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The show is over, but we will still be updating the blog and Browning.com with more information on the products introduced at the show. Thanks for joining us for this great week of fun.
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Posted: January 20th, 2012 under * 2012 SHOT Show *.
Last night was the annual Golden Moose Awards. This is an awards ceremony done by the Outdoor Channel for all the programming on the Outdoor Channel. You probably have your favorite TV shows on the Outdoor Channel and some of you probably voted for some of the winners.
A few of us got passes to attend. So we have to admit, working the SHOT Show is not all work, there is some time for fun too. The event was held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino here in Vegas (of course). Lots of awards were awarded and the entertainment was from The Zac Brown Band. Zac is a bit of a serious hunter himself and the music was amazing.
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| Outside the Hard Rock Casino waiting for a ride to the hotel. | Zac Brown and his band. Almost wrote Zac Browning. |
Jim Shockey wins another Golden Moose. |
Posted: January 20th, 2012 under * 2012 SHOT Show *.
This hat is not joke. Well, not totally.
The new SHOT Show Special “Real Deer” cap is truly one of the most popular of all the SHOT Show Specials for 2012. If you have even owned a green cap in your life, now you can own a green cap with the real deer on it — that is, the Browning Buckmark logo.
Posted: January 20th, 2012 under * 2012 SHOT Show *.
The new Browning Dirty Bird line is unlike any before at Browning. It is a line of hunting clothing made just for the most serious waterfowlers. It is not specific to certain types of gear but covers all the clothing you like to wear when out hunting and offers clothing for when just out and about.
According to product manager Rafe Nielsen, “The Dirty Bird line meets the expectations of the hard-core hunter. You know, the guys that have seen a few dirty birds come to their decoys in their lives. Our Dirty Bird line meets the expectations of these hunters.”
He goes on, “It lets you wear technical clothing in the field that works under real hunting conditions and then wear casual clothing that matches it with the same look and the great logo. If an item of Browning clothing says Dirty Bird, you can trust it is your kind of gear.”
To look at all the in-line, current Dirty Bird products just click here.
For the SHOT Show Dirty Bird specials you’ll need to go here. Scroll down a bit when you get there to locate all the models.
Posted: January 20th, 2012 under * 2012 SHOT Show *.
The Browning Black Label line of knives was officially launched here at the show. They are currently only available to look at on a special page on Browning.com. But here is one that you won’t even find there. It is a SHOT Show Special called the Perfect Store Assist.
What is different about the Perfect Storm? It is the way it opens. It is not a flipper type knife. It is better. The exclusive Russ Kommer design features a “rocker arm” integrated into the knife to release and assist the blade in opening. Once the blade is open the rocker is flush with the back of the knife handle, essentially inside the handle, so it won’t snag or catch.
It is super smooth. We asked Kommer why and he explained that the blade rotates on ball bearings. The advantage of ball bearings over a bushing type bearing is that the blade can be extremely tight and wobble free when extended, yet it spins out to open effortlessly. Very cool.
Here is the link to the Black Label Knives Article.
Black Label Perfect Storm Assist Open Knife.
Here are a few of the specifications:
• Perfect Storm Spear Point with assist mechanism
• 154 CM Stainless Steel Blade
• G-10 Handle
• 4-Position Pocket Clip
• Made in the USA
Posted: January 20th, 2012 under * 2012 SHOT Show *.
Browning has added several versions of popular rifles and shotguns stocked with a very uniquely durable, special thermally modified maple wood. These are some of the 2012 SHOT Show Specials we have been talking about.
Browning always expects some interest when a maple-stocked gun is offered, but these are generating more interest than usual. Probably because this is not your grandpas maple stock. The thermally modified maple wood tremendously improves the stock’s’ stability, strength, and weight characteristics.
Here are some of the key differences of the blanks used for these stocks:
Cynergy Classic Sporting Maple
Cynergy Maple (Top) and Citori Maple Lightning (bottom).
You can read more about this new innovation in stock blanks by going to the manufacturer’s Website: www.hot-woods.com .
Posted: January 20th, 2012 under * 2012 SHOT Show *.
The most popular SHOT Show Special safe, according to the product manager, is the Browning Outdoorsman.
According to Michael Sweeten, Product Manager, “the thing that first strikes you about it is the good looking two-tone finish that really makes for an impressive sight the first time you see it.”
The outdoorsman interior provides a very unique advantage to the outdoors family with the versatility TO accommodate long guns and/or bows as well as other valuable outdoor equipment.
Sweeten continues “It is big enough for your longest guns and your bows — and it is all accessible due to our adjustable interior configuration.”
You might call it the SUV of gun safes because the versatile design lets you cross over to store all you best gear safely.
Below are a few details.
Specifications
Posted: January 19th, 2012 under * 2012 SHOT Show *.
In fact, it has been on for a few hours. And it has been very, very busy. The Browning booth is crammed with dealers, reps, industry people, gun store employees and who knows who else. At Browning there is plenty to see.
The specials are very, very hot of course, but it is still the front of the booth where the biggest action is and the crowds form. That is where there are two huge 3-D TVs playing full 3-D versions of the A5 and Citori 725 videos. This is true 3-D with the same type of polarized glasses you would use in a theater. In front of the twin screens is a table that covers a huge floor speaker that blasts out the sound of the hunt. And on top of the table is a place for all the 3-D glasses. The glasses have A5 printed along one side and 725 printed along the other. People are stopped in the aisles, reaching for glasses and enjoying the show.
A sampling of some of the products on display by Browning are below. Details on all the SHOT Show Specials are listed on Browning.com. You can get there by clicking here on ”SHOT Show Specials.”
SHOT Show Specials
Posted: January 17th, 2012 under * 2012 SHOT Show *.
Not many hours from now the doors will open and the 2012 SHOT Show will begin. Here are a few insider details about Browning:
Here are a few photos from setting up the Browning booth.
Getting the guns set up.
The product manager sets up the gun area
Setting up the touch screens.
Posted: January 16th, 2012 under * 2012 SHOT Show *.
There have been lots of big trade shows in Vegas over the past year, but for all of us hunters and shooters no show is more important than the SHOT Show. All of us work hard and the SHOT Show is where the new products are introduced — the products we want to spend all that money on. Buying all the things we like: guns, scopes, camo stuff, hunting vests and jackets, all sorts of calls, gear for your dog, gear for your kids, more guns — you get the picture.
So over the next week we will be there to tell you about the things you won’t be able to see for yourself. Of course we will keep you up to speed on all the new Browning stuff, since that is who we are. But we will try to write about other exciting things going on like breakthough products, celebrity visits, Vegas stuff, and more.
The show starts next Tuesday, January 17th and that is when we will start writing and blogging, and shooting pictures and videos for you.
Our good friend Matt Hughes spent a lot of time in the booth last year talking to dealers and gun store guys.
Posted: January 13th, 2012 under * 2012 SHOT Show *.