Red Oktober: Comic-Con Meets Machine Gun Shoot

By John Crump

Rifle Dynamics held this year’s Red Oktober at the

Las Vegas, NV –-(Ammoland.com)- A few months back, Jeremy Deadman of XTech Tactical asked me if I would like to attend Red Oktober and bring Gun Owners of America with me.

Red Oktober is the largest AK shoot in the country. Competitors and spectators flock to the Nevada desert outside Las Vegas every October of what I can only describe as Comic-Com meets machine guns. Rifle Dynamics hosts the event along with co-sponsors XTech Tactical and Apex Gun Parts. The who’s who of AK companies are there to show off their products and meet people in the community.

The price for a spectator at the event was $10. That included being able to shoot machine guns as well as the ammo, but before I get into the event, I need to talk about the AK culture in general.

AK culture is unique. It is a culture that doesn’t take itself too seriously. People who go to events like this realize they are in a niche. They don’t want their rifles to be the “go-to” semi-automatic long gun on the market. They embrace being the oddball at the range.