Month: January 2022

It’s a day late, and I’m a few dollars short. As per the usual. I’m late in posting this because I wanted to get the SHOT Show 2022 Summery finished up. It is now live on the site and can be read here. It’s a longer read then usual but hopefully it has a few product highlights that have not made it on the typical gun rags.

For those who want the condense version here are a few thoughts on it. There has been a lot of rumors about attendance. It was sparse, but that was not a bad thing. Remember SHOT show is an opportunity for vendors, manufacturers, suppliers, and other supporting parties to meet up and discuss business. Yes it is a big to-do and everyone is displaying the cool and new product, but it is less about that and more about trying to make those connections.

So having fewer people there meant we actually able to get more done. Fewer people were kicking the tires and poking around, and more people were actually there to talk business. This made it a very productive trip for the folks who did go. Even though there were a few major vendors and gun companies that decided not to go, there was plenty to do and see. The biggest benefit of all of this was that you could walk at your own pace rather then the pace of the mob that typically clogs the aisles.

This made it feasible to actually see the whole show in a few days. I put in a little over 50,0000 steps covering about 25 miles in three days. However I saw a lot, and I got to talk to a lot of vendors. From that aspect, it was actually a really good show.

To read the full write-up with my product highlights click on this link.

I’ll be posting a lot fo the pictures I took over the Ballistic Assistants Instagram Page. So be sure to check it out.

As always if you are looking to get in touch, the best way is to send me an email at jay@theballisticassistant.com. You may check us out on Parler, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit. If you’d like to submit a load to our load database, the instructions are here.

As always, shoot straight and stay safe!

The Ballistic Assistant

It has been a busy beginning of the year, so this is the first update I’ve been able to scratch out for the new year and it will be a short one. We did do a new write-up on Creedmoor’s Enhanced Press Head for the Redding T-7 Press. As with a lot of these product highlights it’s telling the story of how we came up with it and why we did what we did.

You can find the write up here, and if you are so inclined to try out one of these heads, let me know what you think of it. Shoot me an email or leave me a comment.

I will be headed out to SHOT Show this year. It is likely going to be somewhat of a muted show. Several high profile companies will not be attending, and I suspect over all attendance will be down quite a bit due to COVID. It is unfortunate but there are some new things being launched. With demand being so high for pretty much everything firearms-related, it will be hard to say how much new stuff will be showcased and of that stuff what the timeline of availability will be. However I am sure I’ll be doing a highlight article to show what thing I found to be interesting.

Like I said this would be short and sweet. There are a few things I am working on in the background for the website, rumor has it I am going to be offloading some of my brass collection. We will see. As always if you are looking to get in touch, the best way is to send me an email at jay@theballisticassistant.com. You may check us out on Parler, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit. If you’d like to submit a load to our load database, the instructions are here.

As always, shoot straight and stay safe!

The Ballistic Assistant