do have locks on them, but keep in mind this is not the same security as locking them in a vehicle safe.  As with any product for quick access storage you must use good judgment and consider what is reasonable for your situation with children having access.  
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Favorite Find from  Media Day at the Range

1/13/2014

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Shot Show 2014

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WINCHESTER W TRAIN & DEFEND™
There were so many choices that are competing to be my "favorite" of the day.  Shooting the new Glock 42 .380 was a highlight for sure as was the Slidefire.  But my favorite new item debuted was most definitely the Train and Defend Ammunition from Winchester.  
There are so many choices that are competing to be my "favorite" of the day.  Shooting the new Glock 42 .380 was a highlight for sure as was the Slidefire.  But my favorite new item debuted was most definitely the Train and Defend Ammunition from Winchester.  
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Rob Pincus was on hand at the Winchester bay to demo the new ammunition and spent some time with me explaining how this ammunition came to be.
Long story short the guys at Winchester figured out how to match the grain weight of the bullet, powder charge and power factor of practice ammo to be the same as defensive ammo.  This is revolutionary!  What this means is you can work your marksmanship skill sets with cost effective ammunition and carry defensive ammunition that will feel exactly same in regards to performance and recoil.

Think back to when you were a new shooter, maybe attending your first Girl's Night Out at the range, and you were told to just pick up some ammo at your local sporting goods store and head out to the range, we would have a gun waiting there for you to borrow.  The most stressful part is looking at shelf after shelf with boxes of ammo with different grain weight, power factor, velocity, FMJ or Defensive; which one do you get to do target shooting?  Then at some point you decide you are ready for concealed carry, now have to start over again with what ammo to buy to defend your life... and you hear it will be more powerful than your practice ammo and beware of the recoil.  Winchester has answered these questions and made it extremely easy for any handgun owner to pick up practice rounds for the range and transition seamlessly to defensive rounds you carry everyday.  
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    I have been blessed with flexibility in my schedule to travel around Texas and the country teaching classes, taking classes, working matches, shooting matches and launching chapters of A Girl and  A Gun Women's Shooting League.

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