Winchester & The SHOT Show

Every year, the heavy hitters in the gun industry have a show called the SHOT show. This is the industry's largest trade show, and the 23rd largest of all trade shows in the United States. It's where companies introduce their latest products and present their special offers for the year. Winchester certainly enjoyed its time at the show and rolled out a number of exciting new products for the 2009 year.

1. The Super X Pump

Winchester Repeating Arms is working on their SXP (Super X Pump) and hopes to unveil it soon. This gun includes great X3 styling and a perfected inertia-assisted rotary bolt design.

2. Historic Rifles

Winchester has expanded its line of historic rifles. The 1895s, 1892s, 1885 High Walls and 1885 Low Walls are all available now from Winchester Repeating Arms at the same time. These lines are, of course, in addition to the special issue guns that are offered through special distributor programs.

3. The Roosevelt Collection

2008 was the 150th anniversary of Roosevelt's birth. The 150th Anniversary gun celebrates Roosevelt and his contributions to conservation. These guns come in two grades. This year's Model 1895 celebrates Roosevelt's historic safari in 1909 with two rifles. They are fantastic guns, beautifully designed, with an amazing history.

4. The Super X3

The Super X3 made it onto the list as one of the top Winchester guns at the show. During the show, Winchester features a fantastic video that rolls non-stop showing someone doing tricks and shooting strings of shots using the Super X3. It is a show stopper every time, and makes people very intrigued in the Super X3.

5. The Model 70

The Winchester Model 70 is back on the market. It is actually hard for Winchester to keep the supply up with the demand. They hope to be shipping more quickly to dealers in 2009, and the Winchester firearms product manager assured people at the show that they will do their best with this goal. The new Model 70 has a new M.O.A. trigger system and will be able to compete with any bolt action rifle in the world!

This show is certainly an interesting one to attend, and a place to see what people in the industry are doing for the coming year. Winchester made a number of exciting announcements and is unrolling some great guns for 2009!