SHOT Show 2015: Target Stands - Right Now Range and Down Range Fabricators

Here are a couple of innovative target systems we found at SHOT Show 2015.

First up is the Right Now Range (www.rightnowrange.com) created by Neely Burks (Founder & CEO).  The Ready Range is a cardboard target system that is lightweight, portable, reusable, inexpensive and recyclable. 

The Right Now Range comes ready to use, find an appropriate place to shoot, unfold the Right Now Range, stake it out and you are ready to go. 

High quality targets are printed on the outside or tape your own to the front panels.  It also comes with a 3-tiered shelf for use with 3-D targets such as clay pigeons, tin cans, fruits, etc.  The shelf unit can be stored inside the main compartment for easy transport. 

Being cardboard, it is lightweight and highly portable.  No fear of richocets as with steel.  At $29.99 it is inexpensive.  Use the Right Now Range over and over until it no longer holds together, then send it to the recycler.   

I think you will get good value for your dollars with this product. 

We at The Gundivas are working to obtain a Right Now Range and will do a more detailed review in the future. 

The next item is manufactured by DownRange Fabrications, Inc.  (www.DownRangeFab.com)

Down Range Fabricators makes target stands for paper and clay pigeons.  What caught my eye was the hanger for clay pigeons.  These are inexpensive spring steel hangars used to hold up standard clay pigeons. 

You can use the stands manufactured by Down Range Fabricators or buy the hangars alone and create your own stand. 

The hangars are inexpensive, approximately .40 - .60 each and can be purchased individually or in packs of 10, 25, 50 or 100. 

See the website for details on how you can use these hangars. 

If you like shooting clay pigeons, check out DownRange Fabricators.  They have a unique product that will help you.

By: Mez
02/08/2015

Industry Day at the Range: Multiple Impact Bullet

Advanced Ballistic Concepts is a Colorado-based business that has introduced the Multiple Impact Bullet.  It piqued my interest and I took a moment to talk to Todd Kuchman about their product.



I'm not going to lie, these rounds are not cheap.  They're more expensive than the standard defensive round, but with a 14" spread from a .45 caliber round, that's a whole lotta center mass.  Unlike standard defensive rounds, these fragments are tethered together.  As the "bullet" leaves the barrel, it fragments into four pieces tethered together, so you end up with four points of impact: the middle slug travels down the center sight line, and the three tethered fragment spread to 14".  One shot, four points of impact.

It's a round I'm excited to try.

SHOT Show 2015: Thermal imaging for your Smartphone

Another unique item we found at SHOT Show 2015 was a micro thermal camera that attaches to your smartphone (Apple or Android).  It is produced by Seek Thermal (www.thermal.com) and retails for $299.  Yes, that is a micro thermal camera for $299.  

See thermal signatures out to 1000 feet.  The XR (extended range) variant will see objects out to 2000 feet.  

Most other thermal imagers are out of the price range of the average consumer, Seek thermal  specifically designed this camera to be affordable by the masses.  The free app to run the camera can be downloaded from the Apple store or Google Play.   

I don't have much information, best to visit their website for detailed information. 

www.thermal.com

SHOT Show 2015: Nite Beams

One of the great things about SHOT Show is it is not all about guns or gun related products.  There are many other products that have other uses.  One of these products is NiteBeams.  (www.nitebeams.com)

Nitebeams makes LED lit safety products.  Products include Pet collars, leashes, arm bands, shoe laces, baseball caps, beanie caps, safety vests, even horse bridles.  All lit with LEDs to give you extra visibility up to ¼ mile radius.

If you don’t see a product that fills your need, give them a call, they might be able to prototype exactly what you need.   

Battery life is approximately 70-80 hours and most products are washable, just remove the electronics before washing.  Different color LEDs are also available.  LEDs can be solid or flashing.  

Pricing starts at approximately $20 and goes up.  Not an outrageous price for a valuable safety device with many uses. 

If you need to be seen, check out Nitebeam products. 

By: Mez
02/02/2015

Industry Day at the Range: Magstorage Solutions

This product is something that I'm so in love with that I've actually become a dealer.

I don't know about you, but when the insanity hit Colorado and we found out we were going to be limited in magazine capacity, I bought mags for guns I didn't even own yet.  The result is that I have boxes of mags just taking up space.  Space that we really don't have in our 647 square foot house.  Magstorage Solutions is going to fix that.

You can mount this in your vehicle and not worry about losing mags.

I must have this.

You know you want a set, too.

The mags slip in securely with a satisfying "snap", but aren't impossible to remove.  The holders are easy to attach to a wall, with just four screws.  Since the attachment points are keyholes, if you need - for whatever reason - to take the whole thing off of the wall, just push the bottom of the holder up and slip it off.

Do you want to keep your mags in your gun safe with your rifles?  No problem, they've got an answer for that too.  With the neodymium magnet kit ($16.95), you can attach your mag holder to any steel door.

The wall unit (holds six magazines) retails on their website for $35.95 and the car unit (holds six magazines) retails for $109.95.

I like this product so much that I see a give-away in the future.

Industry Day at the Range: WM Tactical

Over the next few posts, Mez and I are going to be talking about the things that caught our eye at Industry Day.  In years past, we've spend a lot of focus on shooting the new toys and haven't spent any time in the non-shooting area.  This year, we set out to remedy that and we're so glad we did.  We got to see some really cool things that we might have overlooked on the show floor.

One of the booths we stopped at was WM Tactical.  What I would have given to have these multi-axis sights at my AR classes.  Since I did both classes with iron sights, having the ability to adjust them 45* to either side would have made my life so much easier on the 9-hole.

Life would have been so easy if I could have just flipped the sights to the left.

I had the chance to talk to the guys from WM, and this is what they had to say:



I have to admit, I'm sold.  The retail listed on their website is $299.95 and I wouldn't be surprised if a set showed up on my AR in the future.

Everybody Loves Kitten Videos

So I give you, Abby the Abandoned Shitten, in her RapDom Tactical beer koozie.  Every year, RapDom gives away beer koozies at their booth (though we use ours for wine bottles). 

Must protect the wine.

I've always wondered if it would fit a pocket critter like a teacup chihuahua (it doesn't) or a kitten.

I haven't been brave enough to try to strap it onto the shitten because she's sharp and pointy and not afraid to use her sharp, pointy parts.  My daughter came for a visit this morning and offered to help dress Abby.  We came out of it with surprisingly little bloodshed, though Abby may kill me in my sleep tonight.

In all honesty, cool factor aside, I've not had a chance to try their products, but they look to be well-built and sturdy.  Check them out if you're in the market for gear.  They have everything from gloves to bags.