2026 SHOT SHOW releases

[nm.otter]

I've gotta go back and kick my high-school councilor in the nuts.

If Id have known there was a job in Vegas doing drugs, banging hookers, and talking about guns, I'd have made some different choices.

That's hilarious.

My version (after moving to NM and working on a project with NM Tech): If I'd known I could have gone to college and gotten a degree in blowing stuff up...

 

[benconfused]

True but I think the Benelli guy that botched things on the Backfire video is a "Senior Product Manager" at Benelli. That is highly concerning if that guy is who is leading product development decisions to say the least.

Yeah this ain't hard guys, we all have social media. His badge has his name: Bret. Quick lookup on LinkedIn and he's a Sr Product Manager employed by Benelli for 7 years.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bret-maffett-62999623/

 

[SikaHuntaa]

What did Kimber release in their rifles? Backfire skimmed over it real quick and I can't access the Kimber website for whatever reason

 

[gretch6364]

Someone said this in another thread, but the cost of these electro optics is off putting, especially when they can quickly be obsolete by the next greatest thing in a year.

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Just because something better comes out, doesn't mean they will be obsolete. Are your non-electro optics obsolete?

Also...if we take a minute and think about what these things can do...and then think back 20 years....the tech is pretty insane.

 

[Stocky]

What did Kimber release in their rifles? Backfire skimmed over it real quick and I can't access the Kimber website for whatever reason

Thread 'New Kimber Mountain Ascent'

Jun 26, 2025

Different stock, looks nice, but no 6 Creed/223/ARCs...

https://www.kimberamerica.com/mtn-ascent-peak

• PistolPete
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• Forum: Firearms

Its a new mountain ascent with a fugly stock but with a floorplate. Searching new kimber mountain ascent on Google should provide some info not from the kimbee website which has seemed to block NZ

 

[UnckleBob]

Franklin Armory introduces a new action and rifle with total round control, hybrid of a CRF and new design:

For that price, it should come with someone to carry it for owners while they are hunting.

 

[UnckleBob]

Something a lot of you guys are not aware of about the gun industry. Gun companies will frequently hire a third party marketing company who specializes in firearms/outdoor marketing and they provide the reps for these shows. Their job is to look pretty and do their pitch and that's where it ends. Sad but true.

At the NRA show a few years ago, I went to the Weatherby booth to ask if the new 307 action could take pre-fit barrels. The ladies there (mediocre at best) looked at me like I had asked the them for the square root of 1,387,333.

She was literally standing next to a builders action and had no idea what they were for.

 

[blue_ridge]

Just because something better comes out, doesn't mean they will be obsolete. Are your non-electro optics obsolete?

Also...if we take a minute and think about what these things can do...and then think back 20 years....the tech is pretty insane.

I dont want the rifle to shoot itself. I enjoy reading wind, memorizing my drops, using the reticle for holds. Everyone is different, but I draw the line at 1) the point where tech is taking over tasks I enjoy and like to improve at 2) the part where I become dependent on a device that can fail for numerous reasons.

 

[gtriple]

I dont want the rifle to shoot itself. I enjoy reading wind, memorizing my drops, using the reticle for holds. Everyone is different, but I draw the line at 1) the point where tech is taking over tasks I enjoy and like to improve at 2) the part where I become dependent on a device that can fail for numerous reasons.

So do you choose to only use iron sights since a magnified optic can fail?

Kidding of course. I’m also not a fan of aiming devices that rely on digital tech.

 

[blue_ridge]

So do you choose to only use iron sights since a magnified optic can fail?

Kidding of course. I’m also not a fan of aiming devices that rely on digital tech.

I like shooting open sights and receiver sights also. Whether with open sights or optical sights, I enjoy making the shot on my own. I also don’t want a a fishing rod that casts itself or a car that drives itself. YMMV.

 

[tim tarras]

With high mounted AR optics may be less of an issue?

The branding is lame, quite tactical timmy. "lets call it deadline and have a skull logo like dead air".

HEY!!!! tactical timmy??? That's not very nice!

For the record, I do not do any tactical stuff. In fact my wife says I have very little tact!

 

[gretch6364]

So do you choose to only use iron sights since a magnified optic can fail?

Kidding of course. I’m also not a fan of aiming devices that rely on digital tech.

I like shooting open sights and receiver sights also. Whether with open sights or optical sights, I enjoy making the shot on my own. I also don’t want a a fishing rod that casts itself or a car that drives itself. YMMV.

We all get to make our choices on what tech we are ok with. Being in CO, we are allowed very little tech on our actual weapons.

I do not personally view binoculars that give you a range and dope to be making the shot for me or acting as an aiming device. It is literally just combining binos, a range finder and a door chart in one spot.

Seems like maybe don’t go back to iron sights, but definitely don’t use a range finder. It could fail for sure.

 

[omicron1792]

Airbags, no, ABS, maybe......all the rest ABSOLUTELY

If they arent capable of successfully driving without all of the gadgets to remind them that they are driving, they dont need to be driving.

Backup sensors alone save about 100 kids lives a year.

16 year olds by nature “can’t drive without all the gadgets to remind them” they are driving. The world has taught them to have zero attention span. I doubt you have raised the one that does….their brains have literally not finished forming at 16.

 

[blue_ridge]

I’m not interested in arguing or debating the pros/cons of electronic innovation. I am only stating my opinion about how I like to shoot. Every device is a decision I have to make. Will this improve me? Will this make shooting more enjoyable? Can I count on it? Is it worth the money?
I think a big factor is how you learn things. If you learn to shoot open sights and no electronics, then adding a scope or a LRF is an added tool. If you learn to shoot with a HUD that does everything for you, you might not learn how to shoot very well. Sort of like playing video games where everything is automatic. Like said above, car backup cameras are a nice safety feature, but I’m teaching my daughter to drive right now. I make her check all her mirrors, then turn her body and look out the back window to back up. She glances at the backup camera too, but she’s not dependent on it alone. To me that’s the difference.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

Each year I pray to the gun gods that Browning releases a stainless stalker x-bolt with a composite stock in left hand. Hopefully this year my prayers will be answered.

Bonus if it comes in 6CM or a fast twist 223.

Browning has perhaps the most variations of any manufacturer I know of so I do not think your prayers are in vain!

 

[Big Sky Guy]

At the NRA show a few years ago, I went to the Weatherby booth to ask if the new 307 action could take pre-fit barrels. The ladies there (mediocre at best) looked at me like I had asked the them for the square root of 1,387,333.

She was literally standing next to a builders action and had no idea what they were for.

Seems like a terrible marketing strategy. Jim with Backfire did the Benelli rep pretty cold with his piss poor explanation of their new barrel. In the day of YouTube a reps inability to accurately and precisely describe a product (and I guess tell you why you should buy it as well) is amplified 10-20k+ fold when that video gets viewed on YouTube.

Beretta made Benelli look like an idiot in the Backfire video -

Benelli Paraphrase: “new barrel is what I call voodoo magic and is so advanced I can’t even explain it” “Performance gains of 1-7%”

Beretta Paraphrase: “this barrel won 14/15 Olympic medals and has the densest shot pattern of any shotgun barrel.”