If you concealed carry in the modern age, you likely have some accessories hanging off of your pistol – whether it is a semi-auto or revolver. This could be a weapon-mounted light, a red dot up top, or even a laser. Whatever it may be, deploying that extra [Read More…]
Eye protection from high-powered lasers is a safety aspect a lot of people look over. While most of us aren’t getting blasted daily with unsafe wavelengths and intensities of light, law enforcement, military, industrial workers, and those who like to train with [Read More…]
In a recent Q&A conducted by our beloved TFBTV hosts, Hop mentioned that he actually makes use of a pistol-mounted aiming laser for his home defense pistol. The reasoning behind this is that the laser would offer him both a faster and more accurate target [Read More…]
This photo has been circulating online a bit on Reddit and Facebook. It is an odd-shaped night vision mount made by GBRS GROUP. I have not been able to find a name so for now, I shall dub it the Enterprise Mount until an official name is made public. Tall NVG Mounts [Read More…]
Welcome back to another Friday Night Lights. This one is brought to you by Rifle Dynamics from their Red Oktober Kalashnikov Championship. On Saturday night after the last match shooters finished for the day, we ran Red Oktober After Dark, night vision and AKs with [Read More…]
Over the last 6 months, there has been an explosion in new gun owners and people who decided to start carrying a concealed firearm. As a result, the amount of variety and stock of handguns in gun stores are limited and down from where they were before the lockdown. With [Read More…]
Viridian Weapon Technologies has been in business for a little over fourteen years. In that time, they have grown from offering a green aiming laser for pistol-mounted applications to providing a broad spectrum of weapon-mounted lasers and other accessories, as well as [Read More…]
Viridian Weapon Technologies has been in the business of offering reliable, smart, and innovative weapon integrated weapon lights, cameras, and lasers that offer users great visibility, documenting, and aiming reliability for quite a while now. Viridian Weapon [Read More…]
Two years ago I posted about the Multi-purpose Arcade Combat Simulator (M.A.C.S). It was a basic rifle marksmanship training system that was based on a Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) gaming console. Hook it up to a TV, plug in the M.A.C.S. cartridge and plug [Read More…]
Have you ever wondered what IR illuminators look like to someone on the receiving end? Certain SOP is to forgo the use of an IR lights or lasers and to just shoot passively for fear of the target downrange being able to see the glow of an IR device even without night [Read More…]
Shooting with night vision is a lot of fun. One piece of equipment that makes shooting under NODs easy is a good laser. While there is a whole wide range of lasers to choose from, we will focus on three of the most popular lasers that are available for civilian use. The [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 29th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series (and you’ve been missing out), this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question [Read More…]
Following the launch of Mossberg’s first pistol in over 100 years at this year’s SHOT Show, Minnesota-based Viridian Weapon Technologies have announced the addition of a laser sight for the Mossberg MC1sc to their E Series range of lasers. Here’s [Read More…]
Good evening everyone and welcome to TFB’s Friday Night Lights Series where we hope to bring you a variety of news, reviews and product announcements from the illumination industry. This week we’ve got a brief look at some of the upcoming reviews, which at the [Read More…]
Crimson Trace has expanded their Laserguard range of integrated pistol laser sights to include several Heckler & Koch Models. In addition to Laserguards for a number of other popular pistol brands, Crimson Trace now offer sights for the popular VP series. Crimson [Read More…]
In recent weeks, Ruger announced a number of new firearms. Viridian Weapon Technologies stepped up almost immediately with laser aiming solutions for one of these new guns: the EC9s. For this pistol, Viridian announced that it would offer solutions with the E-Series [Read More…]
When the new Smith & Wesson M&P Shield pistol rolled out earlier this year, one of the new factory options was an integrated Crimson Trace laser. While still new to the market, there are a lot of people buying these guns and relating positive stories about them. [Read More…]
At the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting, Korean optics maker DI Optical was showing off many of their familiar products, but also had on display an interesting looking rifle attachment from a company called Jammer Korea. The attachment, named [Read More…]
At the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting (AUSA 2017), US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) presented a concept for the US Army’s future soldier of the 2030 timeframe, which promised everything from powered [Read More…]
Got IR Lasers and Night Vision? Well now there is something even more invisible than that. SWIR is a lower wavelength on the infrared spectrum. NIR (Near Infrared) is what most night vision sees and IR lasers are set to. NIR is 0.75–1.4 µm. SWIR is 1.4–3 µm. What [Read More…]
It’s no secret that the field of war is changing, and that fact is just as true for the infantryman as it is the F-35 Lightning II pilot. Increasingly, small, inexpensive, expendable drones are being used as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) [Read More…]
I have been eyeing the the light and laser combos from Steiner for the better part of a year but have yet to pull the trigger. Sadly, my night vision fund is much too deficient to take advantage of a visible light/laser and IR illuminator/laser device. The newest [Read More…]
So this is a thing. We have all seen all the stippling that is very popular on the GLOCK pistols, and has bled over into the rest of the polymer-framed handgun world. Stippling can be very functional and in some cases, a very aesthetically pleasing art form. It seems to [Read More…]
The advances that manufacturers have made in the development of lights and lasers in the past five to ten years is nothing short of amazing. I, like most of you, remember a time when attaching a weapon light to a firearm was a head-turning event at the range. [Read More…]
Ruger recently announced their new LCP II which has caused significant interest among .380 ACP fans. The original LCP has been a longtime top-seller of Ruger’s and the updated, modern LCP II will likely match its predecessor (if not outdo it). Of course, new [Read More…]
Long known for making recoil absorbing handgun grips, especially for revolvers, Hogue has expanded its product offerings over the years. The diverse line now covers everything from rifle stocks to folding knives. Now the company has returned to its roots, but with a [Read More…]
Honor Defense announced that Crimson Trace was now making the Laserguard for the Honor Guard line of self defense handguns. The new Laserguard will use a red aiming laser and will be deisgnated the LG-498. The new LG-498 will mount on the trigger guard of the Honor [Read More…]
Trigger Point Technology is a company in California that was started by a certain Terry Abst, a former airline pilot. They have a very interesting and innovating device that they claim will help prevent negligent discharges primarily among Law Enforcement and Military [Read More…]
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army may be equipping their troops with new handheld laser weapons. Not quite phasers from Star Trek, or blasters from Star Wars, these weapons are designed to blind sensors, and possibly enemy personnel, preventing them from [Read More…]
While I can understand why Glock chose to not put a rail on their single-stack firearms, does not mean that I agree with the decision. Frankly, its an oversight given the huge variety of company lights and lasers meant to augment the small handguns. For the [Read More…]
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