Accuracy Solutions at Shot Show 2018 (Part 1)

PART 1

Shot Show 2018 was a great, overwhelming, magical, and unforgettable experience. Accuracy Solutions had no doubt it would be. Maybe a little worry, but no doubt! The tireless efforts and long hours, over the past several months leading up to the show, seem to have been well placed and acknowledged in the form of our acceptance into "the club" at the industry’s Holy Grail event.

THE JOURNEY BEGINS

(Picking up AS booth)

The endless week started Friday, prior to SHOT week, as we scrambled to pick up our new booth, learn how to break it down, re-build it, package it, load it into our Product Manager's pick-up truck, and determine how best to secure it so that it didn't end up as expensive highway decoration on our journey to Sin City. We debated if we should put a tarp over the newly acquired 10 x 10 display, and begrudgingly spent the $50,000 (50 bucks) on a tarp and bucket of bungees, agreeing that this would be the most professional solution for weather proofing. After an eternity (30 minutes) in the parking lot, covering the precious cargo, the votes were tallied and the unanimous decision landed the entire crew at a local Taco Shop, to fuel up for the trip. Here we experienced our first passing grade from the SHOT Show gods. As we exited the Taco Shop, we noticed the puddles, the moisture and smell of rain in the air, and the soaking wet tarp covering our prized investment, which remained 100% free of any water damage. Chalk a small win up to the AS crew!

The next 4 hours found the crew swapping lanes and listening to tunes as we crossed the desert into the great state of Nevada, leaving our communist home in Santa Ana, California behind, and welcoming the attack of the senses that is known as Las Vegas. Our arrival at the Luxor

(AS booth set up at SHOT Show 2018)

Hotel and Casino was welcomed during the wee hours of Saturday morning by festive Friday night patrons still buzzing across and throughout Sin City’s beloved home of the recreational gambler. Though the immediate temptation was received, the lack of rest won the crew over to an instant need for replenishment, and we continued our journey with closed eyes and calm minds on the luscious creations known as hotel beds, where we would very quickly realize that an excruciatingly small amount of our time would be spent. Only a few hours into the future would find the AS crew at our first event of the weekend.

(AS Managing Member Daniel Gyurec and crew setting up targets)

INTO THE DESERT

(Shooters on the Zero Line)

The morning found the AS crew moving at a rapid pace towards hot caffeinated beverages, and then immediately out into a brisk, but comfortably Vegas morning. Our first engagement for the week sent us back towards the state line to rendezvous with our industry friends at a private shooting event in the Nevada desert. The unknown destination was roughly 20 miles outside Vegas and apparently 50 degrees colder in the harsh winter winds! Despite the regret of a couple of our team members as to their accompanied wardrobe selection, we met up with our friends from Ritter & Stark, along with Charlie Melton and the Charlie Mike Precision crew. Brad Stair (inventor of the TEJAS cartridge) from Performance Guns joined us as well, along with friend Justin Pearson of Asymetric Firearms, and a few other patrons along for the shoot. The rifles quickly began to fly out of their travel cases and the shooters began setting up to get their zeros at 100 yards.

Charlie Melton Tejas Rifles Charlie Mike Precision

(Brad Stair, Nathan Grove and Charlie Melton
mounting a BipodeXt and an Accu-Tac bipod to a R&S .338lm)

(The Buffet)

The rifles quickly began to fly out of their travel cases and the shooters began setting up to get their zeros at 100 yards. The CMP boys came over to our Product Manager shortly after to check out the new TAC model BipodeXt and Accu-Tac bipods! Seth has brought a full selection of bipods, three TAC III’s, and a TAC II for the guys to try out on there heavy magnum rigs! It wasn’t long before Charlie Melton had a TAC III and one of the new HD-50 HD-50 bipods strapped to his Ritter and Stark SLX .338lm. The Ritter and Stark shooters, who the following day would be competing in the ELR World Record shoot (hosted by our friend Eduardo Abril de Fontcuberta, we will get to him shortly), both strapped TAC III’s and Accu-Tac’s to their R&S SLX .338lm’s to try out as well!

(A mile down range)

After sending about 100 rounds downrange with every caliber the SLX could be converted to (SLX is a switch barrel .308win, .300wm, and .338lm) at the zero line, a group consisting of Nathan Grove (R&S USA, Sales Director), the two competitors shooting in the ELR event, Justin (Asymetric Firearms) and our Product Manager Seth headed way back up the opposite mountains from the target to stretch the legs of the weapon systems just over 1 mile! The top-notch marksmen from R&S had no problem landing their impacts right where their spotters Seth and Nate directed. All parties were exemplifying the true skill and fortitude required to work as a team and deliver precision fire from extreme long range! What an amazing day in the desert around some incredible shooters!