It’s another mammoth daily from Boycie and “Da Bois” in Vegas today as their steps take them every further and deeper into the industry behemoth that is SHOT SHOW! The AIRSOFT ACTION team is REALLY covering ground and putting in max effort to try and see as many companies as possible, and get the lowdown on what they have, and what they have coming in the rest of 2025!
Straight over to Boycie for another fabulous and insightful daily update!
“Another long day of travelling the aisles of Shot Show; our legs and feet are crying out for mercy now so we’re sitting with our feet up whilst writing this report. For some reason the halls felt a lot warmer today so we made it a priority to remain hydrated which also gave us chance to have a seat for 10 minutes to rest.
Today’s walking the floors began with us in one of the side halls for a visit to EoTech. I was interested to see some of their ‘short dot’ scopes and also had been asked to gather some info for our friend Rob. As we left EoTech we collected a special Poker Chip and Decal which I’ll send to our colleague Robbie this week. We then moved further round the hall where we met up with Skye from Bushmaster Firearms. Skye was the lady loading all the mags in bitter wind chill during the Industry Day at The Range. Myself and L’il Stu asked if her hands had thawed out and she said “thankfully they have”. Myself and Stu then received a special Bushmaster Firearms cap each and we gave Skye some of the British chocolate we had brought over from home. Bidding her farewell, myself and L’il Stu then made our way downstairs to the Level 1 Hall.
Earlier in the morning we had been asked by our Deputy Editor USA, Dan, to see if we had time to go and seek out Stingray Airsoft; Dan had said that they had some quite unique innovations on show. We located the stand and were greeted by the staff, who then introduced us to the CEO of Stingray Airsoft, who showed us around their Airsoft AT-4 launcher system. The unit is a replica of the military AT-4 anti-tank weapon which fires a pre-packaged foam projectile via a compressed air charge. It loads a complete round through the back and once fired you take out the empty cartridge and reload prior to firing again. There’s a lot of components to the system which will be covered in a later issue of Airsoft Action, which include an airsoft claymore and sensor units. By the time we said thank you to the team we had been at the booth for around half an hour.
We then made our way to the Upper Hall, which is located on the second main floor of the show where companies like Smith & Wesson, Mossberg, Glock, Staccato and other major manufacturers have their booths. We were on the lookout for more booths to return to and look at products in more depth. By just before midday we were all getting ready for lunch and Steve suggested that we try the BBQ area, sponsored by Daniel Defense, located outside of Hall 2 and near the bridge to Ceasar’s; It was a great call as we all had a burger and drink which refuelled us ready for the afternoon session.
We walked back in to Hall 2 and spent some time looking first at the new Mantis training pistol. This is a full-sized replica of, at the minute Glocks but soon to be SIGs and other pistols. Inside the body of the pistol is the same Mantis 10 unit and allied to a weighted Glock style magazine it makes a really good training aid. Moving further round the hall we reached the Umarex booth and had a look around. Some of the products we were hoping to look at were behind people having meetings with Umarex staff so we decided to carry on walking the aisles as we made our way to the EVIKE stand where we were meeting Ronald Meeuwissen and Derick Moose from Titan, and Derick took us through the new innovations from them, one of which was the improved 7.4v stick battery. The current version has a 3000mAh capacity but in the new version they have managed to not only cram in another 1000mAh of capacity but also made the wiring connections much tougher than the older models. All this and for exactly the same price as the 3000mAh unit. The second new product was the charger. This now sports a new display window and also the ability to use a USB-C cable to provide the power rather than a cumbersome big cable. Easy to charge from a power bank if your field/site has limited power facilities. Lastly there was the new 18650 cell which is ideal for those who use real steel illuminators etc. The Titan 18650 not only is rechargeable but provides on average double the duration of use over that of other cells, mainly due to it’s 4000mAh capacity.
Boycie leads off again with his top choice of the day and for the second day running I chose not one but two major fanboi moments. I’d already bumped into Jerry Miculek yesterday and today I met with his daughter Lena on the Mossberg stand, where I received an autographed photo and had the opportunity for a photo with Lena. Then whilst waiting at the Staccato stand I found I was standing next to none other than Chris Costa so waited until he was finished looking at the pistols and asked if he’d mind a quick photo. He agreed and we had a quick photo before I shook his hand and thanked him for his time.
John P follows with his pick. “A friend from back home asked me to look up a company named Miller Precision Firearms while I was here. It turns out the company is right in my own backyard… just a couple hours away in Sarasota, Florida. He said they were supposed to be releasing a new pew, so I looked them up this morning and went to see what they had to offer. Too many people, what they showed us – The Ranger 9 – would’ve just seemed like just another 2011. However, after taking a closer look and being given a tour of the pistol by the guys at Miller, it became evident that they’ve really solved many of the issues shooters run into with that platform. In fact, they have 3 patents pending for the design of different features of the firearm. They spoke of how they really wanted to be able to offer custom builds without having to charge more than some of the mainstream high volume offerings (Stacatto). Looking at the different grip, barrel and slide options it looks like they’re poised to put smiles on the faces of a lot of shooters! Bravo Miller Precision Firearms!”
On to Steve’ choice. “The call out for me today was the new Titan X training pistol from Mantis. The model used today is based on Glock 45 and felt every bit the same as the real steel version. The magazine are weighted and can be adjusted, to fit the users specification. The pistol is linked to a free app that allows you to run multiple different drills to improve your skills and then provides feedback to further perfect them. The best bit, the retail is US$200. Such a great bit of kit for the money that has applications across multiple disciplines, with other models of pistol to come later this year.”
Rounding off the day L’il Stu chose his bed. “I can’t really think of anything other than the Stingray Airsoft AT-4 and that’s already been covered so I’ll choose my bed as it’s been another long day!”
I hope we haven’t broken L’il Stu as there’s one more day of Shot Show 2026 to go and we still have a few booths to go, and even more ground to cover…”
Today’s average step count is just over 12,000 each so around 45,000 so far from Monday to today!
