JR Nosler is holding the new Nosler Model 48 rifle named after the year, 1948, when John Nosler first made the famous Nosler Partition bullet. Unlike the first Nosler rifle, a custom limited edition model with fancy wood stock, the Model 48 will be available on dealer's shelves. The Model 48 has a top quality synthetic stock and stainless Pac-Nor barrel and weighs just 6.25 pounds sans scope. The metalwork is finished with CERAKOTE, a tough synthetic finish that is impervious to the elements. The rifle will initially be chambered only in .270 WSM but other calibers are likely to follow. Suggested Retail is $2,295.

Nosler's expanding line of products includes custom brass bearing the Nosler headstamp. JR Nosler gave me a box of .223 Nosler brass at the show and what I see so far is impressive. This brass is manufactured to Nosler's specifications and then each case is sorted by weigh, neck chamfered, and the flash holes are deburred and inspected for uniformity. I weighed ten random cases out of the box I brought home from SHOT Show and the extreme spread was .4-grains. By comparison ten cases from a batch of quality brass from another maker had an extreme weight spread of 2.5-grains. Nosler is not economy priced brass but considering the quality and time consuming prep work saved the reloader it should appeal to accuracy buffs. www.nosler.com

The Nikon Omega 3-9X40 riflescope shares the same name as the Thompson Center Omega muzzleloading rifle because it is specifically designed to be coupled with this rifle. The trajectory-compensating reticle will of course match the ballistics of other .50-caliber inlines firing a 250-grain bullet over 150-grains of Pyrodex. Four 2 MOA ballistic circles are set for 150, 200, 225, and 250-yards distance when the crosshairs are dead-on at 100-yards using this load. Available finishes are camo (shown), matte black, and silver. www.nikonsportoptics.com

Laser rangefinders continue to improve and Bushnell is on the cutting edge of this technology. The ARC in the Bushnell Elite 1500 ARC name stands for Angle Range Compensation. The Bow Mode calculates true horizontal distance from 5 to 99 yards, which allows for more accurate shots when shooting a bow from a tree stand. Rifle Mode displays the angle of the shot and provides estimated bullet drop/holdover. The unit is watertight and external lenses are coated with Rainguard. www.bushnell.com

No, this rifle and scope were not dropped out of a deer stand. The scope is Leupold's new VX-L. These scopes have 50 or 56mm objectives, depending on model, for high light transmission yet mount low to the rifle due to the recess in the bell. It may look odd but a low mounted scope improves the handling characteristics of rifles. I wonder though, since that recess does reduce the lens area, how much it reduces light transmission. I suspect the amount of light reaching the eye is still very high but likely not as much as with a round bell of equal quality and size. www.leupold.com

If you have not tried one of the new foaming bore cleaners you are likely working harder at keep your firearms clean than you have to. The foam clings to the bore and allows the chemicals to work more efficiently. Gunslick's Foaming Bore Cleaner works amazingly well at removing copper fouling and does it quicker than other cleaners I have tried. Some foaming cleaners require you to let the foam sit in the bore overnight. Gunslick Foaming Bore Cleaner requires only 15 to 30 minutes. I tested it on a rough bore that generally takes a lot of scrubbing to get all the copper fouling out. I sprayed the Gunslick foam down the bore, waited a half-hour, and after running a couple patches through the bore I found only a trace of copper remaining. A second treatment removed it all. It doesn't seem to remove powder fouling as well as some cleaners but sure gets the copper out. Good stuff. www.gunslick.com