V20: Post Shot Show 2020 Episode

In this episode, Miles, Nate (one of our great patrons) and Matthew Moss (Silah Report's Editor and has his own content) discussed a variety of interesting firearms and equipment they noticed in Shot Show 2020. Matt spoke about some neat optic- gadget made by Meprolight which also includes a round counter! You can read more about it in this TFB article written by Matt here- https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/01/23/meprolight-foresight/ Round counters were discussed including the history of round counters, going all the way back to the 1911 trials and the possible development paths for round counters in the near future. After that, Miles presented a Turkish air rifle he saw in the convention, which had features combined from M16A2, M16A4 and included a break-open rifle. It was designed for the US market. That was followed by Turkish anti-drone shotgun rounds which the presenters of the shotgun round claimed it has an effective range of 150 meters (a bit of a stretch in Miles' opinion). Matthew then brought up the topic of optics on handguns and everyone had discussed their opinion and pros and cons of handgun optics. Miles followed up by showing a number of Turkish pistols with optics. Then, Miles spoke about the Sword International booth. He spoke about a very small contract Sword International had with SOCOM and "under the table" managed to get in the hands of the Kurds in Syria. Back to Israel, Miles spoke about Bull Armory's booth and his experience with the Sales Representatives when they were shocked to see their own handguns with "DDG" (Delta Defense Group) inscribed on them. Knock offs? Actual Bull Armory's handguns? The jury is still out on this one. Finally, Miles spoke about a Turkish sniper rifle by ATA arms and mentioned how the Special Forces prefer to use European made weaponry over Turkish. Credits- Introduction audio is taken from the movie Son of a Lion, with permission of the director Benjamin Gilmour. The conversation takes place in the Kyber Pakhtunkwa (KPK) region of Pakistan and is between a customer examining a "Krinkov"-patterned rifle that is for sale. Music is traditional Arabic Dabkha by the name of اغاني دبكة تي رش رش

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