Industry Shoot 2012
Yes, thats a picture of Me, Iain Harrison, and Chris Cheng. Winners of Top Shot Season 1 and 4 respectively. How did I get this picture? Well let me tell you…
Yesterday, my friend Ghostwarrior and I attended an invitation only shoot put on by a man by the name of Glen Bellamy. There were industry reps there from:
Faxon Firearms Makers of a revolutionary new AR-15 upper that combines the best of 3 different weapons systems. (It blew my mind)
Crimson Trace Iain Harrison, the winner of Top Shot season 1 was their spokesman. Nice guy. He owns an SP-01.
BassPro Shop Chris Cheng, Winner of Top Shot season 4 was their spokesman. We spent a lot of time with Chris. He loved the CTS .40
NightForce Optics Exceptional optics on some exceptional guns. The .338 Lapua….. Drool….
Spartan Blades Makers of Knives with Intent. Some seriously wicked knives. If you like knives, you’ll love these.
Voodoo Tactical Gear bags, assault rigs, and all manner of other tactical gear. Good stuff, I have some and use it A LOT.
Vertx Makers of some very nice, if expensive, tactical clothing.
Coonan Inc Makers of the 1911 in .357/.38 special. Nice guns, hell of a shockwave/loud. Check out their Zombie/WereWolf/Vampire defense weapon.
Surgeon Rifles Makers of long range rifles for people who like to have to only use 1 bullet. Lol! Seriously nice rifles.
Oleg Volk Photographer extraordinaire, gun enthusiast, and a really nice guy.
Glenn Bellamy The exceptional fellow who put this whole thing together. We would like to thank him for doing this and inviting us to attend. He is a lawyer, but a good one. (All jokes aside, seriously nice guy.)
About what we did:
Our mission there was to show off CZ’s exceptional product line, and educate all of the people who asked about the company. Even some of the industry people had never heard of CZ, so we enlightened them. Chris Cheng and Iain Harrison even did some side by side competition with some of the pistols we brought. Both of them shot my SP-01. Chris especially liked Ghostwarrior’s CTS .40 and spent quite a lot of time behind the trigger of that single action beauty. (I’m not a .40 fan, but I would be with that CTS, OMG!) We weren’t really there to put our faces on the company, but somehow we ended up with our own table covered in CZ pistols and rifles. I have a lot of video of people shooting the CZ pistols we brought and some photos that I will share later.
Now, how does this pretain to this site, and the world of zombie kiling in general? Glad you asked! I have to stay on top of news, and other things from the firearms industry so that I can bring you guys good information about gear and innovations that could save your life. That being said, Coonan Inc even sells a Triple Threat Apocalyptic Kit I loved it, and yes, I have one now. Those guys took the time to make a weapon to save us from 3 different monsters, not just zombies. Like I said, I’ll update this topic with pictures and videos once I get them all processed.
UPDATED! Links Below!
Our table at the event
Chris Cheng shooting the CTS .40 and the SP-07 (1 of 6 ever made)
Chris Cheng Shooting the CTS .40
Iain Harrison and Chris Cheng shooting steel plates Round 1
Iain Harrison and Chris Cheng shooting steel plates Round 2
Faxon Firearms ARAK AR-15 uppers
The Faxon Firearms uppers really, really impressed me. I seriously hope that they do well and sell a lot of that design.
Comments (21)
Angryvikingman on 10 Oct 2012 at 8:10 am #
OMG, I had sooooooo much fun at this shoot you guys. You really have no idea. I got to shoot some weapons that the general public NEVER gets their hands on. I got to fire an MP7, and an M32 6 shot grenade launcher! Too freaking cool. You all may remember the MP7 from the movie “Zombieland”. In the movie, Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) had it spinning around and shooting when they found that hummer full of guns, and he spoke the immortal line “THANK GOD FOR REDNECKS!” The only downside to that MP7 is the ammo. Its made specifically to defeat body armor, and its not very widely available. BTW, we went through 2 crates of M32 grenades, and had lots of exploding pumpkins out at 500 yards. Seriously… this shoot was the shit!
3-15 INF on 10 Oct 2012 at 9:17 am #
sounds great, Angry! You look like you lost a lot of weight
Angryvikingman on 11 Oct 2012 at 3:38 am #
Article above has been updated with links to videos.
Vincent Ward on 11 Oct 2012 at 10:38 pm #
Wow!!!Looks like you are a real time zombie fighter.
Alex on 12 Oct 2012 at 12:38 pm #
I would kill to have a go with an M32 grenade launcher
Docwade on 14 Oct 2012 at 3:20 pm #
That sounds like you had a hell of a time. Congrats! Couple of questions:
1. The pistols on “your” table look like someone’s personal collection, lots of custom grips, some cold war commemoratives, etc. who’s pistols were those?
2. Who “in the industry” hasn’t heard of CZ?
Angryvikingman on 14 Oct 2012 at 6:59 pm #
Really wish I’d have had someone film me using the M32! My camera was back on my table, and the guy was about to put it up for the day.(he’d let people shoot 2 cases of grenades) I shot the last 6.
@Docwade:
They belong to the guy who owns http://www.czforum.com . He brought up around 25 for me to shoot and mess with, and some of those are what you see there on the table. He has a LOT more than that. We really had more than would even fit on the table, those were just a selection.
Most of the people have “heard” of CZ, but they’ve never seen or handled them. We fixed that for about 150 people. Iain Harrison owns an SP-01 (thats what I carry) and Chris Cheng fell in love with that CTS .40S&W. Don’t tell his sponsors, but he put a few hundred rounds through it and commented that he might have to switch from Glock to CZ. Both of them were really nice guys. Talked to them about their professions before winning Top Shot, and I had them rolling with tales from my prison.
When I can afford a $2,000 handgun, I’m buying one! Probably get it in 9mm though. (The one we were shooting can hold 20 rounds of .40S&W)
Docwade on 14 Oct 2012 at 10:02 pm #
I like my 9mm TS, though it’s not legal for any of the competition shooting I do. It is nice that they made it double/single action in the CTS. I’ve owned the TS in 40 and 9mm. I prefer the 9mm though both were excellent guns.
CompShooter on 19 Oct 2012 at 9:52 pm #
I had a S&W 459 back in the day , any decocker, double action first shot, can’t say I’m a fan . Cool that you had a brush with the famous . I watched the first season of top shot but after that (I really hate reality fake shows) I recorded them and skipped through the drama to see the comps. On another note , just bought a ruger 22/45 and putting the paperwork through for a sparrow suppressor through some friends of mine .
McLuvin on 19 Oct 2012 at 10:46 pm #
You’ll love the Sparrow! I’ve had mine for a while now and think it’s the best rimfire can going. A Ruger pistol is the best host too.
CompShooter on 20 Oct 2012 at 7:26 am #
Suppressors are getting real popular at the range and in Michigan in general. I seen a few more full autos this summer too. I wish SBR was legal here.
Angryvikingman on 20 Oct 2012 at 9:19 am #
So through my work with http://www.czforum.com, CZ USA is going to start sending me guns to review on a regular basis. Supposed to be getting some rifles soon. Since I’m working a little less OT now, I can spend more time trying to put some articles up on here. And I get to shoot some nice firearms that I don’t have to buy. I’ve also worked out a deal with Faxon Firearms to get one of their first production rifles for review as soon as they’re available. I’ll post links on here as soon as I can. I also have some articles in the works. Thanks to those who emailed me with some ideas.
CompShooter on 20 Oct 2012 at 1:08 pm #
That’s good news Angry, having someone being able to assess various firearms will help sort out strenghts and weaknesses that can help when purchasing .
Docwade on 24 Oct 2012 at 7:50 pm #
Well, it’s been four days…this was a great article for what you did on the weekend, not so much for conversation – 13 posts in 2 weeks. Let’s get back to the fun of mall ninjas, 350lbs load outs, and, oh yeah, freaking zombies!
Docwade on 24 Oct 2012 at 7:51 pm #
Where’s gecko45 when you need him?
wheelgunner on 25 Oct 2012 at 2:17 am #
Seriously. You don’t have time to write up, or post a submitted article, but you have time to advertise your new forum, have a gun show, tell everyone about how it went, and then do a full quarter of the admittedly pitiful number of responses to the post.
Come on man. Not discrediting how alsome all that crap is, and god luck with all that, but what about us? I really don’t wanna have to get together with some people and start/find some place new.
Angryvikingman on 25 Oct 2012 at 2:34 am #
All anyone ever submitted were article ideas. Not full articles. I am, however, posting one just now.
wheelgunner on 25 Oct 2012 at 11:58 am #
Many thanks.
wheelgunner on 28 Nov 2012 at 12:27 am #
So, Viking, how has everything been with the shooting stuff since then? I know you where talking about getting some stuff out of it.
Angryvikingman on 28 Nov 2012 at 8:08 am #
I’ve already gotten 2 guns from CZ, 1,200 rounds from hornady, Crimson Trace stuff, Leupold is sending me scopes, and I’m waiting on some more ammo from 3 other manufacturers. So its going pretty well.
wheelgunner on 29 Nov 2012 at 9:18 pm #
I’m jealous man. Way to follow the dream, and all of that over perpetuated stuff. You getting to keep them? I looked at a CZ before, but I decided that I would need a full auto, or at least some type of tactical rifle, before I picked up another 9mm.