By Chris A. Choat
Small Arms Review's very own Chris Choat is at SHOT Show 2015 this week in Las Vegas, Nevada! Every day Chris will be updating us all on the interesting products he runs into at the show.
Today's update focuses on Day 1 at the SHOT Show. Vendors range from Angstadt Arms, B&T, MagPul, Lucid, American Tactical Imports and more.
Be sure to come back to the site tomorrow for more exciting developments from the show!
Read about SHOT Show 2015's Media Day by clicking here...

A new company called Angstadt Arms has introduced a new matched upper and lower AR-15 9mm receiver set as an lead in to what will be their new 9mm complete AR-15 rifle shown here. The receivers are compatible with 9mm, .40 S&W and .357 Sig Glock magazines. The receiver set accepts Mil-Spec AR-15 components, has an oversized trigger guard, flared mag well and last round bolt hold open. This photo shows what their complete rifles will look like. Contact them at www.angstadtarms.com.

Brugger and Thomet now officially will be selling guns from their new US facility. And some great guns they are. B&T will have will have semi-auto pistol versions of their APC 9/45 select-fire carbines (submachine guns). These will be the first to market hopefully to be followed by their APC 556 and APC 300 Blackout carbines. They will also be making the B&T suppressors here in the US for our market. SAR will be featuring full test and evaluation article in the coming months. Go to www.bt-arms.com.

Brugger and Thomet now officially will be selling guns from their new US facility. And some great guns they are. B&T will have will have semi-auto pistol versions of their APC 9/45 select-fire carbines (submachine guns). These will be the first to market hopefully to be followed by their APC 556 and APC 300 Blackout carbines. They will also be making the B&T suppressors here in the US for our market. SAR will be featuring full test and evaluation article in the coming months. Go to www.bt-arms.com.

The optics company Lucid has revealed their newest red dot sight called the P7. This new sight features their new super sharp P7 reticle, is 100% waterproof and will handle recoil up to and including .458 SOCOM. Other features include an auto reticle brightness sensor, built-in Picatinny rail mount, rubber armored coating, 2 hour auto shut off and a tethered battery cap. The new sight will operate over 2500 hours on a single AA battery. More information at www.mylucidgear.com.

American Tactical Imports picked SHOT Show to announce their newest Omni Hybrid gun that uses their polymer Omni Hybrid upper and lower receiver. It is a .410 shotgun version that uses the AR-15 platform. It will feature a quad rail forearm and a proprietary magazine available in either 5 or 10 round versions. Www.americantactical.us.

American Tactical Imports picked SHOT Show to announce their newest Omni Hybrid gun that uses their polymer Omni Hybrid upper and lower receiver. It is a .410 shotgun version that uses the AR-15 platform. It will feature a quad rail forearm and a proprietary magazine available in either 5 or 10 round versions. Www.americantactical.us.

Voodoo Tactical has a whole line of their gear being produced in their new Voodoo Tactical Camo. This new camo pattern is said to blend well in both woodland and desert environments. The multi-terrain design works equally well in both low light and bright light conditions. They also have most of the gear available in the new Black Multiscan. See their complete catalog at www.voodootactical.com.

Rock River had their new 1911 on display at the show. This new polymer frame pistol has a parkerized finish, Commander hammer, beavertail grip safety, aluminum speed trigger and RRA dovetail front and rear sights. The new pistol weights just 2.04 pounds! It comes complete with 2 seven round magazines, polymer holster and polymer mag loader in a fitted hard case. See their full line of guns at www.rockriverarms.com.

Thunder Beast Arms corporation or TBAC announced their new line of ULTRA series suppressors. The new suppressors are .30 caliber and come in three models the Ultra 9, Ultra 7 and Ultra 5 which are 9,7 and 5 inches long respectively. They are made from titanium and range in weight from 9.4 ounces to 13.7 ounces. They are all available in CB mount of direct thread mount. See all of their suppressors at www.thunderbeastarms.com.

A company called Unique -Ars is producing Ar-15 forearms that features artistic custom machining. They can machine almost anything into a handguard for your AR from mild to wild and in almost any color. The handguards are either Cerakoted or hydro-dipped which ever the custom prefers. They can machine your favorite logo, saying, insignia or even tattoo into a forearm for the unique shooter. As they say they “turn your AR into ART”. See what they can do at www.unique-ars.com.