Rainier Arms has been aggressively expanding from being a high-end parts reseller to also selling parts of their own design (though typically made under private label). The latest product to the fore is their Rainier Arms Backup-sights, which are a set of fully machined [Read More…]
Dueck Defense, hot on the heels of their expensive RBU (Red Dot Back Up), has released an inexpensive (and arguably more practical) set of iron sights for Glock handguns. The new DFR sights or Dueck Defense Fixed Rear sight is an interesting design that Dueck claims [Read More…]
Meprolight announced a pair of new weapon sights at the Milipol 2015 exhibition in Paris, France. The two new electronic sights are updated versions of existing products in the Meprolight line. The first new sight is the updated Mepro NOA NYX that is designed to be a [Read More…]
I think it’s safe to say anyone who loves to shoot also enjoys night vision gear. The only problem up until now has been the sometimes prohibitive cost or if you could afford a night vision rifle scope or binoculars the quality was usually pretty bad and required auxiliary lighting. These new [Read More…]
Not everyone can afford to spend $500 on optics. Fortunately, for those in search of lower priced reflex sights, there is a plethora to choose from. The challenge is sorting out the quality gear in this expansive category. Love them or hate them, UTG optics seem to [Read More…]
When hunting the wolves in less than ideal conditions (are there any other kind), the tiniest edge be all the difference in the world. Meprolight, supplier to the Israeli Defense Forces, now offers US law enforcement and military personnel another edge for their tool [Read More…]
Kirsten Joy Weiss’ latest video is on the subject of avoiding scope bite. Most of the time scope bite is nothing more than a slight pain and embarrassment. Other times it can be worse. A friend of mine, a veteran hunter and hunting magazine writer, has a large [Read More…]
Things can’t exactly be easy-going at EO-Tech right now. The recent release of USSOCOM’s Safety of Use Message on the holographic sights not living up to their claims, specifications, and in fact having the zero shift under various conditions has been [Read More…]
Continuing their theme for immediate release of a laser to match a pistol (a’la R51), Crimson Trace has announced the release of their LG-479 laser system for the new RM380 handgun. Touted as the result of “behind the doors shared details” between [Read More…]
I saw this video on Facebook and Franz’s ability to one shot kill boar is remarkable. He is sponsored by Aimpoint. I looked him up in youtube and found these. He explains one aspect of his shooting technique which is follow through. Here is a video on breathing [Read More…]
You make a good number of friends over the years in the gun industry. One of those friends, Josh Sykes, not only works in the marketing end of the industry but has a company of his own named Kinetic Concealment. Up until now Josh has been designing and making holsters [Read More…]
Tracking Point and Chris Kyle Frog Foundation are setting a $1 Million dollar challenge. They are equipping Taya Kyle, widow of Sniper Chris Kyle, with a TrackingPoint Rifle. Her opponent will be professional shooter, Bruce Piatt. Who just won the NRA’s 2015 World [Read More…]
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been talking with Jaime at Hartman Optics about this new reflex sight. This past Monday I had the privilege of a Skype call with Mikey Hartman who designed this sight and owns Hartman Optics. Mikey is also the CEO at CAA. To give [Read More…]
Over the past week I’ve been posting on new products from Remington we writers were introduced to at the annual writers seminar. Several times readers have asked about the status of the RM-380. I couldn’t say a lot at the time but with this announcement I [Read More…]
Have you ever even heard of that? A water cooled, long range, bench rest rifle? Well one of these contraptions set a bench rest long distance record earlier this month in North Carolina, shooting a group of less than four inches at a thousand yards during a recent [Read More…]
Red dot sights are a significant step forward for handguns, but until the recent Glock MOS or S&W C.O.R.E. series, it has been an expensive proposition to get a handgun ready. Up to make the expense less for those with an existing handgun is Dueck Defense with their [Read More…]
L-3 had their IBRS (Integrated Ballistic Reticle System) fire control system on display at AUSA 2015. The IBRS is a scope with built in fire control computer and is designed to allow for consistent, accurate and fast sniping at long distances both at day and at night. [Read More…]
I’ve been a Tavor shooter for longer than I’ve been an AR shooter, and the collector in me loves to snap up little peices of militaria related to the rifle. This summer one special unit caught my eye, and I thought I’d share it with you. What you see [Read More…]
Now here is an idea I wish I had back in the Corps. With most accessories operating off of CR123 and AA batteries, keeping spares was a pain in the arse as most of the time we simply put them in a plastic baggie in a grenade pouch so they were always on our person [Read More…]
Carl Bruce, a patent lawyer with Fish and Richardson, came out to Big 3 East to show off the Torrey Pines T10 thermal sight. Torrey Pines is one of his clients. I was sitting at the wood benches, eating Sonny’s BBQ and mentioned the tiny thermal sight that was [Read More…]
At Big 3 East, ALG Defense showed off their new 6 Second Mount. The 6 Second mount was originally made with an Aimpoint T1 in mind. Well now they have offered it so you can use an RMR if you want. The ALG Defense 6-Second Mount was designed when a counter-terrorism unit [Read More…]
The Valdai PK 130 reflex sight, designed for assault rifles and machine guns, has been announced by the Russian company JUPITER. It is based on their sight which was adopted by the Russian Army with the designation 1 P 90. The optic is 60mm in width with a 1 MOA [Read More…]
At the 2nd day of the Big 3 Media Event at Daytona Beach, FL, Geissele Automatics introduced their new Super Precision Optic Mount. The Geissele mount was developed specifically by request from a DoD customer. It should be available commercially by SHOT Show 2016. [Read More…]
Meprolight, the company responsible for providing a large percentage of night sights and optics to the Israeli Defensive Forces, has a new optic coming out. It’s called the TRU-DOT RDS, and it was designed with the needs of hunters in mind. Of course, just because [Read More…]
This is a TFB exclusive product preview at the Fall 2015 Big 3 Media event at Daytona Beach, Florida. One of the companies at the event is Hi-Lux Leatherwood optics. I have reviewed more than a few of their optics for TFB. To my surprise, they brought along the [Read More…]
I really didn’t want to write this article. I made lots of excuses not to. But here it is. Lets get this out of the way up front: This is a negative review. After more than a year of use I am unimpressed by the Holosun optic, and wouldn’t use it on most of [Read More…]
If you’ve ever hunted at night, or want to, you understand the need for good quality night vision. New from Firefield are three different pieces of night vision, each with a different feature to recommend. After all, you can never have too many toys, and when they [Read More…]
An increasing number of companies are offering greater hunting choices, and Stag Arms is coming out with theirs just in time for some of the biggest seasons of the year. Stag Arms already has some nice guns for hunters and sport shooters alike, and now they’re [Read More…]
I imagine this short video peaked your curiosity as much as it did mine the first time I saw it! A few weeks ago I was contacted by the SIG rep and asked if I would like to take part in the Legion introduction. Of course I had no idea what “Legion” was but [Read More…]
Dan sent us these photos be took at the Imperial War Museum in London. This M1 Carbine, which was used by Norwegian resistance during WWII, has a German ZF-41 scope attached to the handguard. The German ZF-41 scope was the original “scout-style” scope. [Read More…]
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