NRA national convention coming to The 'Burgh

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Tuesday, February 10, 2004 | David M. Brown

[Bedford Forrest]

Can you do that poster with an M1A in it instead of that funny looking squirrel rifle? Crikey, do I hear incoming??

[Joe Brower]

"I'm off to the SHOT Show tomorrow, and won't be posting until I return."

OK, Trav, but we're expecting a full debriefing report when you return!

You are gonna be like a kid in the candy store. I was at the Orlando show a year ago and it took me one and a half days to see it all. I think the total showroom area was close to 1.5 million square feet.

Check out the LEO exhibits and check out the belt-fed MGs (Mk 19s, MAG-58s and SAWs) that FN is trying to sell to our local LE orgs. Neat, huh?

[Joe Brower]

I haven't seen an M1A version, but there is one with a FAL.

[Travis McGee]

Yep, that is indeed a 1965 era M-16A1.

It was just the cleanest looking M-16/AR-15 image I could find. That's just a notional prototype, not the finished product. I do think some kind of AR-15 is best though, because it's undeniably the most recognizably "all-American" military and sporting rifle.

[smokeyb]

..but the organization is touting that "a special keynote speaker" will be there.

Maybe it will be Specter since they ENDORSED him since he is so PRO-GUN !! I am sure he was endorsed at the request of the Bush Campaign.