This year's SHOT Show set new records for number of attendees, exhibits, floor space, and real he-men wearing tactical packs, but it was tragically lacking in booth babes. Our intrepid photographer shot the only good ones we found and then was forced to include beards, backpacks, and other stuff just to pad out the section.

Feel free to skip them. There were a number of booth babes who were, to be brutally honest, not babes. In fact, some of them looked like Bill Heavey with a bra. I'm sure they are fine people, but you are supposed to be a hottie if you do this kind of work. --David Petzal More SHOT Show coverage
Most Interesting Rifles
New Shotguns
Top Optics
Coolest Gadgets

The SHOT show is the best place to see the latest and greatest guns and ammo for the year, but there's so much more gear than that here. It's easy to find the usual suspects -- riflescopes, binoculars, camo clothing, treestands, knives, the list goes on.

But one of my favorite things is digging up great gadgets. High tech, low tech, it doesn't matter, these things are the kinds of things you wish you had invented. I did a little investigating, and here's what I found. -Jay Cassell

Motorola EM1000
Krypton bore sighter
Bushnell Trail Scout Pro
ACR PLB
Survival kit
Gerber Bonecrusher
Coast flashlight
Buck Extract L.E.D.

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Ever since we started offering a SureFire flashlight for our Game Faces contest, hero shots from readers like you have been streaming in. And this month that stream turned into a flood. Check out our favorites here, and be sure to send in your own photo (click here for the rules).

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