SHOT Show 2023 has come and gone. Now it is back to our regularly scheduled programming. More night vision-related content in the evening every Friday. This week’s Friday Night Lights showcases the Wilcox BOSS Xe. A massive thank you to Gretna Gun Works and [Read More…]
Unity Tactical is one of the industry’s leading names when it comes to firearms accessories. Their optics mounts, helmet attachments, weaponlight/laser switches, and more tend to be some of the most popular products on the market in their respective sub-sectors. [Read More…]
Streamlight’s line of weapon lights just got a little brighter with the introduction of the ProTac 2.0 Rail Mount. Boasting 2,000 lumens and a rechargeable battery, the 2.0 breathes new life into an already capable package. TFB covered the handheld version of this [Read More…]
Streamlight has added new Low Profile Tactical Lights with either red or green lasers suitable for subcompact handguns. The red laser version is named TLR-8 sub and the green laser is TLR-8 G sub. Both come with a 500-lumen light. Streamlight claims that the light [Read More…]
It is Friday and that means another Friday Night Lights. Last week we talked about the Z-Bolt Blazer IR LED head. This week we take a look at an inexpensive thermal sensor that plugs directly into your phone. This one is made by InfiRay and they call it the T2 Pro. [Read More…]
Welcome back. Last week we took a look at a thermal clip-on from Steiner. Well, this week we have another installment of Hollywood Night Vision Myths here at Friday Night Lights. This is where I pick apart a movie, TV show, or video game that uses night vision and point [Read More…]
In a contract worth around $50 million, Leonardo DRS, Inc. will deliver thermal weapon sights to the Swedish Ministry of Defense. The order is for more than 4,600 thermal weapon sights, including the Individual Weapon Sight (IWS) and Individual Weapon Sight – [Read More…]
In the few years I have dabbled in night vision, never in my wildest dreams have I thought of what I will be covering on this week’s Friday Night Lights. Night vision rocket launchers! More specifically the rocket launcher night vision mount. Night Vision Mount @ [Read More…]
Welcome back to another Friday Night Lights. This week I decided to take a step back in case we have some newer readers who are still deciding what they should buy next, night vision or thermal. That is a loaded question. Almost like deciding if you should buy a rifle [Read More…]
Streamlight has some of my favorite pistol and rifle-mounted weapon lights on the market. Their wide array of options for both pistols and rifles has been expanded with the addition of new Green Laser TLR Rail Mount Versions including their TLR RM 1 and RM2 tactical [Read More…]
Night has fallen on this Friday and you are back again for some night vision and thermal content. Today I will share with you something that has eluded my friends and me – shooting long-range thermal out to 1250 yards. The distance is nothing special but trying to [Read More…]
A few years ago Kinetic Development Group (KDG) came out with their Optics Hub. It is a way to up-armor a Leupold MK4 spotting scope while potentially working with other spotting scopes. Its main feature was that it gave the user the ability to attach accessories to [Read More…]
Friday the 13th is here but rather than consider it to be unlucky you have Friday Night Lights to shine a light and give you hope. Today we will take a close look at a thermal device that has got the thermal users all excited. The IRay USA RH25 Rico Micro. It is an [Read More…]
The Department of Defense has announced that Massachusetts-based FLIR Systems and Florida-based Leonardo DRS have been awarded firm fixed price contracts worth over $500 million to provide Family of Weapons Sights-Individual thermal imaging systems. FLIR have been [Read More…]
Welcome back to another installment of Friday Night Lights where I bring you detailed reviews and photos of night vision, thermal, lights and lasers. This week we take a look at arguably one of the best uncooled LWIR thermal clip-ons available – the OASYS UTCXII. [Read More…]
It’s Friday afternoon and another Friday Night Lights is upon us. Today we will be taking a look at a firearm and seeing what it takes to set it up for low light and or night vision. The gun, if you could not tell by now from the title and featured image, is the [Read More…]
Welcome back to another installment of Friday Night Lights where I review things that help you see at night. Today we take a look at a somewhat obscure accessory by Black Optex called the Zero Lens. It converts a PVS-14 into a CNVD (Clip-on Night Vision Device). [Read More…]
Welcome back to another Friday Night Lights. This week we take a look at a somewhat uncommon night vision clip-on. It is thanks to Night Vision Devices that I get to check out the KAC UNS®SR for this review. The UNS®SR stands for Universal Night Sight Short Range. But [Read More…]
Designed specifically for the SureFire Scout Lite Pro Series of weapon-mounted lights, Midwest Industry’s new MI Scout Light Extended mounts can help you break through the darkness by providing you with a sturdy way to mount your light further forward on your [Read More…]
At SHOT Show 2022 Crimson Trace had a whole catalog of new products for 2022. They are branching out more with weapon lights like their RIG AFG weapon light. And they are diversifying with a wide range of RAD red dot sights from handguns all the way up to heavy [Read More…]
There are a large variety of weapon lights on the market today. Size, output, battery type, mounting styles, and other features are just a few of the attributes that set different manufacturers and models apart from each other. What distinguishes a good light from a bad [Read More…]
Last December I wrote about wanting a SKEETIRX for Christmas. Today we are taking a look at the lower resolution version, the SKEETIRL. While it is lower resolution it still seems to beat our better thermal systems with double the resolution. In this week’s [Read More…]
Today on Friday Night Lights we take a look at the thermal workhorse from Trijicon. Specifically the IR-Patrol and briefly the REAP-IR. These thermals are one of the benchmarks in the thermal industry for weapon-mounted thermal systems. The Friday Night Lights [Read More…]
Thales has announced the introduction of their latest day/night sight, weighing 530g or 18.7oz, the XTRAIM combines a reflex red dot sight with thermal imaging technology. The sight can be mounted on rifles and light machine guns. It was developed a Thales’ [Read More…]
When someone mentions Crimson Trace, the first thing that comes to my mind is a pistol-mounted, grip-activated visible laser. While this style of aiming device was Crimson Trace’s chief offering for years, the company has expanded significantly over time – [Read More…]
B.E. Meyers is known for their laser systems. Their MAWL is arguably the best small arms MFAL on the market. Will P and I both have MAWL-C1s and we are over the moon with them. Today B.E. Meyers unveiled their latest in infrared laser illumination. The KIJI K1 is a [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…]
Welcome back you nocturnal enthusiasts to another Friday Night Lights. Today we take a look at the Norwegian Simrad KN203. It is a night vision clip-on for weapon use. Friday Night Lights is sponsored by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like [Read More…]
Good afternoon and welcome back to another edition of the Friday Night Lights series. Today we will show and tell about tricked-out spotting scopes. These spotting scopes have been set up for nighttime observation with a bunch of accessories. As always, the Friday [Read More…]
Nightstick is proud to announce its two newest weapon-mounted lights for handguns – the TWM-30 and TWM-30F. Both sporting 1,200-lumen beams and capable of illuminating objects nearly 200 meters away, the TWM-30 and TWM-30F are set to provide the industry with a [Read More…]
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