Had a great time at my favourite gun show, St. Catherines, held in the Merritton Community Centre.

This time I was accompanied by Alissia and Yousef who are relatively new to the Canadian gun scene although they do have some previous experience with firearms.

I thought a visit to the Freedom Firearms Canada display would be a great way to introduce my guests to the show. Yousef picked the Glock 17 with probably the longest barrel I have ever seen while Alissia is holding a semiauto shotgun with shockwave grip from Tamgha Arms.

Yousef liked the folding Wolverine pump-action shotgun in crazy snakeskin

Both liked the Ruger 10/22 Tactical Talo. This was my first time seeing this chassis in person as well.

Benelli M4 clones are super popular, such as this Revolution Armory Impact R4 Cerakote

Not quite as common but equally impressive, the Standard Manufacturing DP-12 with Door Buster and Stilletto chokes

At the end of the day, all three of us picked the same firearm as our show favourite, the AKDAS UBS AK-12 Under Barrel Shotgun, more affectionately known as the “Masterkey”

Moving on to gear, it was great to see my friends from MAB Impex and their vast selection of Damascus knives

Ok now this is more my speed! I love the Surefire E2D Defender with 1000 Lumens! (I have an older version with about half that)

I was also super excited to finally see some Gatorz eyewear in person! As you may know, I am obsessed with protective eyewear and have wanted to try on a pair of Gatorz for the longest time. I liked them but ultimately I would order ones to my specs as they are available in a huge array of lens/frame options.

Yousef and Alissia liked all the ammo displays

Some cool pewter pins

I liked all the beadwork here

CCFR briefing my guests about our crazy rules and regulations

Yousef field stripping the model AK-47 (he did the same with a Type 81 at TACCOM lol)

Sam the Cannon man!

St. Catherines never disappoints and based on this experience, my new shooters are sure to be back. And that’s what it is all about, getting more people into the sport.

RL