We're one week away from one of my favorite industry weeks in the firearm world; SHOT Show. As usual, I will be paying very close attention to the coverage work of others and see what looks most interesting! Yes, other people's work because I can't go as I am not in the firearms industry. Maybe someday I could qualify under Press credentials but that's not really applicable.
If you aren't familiar, I've been watching what new products are announced at SHOT Show for many years now but since 2023, I've been compiling a list of what I consider to be the most interesting things I saw.
2023, 2024 and 2025 were good for lever actions and traditional-esque products being announced. I'm pretty sure that 2025 was the year of the lever gun. The top one's being Marlin filling out the line up and Smith and Wesson making more marketable revolvers like the No Locks and Mountain Guns. I really wish they had released the 617 Mountain Gun because I would have liked that more than the Model 17 I got myself for Christmas a while back.
So far, 2026 is shaping up to be even more interesting with Henry pushing further into the SPD lineup. They started with the HUSH then released the CRUSR and now have a PREDATOR which is based on their Supreme which was announced last year. All of them are very interesting.
Late 2025, Smith and Wesson added the 30-30 and 360 Buckhammer options to the 1854 which is huge for me because that means S&W beat Marlin to the threaded barrel, wood stock and blued steel game. This has been a running annoyance for me since SHOT 2023 because of the .30-30 build I have been pining about for several years now. In fact, had Marlin done a Guide Gun in .30-30 back in 2023, I would have had my rifle.
Sadly, they're both about 2 years late to this as the play money has dried up.
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