Tactical Games

started in 2017

Crossfit-meets-Combat

2-day competition
designed to test tactical athletes in the performance of combat-related tasks, while under time constraints, and under physical duress

  • focused on both functional fitness and tactical shooting

  • 2017
  • 2018 – 17 participants
  • 2019 – 100 participants
  • 2020

TriggerCon

Tactical Research Innovation Guns and Gear Review Convention

started in 2017

Bellevue, Washington

  • 4 day event in July
  • founded by John Hwang
  • include a range day and industry day open to media and industry attendees

TriggrCon 2020

  • 2019 Bellevue, Washington
    July 23 – 27, 2019
  • 2018 Bellevue, Washington
    July 26 – 29, 2018
  • 2017 Tacoma Convention Center
    Tacoma, Washington
    July 27 – 30, 2017
  • 2016 NW Shooting Sports Expo (NWSSE)
    – Became TRIGGRCON in 2017
    – 3 days
    – 4,000 registered attendees
    – 80 vendors
    – Tacoma Convention Center
    – August 27 & 28, 2016
    – 10am-6pm

Red Oktober Kalashnikov Championship

since 2016

Las Vegas, Nevada

Held once a year in October

  • Compete
  • Attend

Red Oktober Kalashnikov Championship

  • 2019 1st year at Pro Gun Club
    –  160 acres
    – in Boulder City, Nevada
  • 2018
    – Southern Utah Practical Shooting Range
  • 2017
    – Southern Utah Practical Shooting Range
  • 2016 2-day competition
    – Southern Utah Practical Shooting Range
    – Halloween weekend

Concealed Carry Fashion Show

Male and female models showcase top fashionable and practical concealed carry products and demonstrate features to an audience and the international media
Making ownership and use of firearms “fashionable”

  • 2019 @ NRA Personal Protection Expo
    – Ft. Worth Convention Center
    – Friday, Sept. 6, 2019
    – Ft. Worth, Texas
  • 2019 @ National Rifle Association meetings and exhibits
    – Indiana War Memorial Museum
    – April 27, 2019
    – Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 2018 Gun Rights Policy Conference
    – Hyatt Hotel
    – Sept 2018
    – Chicago, Illinois
  • 2017 NRA’s ‘Concealed Carry Fashion Show’
    – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    – Amanda Suffecool, organizer
  • 2014 Concealed Carry Fashion Show For Women
    – September 17, 2014
    – Chagrin Falls, Ohio
    – REALIZE Firearms Awareness Coalition
    – A Girl and A Gun

Women’s Concealed Carry Fashion Show


  • 2016 – “The Firearms and Fashion Show” – 2nd annual
    @ USCCA Concealed Carry Expo
    – Georgia International Convention Center
    – Saturday, April 30, 2016
    – Atlanta, Georgia
    – Marylin Smolinski – Coordinator
  • 2015 Concealed Carry Fashion Show
    @ the 1st USCCA Concealed Carry Expo
    – Washington County Fair Park
    – Friday, May 8, 2015
    – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Women’s Concealed Carry Fashion Show

  • July 30, 2016
  • November 28, 2016
    – Columbia Memorial Hospital
  • September 9, 2017
    – Churchtown Fire House
    – Churchtown, New York
    – WCCfashionshow.net
    – Trish Cutler, founder and chair of WCC Inc.
  • 2014 – Women’s Conceal and Carry Fashion Show – 2nd Annual
    – 250 attendees
    – Saturday, March 29, 2014
    – Albany, New York
  • 2013 – Women’s Conceal and Carry Fashion Show
    – 450 attendees

“You do need to dress around your firearm”

Debbie Singer, 2014

  • 2015 – Fashion & Firearms: A Concealed Carry Extravaganza
    – more than two dozen vendors
    – 300 attendees
    – Sat March 7, 2015
    – Cathy Brown, organizer
    – Indianapolis, Indiana

  • 2015 Southwest Missouri Firearms and Fashion Expo
    – Lodge of the Ozarks, Missouri
    – 100 attendees
    – Sat March 7 & 8, 2015
    – Stacy Bright, organizer

Reno 911

Concealed Carry Fashion Show
Season 7 | Episode 2
Aired: May 4, 2020


Veterans Family of Brands VFOB Try & Buy

2017

companies, and individuals with a passion for supporting US Military and First Responder Veterans and their families

Veterans FOB, LLC
Casey Betzold, CEO
2222 Park Pl, Suite 1B
Minden, NV 89423


  • Navy SEAL Veteran – Jared Ogden
    – CEO of VFOB corporate member Triumph – Systems
  • Navy SEAL Veteran – Master Chief Ron “Reaper 01” Bellan
    – CEO of VFOB corporate member Reaper Outdoors.
  • Army Ranger Hall of Famer & Green Beret – Chief Gary O’Neal
    – Author of American Warrior and spokesperson for VFOB corporate member Frontier Tactical
  • Navy SEAL Veteran – Charlie Melton
    – CEO of VFOB trainer and dealer Charlie Mike Precision, and Master Sniper Trainer who trained greats such as Chris Kyle, Marcus Luttrell, and many more!
  • Youth competitive shooting phenom – Miss Kyleigh Hayworth
    – sponsored 3 gun shooter by the VFOB!
  • Navy SEAL “Frogman” Veteran – Dwight Settle
    – CEO of VFOB corporate member SEAL 1, LLC
  • 25+ year Veteran of the FBI – Mr. Will Long
    – CEO of VFOB corporate member LCG Tactical and many more Patriots and Veterans of our military and first responder corps!!!

USCCA Concealed Carry Expo

three-day consumer show

  • practical seminars
  • live-fire shooting range
  • selection of gear,
  • services
  • information from industry

  • 2019 David L Lawrence Convention Center – Pittsburgh, PA
    May 17 – 19, 2019
  • 2018 Kentucky Exposition Center – Louisville, KY
    April 13 – 15, 2018
  • 2017 Fort Worth Convention Center – Fort Worth, TX
    April 7 – 9, 2017
  • 2016 Georgia International Convention Center – Atlanta, Georgia
    April 29 – May 1, 2016
  • 2015 Washington County Fair Park – West Bend, Wisconsin
    May 8 – 10, 2015

NRA World Shooting Championship

since 2014
Glengary, West Virginia

  • the top shooters in the world
  • Peacemaker National Training Center
    – Glengary, WV
  • 2 Competition Divisions
    – Professional Amateur
  • 12 Challenging Stages
  • $250,000 in Cash and Prizes

  • 2020 – canceled
  • 2018 – September 20-22, 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014

NRA World Shooting Champions

  •  Daniel Horner (2014)
  • Bruce Piatt (2015)
  • Doug Koenig (2016)
  • Greg Jordan (2017)
  • Greg Jordan (2019) 2nd win

ShockWave in the Desert

2014

“a gun show that you can shoot at,”

  • 2014 First Event 400 attendees
    founded by Erik & Jeromy
    benifit for Wishes For Warriors (WFW)
  • 2015 Shockwave In The Desert: Part Pew
    March 14th from 10AM until Nightfall
    one of the largest and most well-known social media events in the shooting community
  • 2016  two-day event
    1,500 attendees
    October 29 and 30 2016

Cowtown Range
10402 W. Carefree Hwy
Peoria, AZ

The Cowtown range where @shockwaveinthedesert happened

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Texas Firearms Festival

from 2014 – 2017

Texas

  •  Two day event
  • try and buy the latest and greatest guns and gear

  • 2017
    September 30/October 1 2017
    Best of the West Shooting Sports in Liberty Hill, Texas
    $79 one-day ticket, two-day tickets are $139
  • 2016
    October 14 – 16, 2016
    Best of the West Shooting Sports in Liberty Hill, Texas
  • 2105
    November 14 and 15, 2015
    Best of the West Shooting Sports in Liberty Hill, Texas
  • 2014
    30+ live fire ranges
    retail village
    Texas grub
    Best of the West Shooting Sports Range in Liberty Hill, Texas
    November 8 and 9, 2014
     $59 one-day pass or a $95 weekend pass
    www.texasgunfest.com

Texas Firearms Festival