Never do a LINUX distro upgrade while on the road.
The NRA convention is huge: 15 acres. Tulsa is 11, for comparison. We were afraid we wouldn’t be able to see everything: it takes two days to get through Tulsa, and much of that is at a dead run.
But we spent the early part of the morning with Karl of KR Training, who only had a few hours for the show. And we saw quite a bit of it, albeit at a dead run again. But we’ve also got time to go back to the stuff we didn’t get a chance to consider thoughtfully, and we did do slower browsing of a significant part of the show this afternoon. While NRA is bigger than Tulsa, it is also much less densely packed, which makes things easier. We even have time to hit some of the seminars.
Most interesting thing I saw today: My Case Builder. You go on their website. They have a tool that allows you to layout your own custom foam insert. You can use their predefined shapes (about 1200, they claim) or you can use another tool to “trace” an item and input dimensions. Once you’re done, they’ll custom cut a foam insert either for a new case (which you can purchase through them) or an existing case you already have of any brand.
Seen much, much less than I expected: scout rifle scopes. Leopold had none in their display. I did see two Leopold scout scopes, but they had no model markings on them and they were both attached to scout rifles at the Savage and Steyr booths. Vortex had one that looks promising.
Purchased: a spring kit from Apex Tactical for a J-frame. $20 plus whatever it will cost me to have a smith put it in.
Noted: Robert K. Brown was selling autographed copies of his biography, I Am Soldier of Fortune: Dancing with Devils, which I was previously unaware of. May have to go back and pick one up.