All hunting fans waited for this Show because it’s the most interesting one. This the only exhibition where you can find everything what relates to hunting including arms, equipment and hunting tours.
This Show is the best in our country but we can’t compare it with the international ones and people who try to do it, haven’t visited the Shows abroad. Our level isn’t the same like in other countries.
There are some reasons why the number of international exhibitors, who present the foreign weapon, reduce from year to year. But our market is still interesting for them and they try to follow the events.
On Saturday I had the meeting with Italian gunsmiths, who arrived to the Show just for the one day. The sanctions complicated a lot their matters with Russian clients. They noticed that booth payment is too high for the Show of such level. And I want to add that the price for the entrance ticket is also high.
But in spite of it, there were crowds of people there in the weekend.
The Exhibition organizers became the company “Kolchuga” and “ Russian Hunting”. 24000K people visited the Show during four days. Fifty-eight international companies from fifteen countries took part in the Show and 247 domestic firms.
It’s a pity the producers of Russian Firearms were presented very poor. There weren’t the representatives of the “Kalashnikov” Concern and IMZ. I could hardly find the weapon made by “Orsis” and “Central design research Bureau of sports and hunting arms” companies.
Vyatka-Polyansk gunsmiths with their usual assortment reminded me about the crisis in this sphere of production in our country. It has been a usual practice after the First World War to alter army weapon into the hunting arms but it isn't actual now and nobody needs it.
The Austrian gunsmiths - Johann Fanzoj, Peter Hofer, Gerhard Fuchs, trading house "Springer heirs". , who make individual guns, were like a light in the darkness. There was several European grands too, like Beretta.
Our bladed weapon was presented wide. We successfully develop in this destination. The foreign companies also showed very interesting collections.
Also you can find there self-defense weapons, ammunition for various arms, sights of different types of devices, binoculars, rangefinders, weapons care products.
The separate section was devoted to the hunting and outdoor equipment. Hunters could communicated with the representatives of the hunting outfitters and book trips.
The main decorations of such Shows are works of the taxidermy studios.
The members of the project “Culture of hunting life” launched their works on the booth of our magazine. They attracted visitor’s attentions and most of them stopped and discussed this very interesting theme.
