Gun Cranks: SHOT Show 2023 Day One Wrap-up

This video discusses the SHOT Show, highlighting both its frustrations and benefits. While setup and travel can be challenging, the event is crucial for industry titans, content creators, and commerce. The speaker acknowledges the show's relevance despite some criticisms.

This video covers Day 2 of the SHOT Show 2025, highlighting increased energy and showcasing various participants. It mentions several brands and individuals involved, encouraging viewer engagement for a chance to be featured. The content is promotional and aims to capture the atmosphere of the trade show.

This video provides a high-level overview of the SHOT Show, highlighting its scale as the world's largest shooting, hunting, and outdoor trade show. It showcases the energetic atmosphere and diverse activities, including tactical vehicle displays and brand booth events, emphasizing the broad range of professionals and products within the industry.

This guide outlines how to navigate the expansive SHOT Show, focusing on leveraging the New Product Center and networking opportunities like SHOT After Dark. It highlights the show's scale, international reach, and the growth of specific industry segments like law enforcement, drawing insights from official SHOT Show media coverage.

This video provides an insider's perspective on the SHOT Show, discussing its evolution, purpose as a trade event, and the impact of digital media. Hosts Brent Wheat and Roy Huntington, with extensive experience in firearms journalism, critique the modern media landscape's effect on industry events and outline their strategy for future content creation.

This video discusses the potential hostile takeover of American firearms manufacturer Ruger by Italian company Beretta. The hosts express concern that Beretta's European business practices and design philosophies may not align with the American market's preferences, potentially alienating Ruger's customer base. They highlight the cultural differences in how American and European companies approach product development and customer engagement within the firearms industry.

This guide, informed by Roy Huntington, Editor of American Handgunner Magazine, details the critical differences between buckshot and birdshot for home defense. It covers their physical characteristics, penetration capabilities through walls, and effectiveness at close range. The advice emphasizes choosing a load based on concerns about over-penetration while stressing the universal importance of training, target identification, and using a light for any home defense scenario.

This guide details the field stripping process for a 1911 pistol, presented by Roy Huntington, Publisher of American Handgunner. It covers essential safety checks, step-by-step disassembly, and reassembly, emphasizing techniques to prevent damage. An alternative 'cheat' method for faster disassembly is also demonstrated, along with advice on using specialized tools for tight components.

This video showcases an exceptionally rare find: a first-generation 1873 Colt Single Action Peacemaker, discovered via metal detecting in Arizona. The expert speaker details its museum-quality condition, dating it to 1875, and analyzes the authentic patina and wear, including specific gutta-percha grip details and muzzle wear from holster friction. The firearm's discovery context among homestead ruins adds to its historical narrative.

This guide, presented by Roy Huntington, Editor of American Handgunner Magazine, outlines an efficient '5-minute clean' for modern semi-automatic pistols like the Glock 26/27. It emphasizes that over-cleaning is unnecessary and can cause premature wear. The process focuses on targeted cleaning of critical areas like the barrel and slide rails, with minimal lubrication applied only to high-friction points. Proper function checks after reassembly are also highlighted.