Talking to folks from various booths, everybody is crowded, the perception is that ‘this’ show folks seem especially knowledgeable…
My comment, “Well, this IS Texas!”
FNH, Leupold, Colt, pretty much everybody I talked to echoed that sentiment..
And those new Leupold Mk8 scopes are ‘sweet’… Sigh…
And thanks to Lars and Kyle from the NRA media, last year’s show had 340,000 square feet of show floor, this year the floor is 440,000 square feet, so this IS the largest NRA show floor to this point! And over 600 exhibitors.
Chatting with the NTV folks (Japanese TV), they are covering the show straight, their ‘hook’ is the 2nd Amendment, because Japan doesn’t have one (and very few guns). They are interested in the self protection aspect, and the lady commentator mentioned women being able to protect themselves…
The German reporter is covering the show for the “gun public” in Germany and Europe.