{"id":4031,"date":"2013-01-15T00:33:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T05:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4031"},"modified":"2013-01-20T10:10:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T15:10:06","slug":"shot-show-2013-media-day-at-the-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4031","title":{"rendered":"SHOT Show 2013 Media Day at the Range"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Not Tactical, but the new Winchester 1873 is damned fun in .357 Magnum<\/p><\/div>Today was the SHOT Show 2013 Media Day at the Range. It was about 28 degrees when we arrived in Boulder City with a steady 20 mph wind, gusting to 35. Why the weather report? It definitely affected both the guns and gunners. I saw at least one handgun negatively impacted by the freezing temps–think polymer changing its resilience. No, not a Glock.<\/p>\n

The temperature variable and gusty wind also led to challenging conditions under which to evaluate the firearms. I know that my shivering and numbed hands definitely did not lead to steady sight pictures or clean trigger breaks.<\/p>\n

All in all, there was substantial bitching about the wind chill, but few complaints about the guns or manufacturers. I will post some reviews of new CCF pieces, a tactical bull pup shotgun, an exotic bull pup rifle, innovative ammo, and cool accessories that will be coming out in the near future. <\/p>\n

Tomorrow will start the show floor craziness<\/em>. Can you both want to go to something and dread it at the same time? More to come…<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today was the SHOT Show 2013 Media Day at the Range. It was about 28 degrees when we arrived in Boulder City with a steady 20 mph wind, gusting to 35. Why the weather report? It definitely affected both the guns and gunners. I saw at least one handgun negatively impacted by the freezing temps–think polymer changing its resilience. No, not a Glock. The temperature variable and gusty wind also led to challenging conditions under which to evaluate the firearms. I know that my shivering and numbed hands definitely did not lead to steady sight pictures or clean trigger breaks. All in all, there was substantial bitching about the wind … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[606,827],"class_list":["post-4031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shot-show","tag-media-day-at-the-range","tag-shot-show"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t