Looking up the strip at 8:00AM
Looks like the gamblers turned in too! As you can tell by all the pink, this is the Flamingo.
We had a pretty un-crowded walk to the Venetian and found out where all the people who were awake at that hour of the morning were hanging out. There were 60,000 people milling around in there!
If you've never been to the Venetian, it is absolutely gorgeous! AND it's enormous. The Venetian, the Palazzo and the Sands are all together to create miles and miles of walking.
Early in the day we were able to catch up to our favorite gun supplier - Art from Davidson'S. He was happy to help us order some of the cool handguns we had been looking at. Walther has a new P22 with in integrated laser. They won't be shipping till February, but when they do, Art will have us hooked up to receive some of them. Our focus this year is self defense weapons for women, so we looked at some really good options. KelTec reccommended the .32 semi auto. Sure enough, the pistol fits my fairly petite hand very well and the slide is easy to operate. Good call by the KelTec rep! We took a look at the new P380 from Walther and it was great! It's a nice substantial pistol while letting us female-types pull the slide with hardly any more effort than the P22. Walther did a great job with this one. Unlike the tiny LCP, this weapon is going to have enough weight to make the recoil of the .380 a whole lot less of a problem for feminine hand and wrist. It's like the gun manufacturers are starting to figure out that we like to shoot guns too! We took a look at the Colt Mustang .380. It's a bit lighter than the P380, but, Hey! It's a Colt. Personally, I'm a Walther's fan, but the Mustang is likely to be a good investment for those who like Colts.
So many guns - so little cash!
Roger & Art
We were also able to check out the new AR scope from Nikon, the P22. It's a 2-7X32 scope designed for .22 AR semi auto's. You can actually go on the internet to get a template to show you how to set the scope OR you can download an app for your phone and take the information with you to the range. Nikon is putting these out at a phenominal intoductory price AND they will include a turret to change your scope for .223. You can COUNT on the Spoiled Mule to be bringing these into stock!
There were several celebrities at the Shot Show today - including La Grande's own Steve West! We never caught up to him, but he was starring in videos at booths all over the place. What a great ambassador for our sport! We saw Jim Zumbo several times and we saw the people from Sons of Guns -the TV show! One of the guys from Top Shot was at the Otis booth and of course, my favorite marine, R. Lee Emery was signing pictures. Joe Montagna was supposed to be there somewhere, but fortune did not shine on me and I did not get to see the Criminal Minds star. Dang it!
R. Lee Emery - The Gunny!
After looking at the mountain of new stuff that will hit the market this year, we have retired to our room at the Flamingo to read flyers, look at catalogues and figure out how to hit the ground running tomorrow. I hear that Bill's has a prime rib for $15.00! Guess we can wander down there and see what we can do to get some dinner. Stay tuned - two more days of Shot Show left!
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