Blog posts of '2019' 'January'

Thursday of SHOT Show started off as busy as Tuesday. Our booth buzzed with interest shortly after the show floor opened. Today the interests were spread out a bit more evenly amongst all the new products. After six days of desert dry air, the brutal winds during Industry Day at the Range and long days some of us were feeling a bit worn out.

As Vegas awakes in the morning light those working and attending SHOT Show are moving about getting coffee, breakfast and looking for the day’s copy of SHOT Daily. It’s a quick read of ads and editorial that’s located in the foyer of the exhibit hall where company employees, sales representatives, buyers, and media can get a glimpse of the newest items being promoted.

For those us of from the Central Time zone who have not quite adjusted to the Pacific time zone in Vegas, we were up by 5 am on day four of SHOT Show week. When that happens we may as well get to work. After a shower and a walk to the convention center. I was on the show floor by 6:20.

Tuesday begin at an early 7:30 AM for our team. The Umarex team gathered for a last pre-show meeting. SHOT show is about learning. We, as a manufacturer and distributor, are learning about our dealers and customers. Sales reps and dealers are learning our new products.

Sunday was an absolutely beautiful day in the desert outside of Las Vegas. SHOT Show day two kicked off with clear skies and warm sunshine. After a quick breakfast, it was off to Boulder City Rifle and Pistol Club to set up for Industry Day at the Range.

UMAREX GmbH & Co. KG (UMAREX), headquartered in Germany, expands Smith & Wesson® licensed replica offerings with the addition of airsoft and paintball categories. UMAREX® has been Smith & Wesson’s license partner for BB and pellet guns since 1996.

People from Arkansas and Oklahoma say that if you don’t like the weather, just wait a little bit and it will change. That couldn’t be more true during the winter months.

Umarex USA unveils the revolutionary Umarex® Synergis™—the first 12-shot repeating gas piston pellet rifle, during SHOT Show 2019 In Las Vegas, Nevada. The Umarex Synergis is the first gas piston under lever rifle to offer an in-line repeating action,  fixed barrel, and removable magazine. 

Umarex USA® has shipped the Legends Cowboy Rifle, a lever action BB rifle that’s authentic in action right down to the loading of and its ejecting of cartridges.

UMAREX, the “King of Replicas”, is introducing an officially licensed air rifle replica of the ubiquitous Ruger® 10/22® at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show January 22-25, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The air-powered variant of this infamous rifle comes after the 10/22 has graced shooting ranges around the country for over five decades.