Steiner have announced the release of an FDE version of their popular MPS (Micro Pistol Sight) pistol red dot optic. The MPS has a 3.3 MOA reticle, eight brightness settings and a 13,000-hour battery life. It has various mounting options, weighs 2.05 oz and is powered [Read More…]
DMRs, or Designated Marksman Rifles, are so hot at the moment. As you can see, our Photo Of The Day reflects this, with some marketing images from Beretta Defense Technologies, as posted on their LinkedIn. The Beretta ARX200 DMR was shown at the World Defense Show in [Read More…]
The Photo Of The Day can be chosen for a variety of reasons. It may be because of its aesthetic qualities, its newsworthiness, its emotional impact, or its technical excellence. Some Photos Of The Day features have a specific theme, such as nature, architecture, or [Read More…]
Just a few days ago, it was announced that the Finnish Defence Forces were buying Sako TRG M10 Precision Rifles. Now Beretta USA, a member of the Beretta Defense Technologies alliance, has announced that the New York Police Department and its Emergency Service Unit [Read More…]
Steiner Optics have announced that a number of Texas law enforcement agencies have approved the Micro Pistol Sight or MPS for duty use. The departments include the Lubbock and Cross Roads police departments (which combined have around 500 officers). Steiner also note [Read More…]
Steiner have released their new T6Xi series of riflescopes, which includes four new 6-power zoom scopes: the T6Xi 1-6×24 for close-quarter to mid-range engagements, the T6Xi 3-18×56 and T6Xi 2.5-15×50 for near- to extended-range performance and last [Read More…]
In the Spring of 2018, TFB reported about the new modular Steyr Mannlicher SSG M1 rifle. Today we have two good-looking photos of it in action, with the spotter sitting beside the shooter. The riflescope is made by Steiner Optics. The SSG M1 is available in .338 Lapua [Read More…]
On 30 September the Australian Defence Department announced that it had selected a raft of new weapon systems as part of the first tranche of its major Lethality System Project (LAND 159) project. One of the weapons selected was the Benelli M3A1 which will become [Read More…]
We have been publishing the Photo Of The Day for years. Our focus is on firearms, sometimes a new product, a classic or in the hands of soldiers or sports shooters. Sometimes the pictures work just like pieces of art, like when the night is painted in bullet traces. The [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day has become an impressive gallery, with an ever-growing number of images of firearms in all sorts of environments. Today we’re going to add one more, on the subject of a new era of semi-automatic Designated Marksman Rifles (DMR) that is seeing [Read More…]
Sliding right on into the end of the year, the folks over at Steiner Optics have just released a brand new pistol red dot sight – the MPS (Micro Pistol Sight). The all-metal enclosed red dot sight features battle-proven durability and mil-spec ruggedness along [Read More…]
The world of firearms optics is vast and ever-growing. Steiner has been a name in the industry since just after the second world war – born out of the ruin of ware in Bayreuth, Germany. The company, started by Karl Steiner, was created from a one-man workshop [Read More…]
Steiner Optics has developed the world’s first sunlight adaptive binocular meant to reduce the glare experienced when using binoculars under sunny conditions. The Steiner BluHorizons 10×26 binocular features Steiner’s trademarked AutoBrigt adaptive lens [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – It’s still winter in many parts of the World, in particular, in Finland. Here you can see some shooters with their new rifles, optics and gear. Despite the cold, it looks quite tempting, to say the least, and hopefully, mirage is less of [Read More…]
Scharfschützen – snipers in German is the theme for this Photo Of The Day. The photo above is pretty cool, with the .300 Win Mag just leaving the muzzle on its journey. From the caption, written by Elisabeth Rabe, and machine translated: It is a strategy of the [Read More…]
Earlier I reviewed the DBAL-D2 and DBAL-A4. While the DBAL-D2 is a big bloated workhorse and the DBAL-A4 is Steiner’s flagship laser device, the DBAL-A3 is probably the most popular weapon laser out of their catalog. The DBAL-A3 comes in a variety of power options [Read More…]
TFB first reported about the new Steiner M7Xi IFS 4-28×56 – Intelligent Firing Solution – about a year ago. The specifications of the new Steiner MX7i IFS look very good on paper, and the limited look I had through the glass at last year’s [Read More…]
Steiner USA will have a new Reflex Sight available early 2019 called the DRS 1X (Defendu Reflex Sight). As reflex sights in general it is focused for targets at close range, but with a small 2 MOA dot in the middle you should be able to engage targets into the medium [Read More…]
Steiner Germany is one of the leading providers of binoculars and optical sights. Surprisingly they started their rifle-scope business not too long ago, only about 10 years ago. Steiner’s best known products, the 8×30 and 7×50 binocular models have since [Read More…]
At the 2018 Steiner Optics 2018 SHOT Show booth, I finally got the chance to play with their newest DBAL model: the A4. With brightness settings for the light, laser, IR laser and IR illuminator, the DBAL-A4 is a versatile all-in-one aiming solution. Being a popular [Read More…]
A joyful, happy man, Santa Claus – or Father Christmas or Saint Nicholas or Sinterklaas – delivers gifts to good boys and girls throughout the world. After working for 364 days straight, he loads up his sleigh with packages and parcels containing everything [Read More…]
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