Nukes Wrote:Golly. There seems nothing at SHOT comparable to last year's Desert Tech MDR and 2013's Leupold Mark 8's. Has anyone scouted out anything EXCITING?

LRRPF52 Wrote:I had a premonition before this year's SHOT that I needed to focus on forgetting about myself, and looking for opportunities to help others.

There were a lot of interesting new developments at SHOT. What impressed me the most was the number of charities started by combat vets to help other vets recover from TBI's, and get transitioned back into civilian life. We are losing too many genuinely good people to suicide & TBI's, and there are a number of organizations helping out with that.

I ran into some friends who I haven't seen since 2000, who started Green Beret Foundation to help pay for things like hyperbaric chamber treatments, since the Army and VA won't cover them. This particular friend of mine couldn't speak for a year, and still has seizures, but the hyperbaric chamber helped him to be able to speak.

The Green Beret Foundation works with guys like this:

[video]http://youtu.be/gqW00BxpeU4[/video]



Then there is Tom Spooner's Elder Heart:

[video]http://youtu.be/DTuFNy8NtuA[/video]


We also have Tyler Hughes Hike for Life: http://www.maxordinate.com/#!hike-for-life/cua1


I will be working with these organizations to support these causes, because they are truly noble, and the right thing to do. So when you ask me what was new and exciting about SHOT Show this year, prepare to get a different answer from me than what you expected. Please take the time to watch the videos above, and visit the websites. I know Green Beret Foundation puts 92 cents of every dollar to the actual vets, unlike some of the other scammers out there. Green Beret Foundation was started by my good friend, who would probably not be able to speak if it wasn't for outside help in getting him the chamber treatments. He gave 21 years of his life at the cutting edge, so we will be doing everything possible to help out at least from my end.

Quote:LaRue Tactical: All tooled up for 6.5 Grendel, 300 Blackout, 7-08, 6.5 Creadmoar, 260 Remington, 338 Federal, 358 Win, 450-something or the other, etc.

338 Federal is next.

Nukes Wrote:I wonder if it would launch... shoes.

SHORT-N-SASSY Wrote:[SIZE="3"]Hank Strange, at the Desert Tech booth, "Are you guys gonna do 6.5 Grendel?" --- (http://youtu.be/i9Qix1lpWuU) (See 4:18 - 4:28, 5:10 - 5:29).
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bwaites Wrote:"Ballistically its very good....that's why we are going to offer 6.8"

HUH? LOL

PigOPs Wrote:The dude obviously didn't know what he was talking about.

cory Wrote:. . . I suspect their a little hesitant to offer the Grendel, because it will require a bolt different from the .223 and .308 they've developed for this gun. . . .

[SIZE="3"]Whereas, Kel-Tec appears to have designed their beefy radiused-lug RDB Bolt, with their planned 6.5mm Grendel chambering in mind ---


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SHORT-N-SASSY Wrote:[SIZE="3"]Whereas, Kel-Tec appears to have designed their beefy radiused-lug RDB Bolt, with their planned 6.5mm Grendel chambering in mind ---


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PigOPs Wrote:The dude obviously didn't know what he was talking about.

LRRPF52 Wrote:The MDR is pretty heavy. I think Russ was just trying to answer as best as possible. I personally would put the 6.5 Grendel ahead of 7.62x39 and 6.8 SPC for obvious reasons. There are a lot of things to work out with that design. Getting the weight down without sacrificing their design goals is not an easy thing to do, when considering the requirement to be able to have an action that will handle both 7.62 NATO, and 5.56 NATO.

Bolt carrier travel is different on them. Weights and spring weights are different. It's very ambitious. They had the ejection system visible last year. This year, not so much. Too many thieves out there, and this is something innovative as far as ejection is concerned.