About the 2026 Gun and NVG Hootenanny.
First of all welcome to our crazy journey! After we had such a successful shoot/event in 2025 we decided it was probably time to do the event properly in 2026 at a real range and get more of the industry involved, not just our friends.
Who Should Sponsor?
The goal of this event is to support other small manufacturers in the firearms and accessory industries. For 2026 we have ammunition companies, suppressor companies, tactical light, laser, optics, and target companies. This event is really about the small business. We love firearms, we work in the industry and we want to work with other companies like ourselves, because that often creates opportunities for all of us.
What do you get as a sponsor?
Like in all things, the number one thing you get coming here is street cred. However, we realize street cred doesn’t pay the bills. So we’re offering you a place to show other small manufacturers what you do, and an opportunity to make connections to collaborate in the future. Most small manufacturers do one thing, and do that one thing well, but since firearms tend to work as systems, you are dependent on ecosystem of ammunition, optics, suppressors, firearms to make your customers get the maximum performance.
With a sponsorship, you are provided a table on the firing line, your logo on this website. A banner with your logo (We need a copy of your logo) at the event in the media area, and where appropriate we will share all marketing information with you (people must opt-in to be contacted) and survey feedback. If you would like specific questions asked on the survey that is completely possible.
Who is attending? Who is invited?
We encourage each brand/sponsor to invite their own preferred group of people that they think would benefit most from this more casual experience that we are putting together. I know some teams will be bringing their social media people and we’ll be inviting some of the various gun-fluencers and friends that hopefully will have time to come by and see the different products and hang out.
We are asking all media who will be on-site to share images of the event with us, and with our sponsors with a non-exclusive license, this gives you access to content for your website, youtube, instagram, or any other social media presence you might have.
We are going to be bringing some different lights set ups and hopefully some other enablers and see what all we can put together. Last year with little to no notice, we had well over 40 people show up to our event, everyone said they had a great time and it was safe and there was some good reviews and good some attention.
Our guiding light with this event when thinking about who to invite to this event has always been, quality over quantity. We’d rather have fewer of the right people there then just have it be about making it a numbers thing. Fundamentally this is about our belief in the right way to do business is by doing it with people you know, or people they introduce you to and expanding that good guy/girl network to more people while we’re at it. This is just a tangible way we can contribute.
How much does it cost?
We are asking for $500 or more for a sponsorship, these events are costly to put on, part of the reason we are organizing last minute is it’s difficult to get people to commit. Donations of time and materials are considered a donation, you get all the same benefits of being a sponsor, we just call you a donor instead. Just attending is free.
How do I sponsor/donate?
Send an e-mail to drew@ammomfg.com payment can be arranged through zelle or venmo. Donations of materials can be arranged at SHOT, but please reach out first.