Fix it Sticks make some of the smallest torque screw drivers on the market. And with it, compact tools and tool kits for optics and firearms. They got their start in creating tools and tool kits for cycling and their tools got picked up Special Forces Units and long-range competition shooters.
Gun Maintenance Kit on Amazon https://amzn.to/4dC1NGh
Fenix showed off and launched new upgraded flashlights at SHOT Show 2026. For their everyday flat EDC line, they released the EO6R PRO, an elongated E06R that is about the same size as an OLight Arkfeld; the flashlight they’re most likely aiming to compete with. Unlike other flat EDC’s made by OLight and others, the Fenix adds a tail switch activation.
For those who prefer a more traditional cylindrical tactical flashlight, they launched the LD30 Renegade which has a traditional tail button that can tail-stand, and a physical lock out switch.
What’s great about Fenix is that they listen to customer feedback and make improvements. For hikers, workmen, and fisherman their HM55R headlamps now offer a high-output red beam for wider area of illumination at night, and consistent color temperature on their white flood and spot beam.
E06R Pro
Amazon https://amzn.to/4nKhDDz
LD30 Tac Light
Amazon https://amzn.to/4fBF5Rg
HM55R headlamp
Amazon https://amzn.to/49ig6P1
KelTec is famous for designing some of the most innovative guns in the industry, as they are infamous for making some of the weirdest guns in the firearms industry. Last year, they put out a clip-fed pistol the PR-5.7, and this year they developed that into a .308 chambered PR-AT3.
With both pistols, KelTec chose to trade the box magazine found in nearly all modern pistols with an internal magazine that is clip reloaded, to allow them to create a slimmer CCW pistol with a higher internal capacity of 13 rounds. Its a “choice.”
This year, KelTec also rolled out with upgrades to their folding PCC, the KelTec Sub2000 CQB, which has an integral suppressor barrel. They also rolled out a Gen2 to their bullpup shotgun, the KS7, creating a more “mainstream” design with a full length Picatinny rail and adding a covered lower Picatinny rail to the pump slide to allow for a vertical grip.
In 2026, Keltec chose to refine rather than revolutionize.
CLP gun oil impregnated disposable wipes are nothing new. Otis has had them for a few years. But CL1P is introducing a new disposable wipe packet that promises to be the highest quality wipes on the market due to its proprietary fabric material.
CL1P claims that a single wipe packet can clean an entire rifle. Its long fiber material has variable geometry fibers that pick up fowling particles and traps them in the material, allowing less contamination to remain on your firearm.
Moreover, it will leave your firearm foul-free and leave a thin coating of dry lubricant and protectant. Its cleaning and lubricanting solvent has very little odor and is less irritating to the skin.
L3i is a precision chassis maker that produces some of the sweetest looking, modular chassis for precision long range shooting. They showed off their Remington 700 and CZ platform chassis and custom magazines at SHOT Show 2026.
At SHOT Show 2026, Rite in the Rain showcased their products designed to perform when conditions turn wet, muddy, or extreme.
Rite in the Rain’s proprietary paper notebooks feels like paper, tears like paper, but in effectively water-proof. You can even write on it underwater or in a complete downpour.
Notepads https://amzn.to/3MOQn8S
When I first saw the Ounce ultri-compact, folding pistol I thought it was ‘the most innovative pistol of SHOT 2023’. Three years later, I returned to the 3rd Bay booth at SHOT Show to talk with the pistol’s inventor.
The video short I posted back in 2023 blew up on YouTube. Today, it is the most-watched video on my channel. Many of the posts I get on that video make similar comments. I thought I’d ask Bill, the inventor of the Ounce, to respond to the most common questions and comments, like why it costs $899?
3RD BAY
https://www.ounceoz.com/
This year, Palmetto State Armory debuted the newly rechristened Jakl 2.0 from last year, to become the soon-to-be-released AXR. Unlike the Jakl, this rifle utilizes a proprietary lower and an adjustable short-stroke action. But like the Jakl, the body design is inspired by the abandoned Magpull MASADA assault rifle. One hopes this rifle will be less prone to reliability issues than the JAKL.
If you can afford it, this optic can improve anybody’s dope. I sit down with the co-founder of Tract Optics to talk about their Ballistic App-connected laser range-finding binoculars that could give any shooter accurate corrections for wind, distance, and air pressure.
Sign-up for early access to this optic
https://help.tractoptics.com/p/5GBO-A68/new-toric-binocular-coming-soon?ref=TOMDELMUNDO
Stopping at the Vector Optics booth at SHOT Show 2026. Among the promotional banners announcing their new Frenzy green dots, and micro thermal optic, they walked me through a rundown of improvements to their flagship line of Continental long-range scopes. These scopes utilize German-made Schott ED glass and highly refined construction and in Q2 they will release the Gen2 models.
The Gen2 updates include a 50% increase in range of turret adjustment, a shorter 10-yard minimum focus, and the most welcome feature to me: shake awake. Auto-sleep/Motion Activation has become a manditory in red dots. Finally, a scope maker has introduced similar technology to an illuminated reticle scope. As in red dots, this promises to radically improve a scope’s battery life. This feature has the potential to be a game-changer in the category.
Continental scopes on Amazon https://amzn.to/4rcrXo9
