![Duck Dynasty at Mossberg](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Duck-Dynasty-at-Mossberg1.jpg)
We were thrilled to see Willie Robertson from Duck Dynasty hanging out with our friend Linda Powell from Mossberg at the Mossberg booth.
![Trijicon-NRA](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Trijicon-NRA.jpg)
The NRA logo on the outside of the George R. Brown convention center was stunning. (photo courtesy of Trijicon)
![My favorite gun at the entire convention was this beautiful gold-plated 1911, which American Legacy Firearms custom-made for the Second Amendment Foundation. $1700 if you bought it at the convention.](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/best-gun.jpg)
My favorite gun at the entire convention was this beautiful gold-plated 1911, which American Legacy Firearms custom-made for the Second Amendment Foundation. $1700 if you bought it at the convention.
![We got to meet top archery shooter and hunter Whitney Isenhart. She was very gracious. Hope to feature her in the magazine soon! http://whitneyisenhart.com/](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/whitney-isenhart.jpg)
We got to meet top archery shooter and hunter Whitney Isenhart, representing Franchi. She was very gracious. Hope to feature her in the magazine soon! http://whitneyisenhart.com/
![Magpul, the gun manufacturer that is leaving Colorado over its new gun control laws, was in-your-face with perhaps the largest and most spectacular gun spectacle at the conference, a Dillon Aerospace 7.62 M134 minigun, mounted on a vintage VW microbus. Their booth was one of the busiest at the convention.](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Magpul-bus.jpg)
Magpul, the gun manufacturer that is leaving Colorado over its new gun control laws, was in-your-face with perhaps the largest and most spectacular gun spectacle at the conference, a Dillon Aerospace 7.62 M134 minigun, mounted on a vintage VW microbus. Their booth was one of the busiest at the convention.
![We've never seen so many cool gun-related gadgets.](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bling.jpg)
We've never seen so many cool gun and knife-related gadgets.
![Dick and Amy](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Dick-and-Amy.jpg)
Western Shooting Journal's Associate Publisher Dick Openshaw with Amy Prevear from Sig Sauer.
![Remington was celebrating the Model 1100's 50th anniversary.](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Model-1100-50th-anniversary.jpg)
Remington was celebrating the Model 1100's 50th anniversary.
![Brian with lion](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Brian-with-lion.jpg)
All work and no play? No way! We could not resist photo ops like these.
![zombie display](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/zombie-display.jpg)
Zombies were everywhere at the convention....Hornady sells zombie ammunition.
![women's gear](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/womens-gear.jpg)
Pink is always the easiest way to distinguish women's gear from men's!
![women's shirts](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/womens-shirts.jpg)
The NRA store was HUGE, and keeps expanding every year.
![NRA swag](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/NRA-swag.jpg)
![NRA poster1](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/NRA-poster1.jpg)
10 to 20 foot tall posters like this were everywhere.
![Bet you didn't know Karl Malone was on the NRA board!](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/NRA-poster2.jpg)
Bet you didn't know Karl Malone was on the NRA board of directors!
![NW Territorial Mint 50 cal and 20 mm](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/NW-Territorial-Mint-50-cal-and-20-mm.jpg)
Northwest Territorial Mint makes the most beautiful genuine silver mock rounds, in 50 cal and 20 mm.
![NW Territorial Mint NRA knives](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/NW-Territorial-Mint-NRA-knives.jpg)
Beautiful commemorative NRA knives from Northwest Territorial Mint.
![Krieghoff rifles](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Krieghoff-rifles.jpg)
We like how one commenter describes Krieghoff shotguns: Krieghoff is to shotguns as Lamborgini is to automobile.
![me shooting](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/me-shooting.jpg)
I got to check out a Trijicon scope mounted on a John Browning-designed .50-caliber military machine gun. The gun and scope were so popular at the Trijicon booth that you had to wait your turn to try it out.
![Franchi rifles](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Franchi-rifles.jpg)
High-end rifles made by Franchi.
![Dick and Workman](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Dick-and-Workman.jpg)
Western Shooting Journal's Associate Publisher, Dick Openshaw (center), with the Second Amendment Foundation's Dave Workman and Rosemary Silano from American Legacy Firearms.
![protesters](http://westernshootingjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/protesters.jpg)
We never saw more than 3-4 protesters across the street the entire time we were at the convention, although we heard there were as many as 12.
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