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Beyond the firearms and ammunition, SHOT Show 2026 delivered a strong crop of range essentials. For starters, Garmin showed up with new products including a chronograph, a rangefinder and a luxury smartwatch collaboration, while other companies turned heads with everything from a magnetic eyewear system to a pop-up brass catcher tent. Here are 10 of our top picks from the show floor in Las Vegas.
Garmin made waves after introducing the Xero C1 in 2023, quickly becoming a top choice for data-hungry shooters who want a compact, feature-rich chronograph. Sporting a 100 fps to 5,000 fps measurement range, the second-generation Xero C2 chrono improves on the original with faster processing capabilities and new features like rapid-fire tracking support (up to 10 shots per second),
Also among the most-scanned items at the SHOT Show 2026 New Product Center, the Shooter’s Tent is a patented pop-up brass catcher tent designed by Texas ranchers tired of picking up spent casings after every range session.
Loading double-stack 9 mm pistol magazines by hand gets old fast, especially during high-round-count range sessions or instructor-led classes. The Magpie from Kinetic Blossom is a wireless, handheld electric loader that fills mags at the push of a button—slide rounds into the feeder rail, insert the magazine and let the device do the work. It detects a full magazine and stops automatically, runs on a rechargeable battery good for 100-plus magazine loads and fits most 9 mm double-stack magazines.
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Garmin made waves after introducing the Xero C1 in 2023, quickly becoming a top choice for data-hungry shooters who want a compact, feature-rich chronograph. Sporting a 100 fps to 5,000 fps measurement range, the second-generation Xero C2 chrono improves on the original with faster processing capabilities and new features like rapid-fire tracking support (up to 10 shots per second),
Also among the most-scanned items at the SHOT Show 2026 New Product Center, the Shooter’s Tent is a patented pop-up brass catcher tent designed by Texas ranchers tired of picking up spent casings after every range session.
Loading double-stack 9 mm pistol magazines by hand gets old fast, especially during high-round-count range sessions or instructor-led classes. The Magpie from Kinetic Blossom is a wireless, handheld electric loader that fills mags at the push of a button—slide rounds into the feeder rail, insert the magazine and let the device do the work. It detects a full magazine and stops automatically, runs on a rechargeable battery good for 100-plus magazine loads and fits most 9 mm double-stack magazines.
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